Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas! (Classic Seuss)

by Alastair Heim (Author) Aristides Ruiz (Illustrator)

Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas! (Classic Seuss)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Classic Seuss

The Grinch is BACK and ready to prove to the residents of Who-ville that he's changed. This heartwarming sequel is written and illustrated in the style of Dr. Seuss's beloved holiday classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

The Grinch had been patiently waiting all year,

To celebrate Christmas and bring the Whos cheer,

And to show every Who he was DIFFERENT now.

"I've changed!" thought the Grinch,

"And I'll prove it! But HOW?"

A year has passed since the Grinch stole Christmas from Who-ville. Now eager to prove to the Whos that his heart has grown to LOVE the holiday, the Grinch devises a plan to win Who-ville's Christmas Crown by making the largest, most spectacular Christmas tree the Whos have ever seen! But when things don't go as planned, the Grinch's heart turns ice cold, and he threatens to leave Who-ville for good...until one small, special Who reminds him that Christmas is NOT about winning.

Grow your heart three sizes MORE with this sequel to the timeless picture book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Featuring a foil-enhanced jacket and full-color illustrations rendered in the iconic style of the original, this new story makes a splendid gift and a must-have addition to the libraries of Grinch fans of all ages!

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School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2--In this sequel to the Dr. Seuss classic, a year has passed, and the now-reformed Grinch wants to show the Whos just how much he has changed. He finds out about a Christmas tree contest in Who-ville and decides that he must win it to demonstrate his new Christmas spirit. Preoccupied with decorating the largest tree, he turns away Cindy-Lou Who when she comes to ask him for a favor. When the Grinch's tree gets second place, he is incensed and angrily retreats to his cave. Cindy-Lou, the winner of the contest, makes him come back by revealing that she wanted him to make an ornament for her tree so that Grinch would feel they like him "an awfully lot." Mollified, the Grinch realizes that he "BELONGED all along!" and that true winning is "being TOGETHER at Christmas!" Somewhat contrary to this message, he then crowns Cindy-Lou for her first-place win. Heim does a serviceable job emulating Dr. Seuss's style, though it is difficult to say whether a light rewriting of entire passages counts as homage or inability to create something more original. Colorful illustrations look more like the 1966 cartoon than the original black, white, and red drawings, but they are still whimsical and Seussian nevertheless. VERDICT Altogether, a serviceable sequel and a cute Christmas story with a positive though muddled message.--Yelena Voysey

Copyright 2023 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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"A serviceable sequel and a cute Christmas story." —School Library Journal
Alastair Heim
Alastair Heim's love for writing started in ninth grade, when a poem that he wrote won second place in a statewide poetry contest. Years later, his then three-year-old daughter began repeating every word he said. This inspired him to write a bedtime story in which they could both participate. Alastair's debut book for Little Bee Books, Love You Too, was published in Fall 2016. He lives in Missouri with his wife and three word-repeating kids.

Alisa Coburn is an illustrator and designer who lives with her family in the English countryside. She loves to draw and color as much as she did when she was a little "piglet," and she can't believe that she gets to do this for a living. Alisa is also the illustrator of Love You Too, a picture book on Little Bee's Fall 2016 list. Find out more about Alisa at alisacoburn.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593563168
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date
September 05, 2023
Series
Classic Seuss
BISAC categories
JUV007000 - Juvenile Fiction | Classics
JUV057000 - Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
JUV017010 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Christmas & Advent
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Stories in rhyme
Christmas stories
Christmas
Christmas fiction

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