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McElligot's Pool is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and published by Random House in 1947.
McElligot's Pool is a great story of a child not listening to a nay-sayer and proceeding with positivity and the optimism of a hopeful angler. Throughout, in classic Seuss fashion, the child displays the imagination of youth as he describes the possibilities of fish that he could catch if he remains "patient and cool."
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McElligot's Pool is a Seuss classic from the distant era before even The Cat In The Hat. It's a single poetic variation on the theme of adult skepticism that's no match for childhood faith and daydreaming.
McElligot's Pool is Seuss's sixth book, published in 1947, seven years after his previous. It went on to win the Young Reader's Choice Award three years later. Pool features the protagonist of And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street, Marco, and again centers on the same themes of child...
TII catch a Saw Fish with such a long snout. That he needs an assistant to help him about! If I wait long enough, if I'm patient and cool, Who knows what I'll catch in McElligot's Pool! Some rough-neck old Lobster, AII gristle and muscle, Might grab at my bait, Then would 1 have a tussle!
Imagination runs wild in this Caldecott Honor-winning tale featuring Dr. Seuss’s inimitable voice and hysterical illustrations.
Oct 19, 2011 · MCELLIGOT'S POOL. illustrated by Dr. Seuss ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 12, 1947. bookshelf. shop now. Utterly enchanting nonsense tale, which children and grown-ups will equally claim. Particularly fishermen, of any age.
