The Butter Battle

Dr. Seuss chronicles the feud between The Yooks and the Zooks using slingshots and sophisticated weaponry, until each side has the capacity to destroy the world. Explaining the very serious differences between the Zooks and the Yooks, a Zook grandpa tells his grandchild the unspeakable truth: It's high time that you knew of the terribly horrible thing that Zooks do.

In every Zook house and every Zook town every Zook eats his bread with the butter side down! He then recalls his days with the Zook-Watching Border Patrol, as he gave any Zook who dared come close a twitch with my tough-tufted prickley Snick-Berry Switch. But when the Zooks fought back, the switches gave way to Triple-Sling Jiggers, then Jigger-Rock Snatchems — even a Kick-a-Poo Kid that was loaded with powerful Poo-a-Doo Powder and ants' eggs and bees' legs and dried-fried clam chowder.

With lots of fun and more-than-fair digs at the runaway spending and one-upmanship, The Butter Battle Book makes a chuckle-filled read. Follow along in this crazy, classic, large-formatted book with a slightly smaller print than the Beginner titles and has more sentences or paragraphs per page and an overall bigger binding. Dr. Seuss's humorous but thought-provoking books are ideal for independent readers or reading aloud and are perfect for sparking lively discussions about varied subjects. Kids will want to read this story again and again!