and you think that i saw it on mulberry street

Marco starts off with a pretty ho-hum tale, but ends up with something fantastic and just a little bit magical.

It delves deep into the joy of creating a narrative and coming up with your own fun version of what happens. This is a story to teach kids how to tell stories. After all, it is Seuss's very first children's book and had it not been accepted (after twenty-seven rejections), we may never have been introduced to the genius of Seuss's children's literature. If you are a lover of history at all, then And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street is pretty critical for your inner Seuss scholar. That's led to this whole delightful narration! Why Should I Care? It's his little secret, his magic creation, To his father or mother the whole zany spiel. Marco's wacky brain takes the street anywhere!Īt the end of the day, though, he doesn't reveal The parade of new sights is quite frankly insane.įrom a horse and a wagon to a full-on affair, There are zebras and brass bands and even a plane. Marco sees an old wagon on Mulberry StreetĪnd turns it into something that's really quite neat.Īnd soon Mulberry Street is a place of delight. There are fantastic things to be seen in great measureĪnd the pictures are also quite a real treasure.

So he wrote this story full of pictures and rhymesĪnd was rejected a staggering twenty-seven times!īut thank goodness, oh joy, it became a real book,Īnd like Marco, we should scramble to take a quick look You see: Seuss wrote for grown-ups before thisīut something, he felt, was a little amiss Is a first (very first) for Seuss-oh geez! And not just because there's a band and a bass!

And you think that i saw it on mulberry street