One of the major differences between this early Seussian style and later books is the bit of racism that is fairly strong such as “slanty eyes” on the helpers from Zomba-ma-Tant… It is a bestiary book created by a child’s imagination full of creatures and odd machines with Seussian names and characteristics. This is the first book that we really see all of the qualities of a true Seussian children’s book. Then we go back to the same page as the first page, with Gerald McGrew simply looking on at the zoo keeper and the page reads: Gerald McGrew’s imagination grows and grows until eventually we see the McGrew Zoo in it’s full grandeur with a sign in lights and balloons and zoo goers lining up at the gates. Gerald McGrew images all sorts of machines that will help him gather these exotic animals, such as the Skeegle-mobile which will help him gather creatures from the North Pole. It would be the New Zoo, McGrew Zoo and it would have the most fantastical creatures, like the Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill in the image below.Īs you can see there is a also a vehicle of sorts pulling the Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Didd. He quickly starts to image what the zoo would be like if he were in charge. The story opens with Gerald McGrew at the local Zoo looking at a zookeeper standing in front of the lions cage.
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