Released Tuesday, What Pet Should I Get? by Dr. Seuss features the same siblings as One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. They ponder what kind of animal to acquire, but the end leaves readers guessing.Seuss real name was Theodor Geisel. His widow found the manuscript shortly after his death but set it aside, and it was re-discovered two years ago.
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Random House Children’s Books has published the book.
“What Pet Should I Get?” hit bookstores earlier this week.
NBC crews for “The Today Show” film children during a reading of ‘What Pet Should I Get?’ at UC San Diego’s Geisel Library July 23.
Unlike Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman“, in which the heroic Atticus Finch disparages blacks and condemns the Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw segregation in public school, the new Seuss book joins other Seuss classics such as “The Sneetches and Other Stories” and “Green Eggs and Ham” in affirming equality, Pease said.
Prescott, who has worked for the Geisels since 1972, said the author had many unfinished ideas, not all of which resulted in books. Audrey immediately called art director for Random House, Cathy Goldsmith.
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The latest book from the popular children’s book illustrator and storyteller involves a brother and sister trying to, as the title suggests, decide on which pet to get. Across the world, over 650 million copies of his works have been sold.
