Super Book, as are all Dr. Seuss books! Book was new and as described. Fast shipping...rec'd in 4 days. It would be nice though if Amazon didn't set the shipping rates so the sellers could use media mail for their books to make it cheaper for the purchaser! If they didn't charge the flat $3.99 rate, it would make purchasing more affordable and one could do it more often! I'll buy from this firsttrust_books seller again!

"Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham" get all the fame and glory, and I actually don't remember ever reading "One Fish Two Fish" as a child. But I've discovered this book now that I have a three year-old of my own, and it has become our favorites. Dr. Seuss is exceptionally skilled at playing with words and rhymes and coming up with hilarious, fun, well-crafted sentences. This book contains some of his best work. The books make learning language great fun. I was amazed last night when my daughter started rattling off the sentences in the book from memory as I read it to her, and she had great fun doing it. A children's book that both children and adults can appreciate and one that inspires in children a love of learning language: what more could a parent want?

And one other editorial comment...now that I've spent much time scouring the library shelves for good books for my child, I have come to have tremendous appreciation for Dr. Seuss's talent and wit. Almost all children's book authors fall far short of the standard Dr. Seuss set decades ago. Give me "One Fish Two Fish" or "The Lorax" over "The Polar Express" any day!

This is one of our first bedtime books for our sons along with "Hop on Pop" and "The Foot Book". This beginner's book provides simple rhymes that are easy to learn and repeat.

We don't read this book as much anymore. We later graduated to "Fox in Socks." My oldest has returned to this book as an early reader. (I have to mix up the pages because my boys have much of the book memorized).

Please note that it is a bit long - definitely not a great readaloud for any child with a short attention span.

It also does jump around a lot. That's an asset in an early reader - it means that the kids can stop reading when they get frustrated and pick it up again when they're ready. They don't have to worry about remembering plot points for more than two pages.

I like this book, my nieces like it (when they're willing to sit through it), that's what matters.

I will note that some people might object to a picture depicting some violence and calling another (sentient?) creature "bad". I don't, but if you do, please read before buying.

Reading this book is like taking a stroll down a Seussian zoo. It's one of my favorites, with its silly, clever rhymes, funny dialogues and interesting creatures. I like it more than "If I ran the zoo" (also by Dr. Seuss). Like all Seuss books, this one is great for introducing children to the love of reading.

Dr. Seuss is the best way to get your child to see that reading is fun.
With the Dr.s lyrical sing song rhymes and strange creatures,bright colors.
Salem loves this book,she loves to show how bright she is,she wants to count,to do her alphabet,at this age (She is 22 Mo) this is playing,
and the Dr. keeps children entertained, reading the same timeless books
that you knew as a child.

It was purely by accident that I found myself with a copy of Dr Seuss's "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" in my hands and actually reading it. The nostalgia trip lasted about 3.5 seconds before I started enjoying the book in its own right as an adult. It is just plain linguistic fun. And, yeah, it will appeal to kids as well.

The story itself is nonsensical fun, and the use of sounds to create that sense of fun is very creative. As only Dr Seuss can do, he makes reading the book not only fun at a mental level, but the rhythm and sounds also have the ability to make reading it fun. I found myself captivated in anticipation of what Seuss would do next with the words. The names of various creatures are also just plain fun and really appeal to the child in us all.

The illustrations are what one would expect from Dr Seuss: gaudy colours and not too much detail. They are fantastic pictures, even though they are quite simple. They do not distract from the text, but there is enough there to keep younger kids focused. Of course, that should not stop us older "kids" enjoying them.

This is a true classic of a book, and is among my favourites of Dr Seuss books. I have to confess to still enjoying it and know that kids do too. It is a great book and well-written. Kids everywhere should have at least one Dr Seuss book.

Oh yeah, this book is great for pronunciation classes, as well, with foreign students! It targets some common sounds that are problematic for some nationalities.

My children grew up with this book. We would snuggle up and read it nearly every night. This copy was purchased for my Granddaughter and I am snuggling once again reading this little book. She loves it too...as do I.

My 14 month old loves this book! Seuss is a genius. The rhyming keeps his attention throughout the whole book!

The book "One Fish Two Fish" written by Dr.Suess is very good. There is not a lot of text in it, but it does teach kids about colors, and rhyme. It also has a message about accepting everybody as different.

This book would be suggested for ages 2-100 because I'm twelve and I am still in love with this book. I bet everybody alive has read a Dr. Suess book. They are classics and just flat out amazing.

You can get One Fish Two Fish in pop up version and hardback but I have never seen it in paperback. I think that you should get it. You can buy it at any of your local bookstores or you can just buy it on this website for $8.99. It is well worth the price.

- Melina Jansen]

If you can get the child down to read and get interested, it's a free flowing, in the style of a man that can get down to the simplicity of capturing the free-flowing rhyme without-reason style that makes his individuality so captivating. Whether for a child or an adult, his books are always a classic. LLO'C

As I titled this, all these Seuss beginner books are so delightful to read with my children, and the right length.

Although its not as great as The Cat in the Hat, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish is certainly one of my children's favorites, and they especially love trying to read some of the rhymes outloud. Certainly a great choice for a book for your young ones.

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss gives young children an excellent way to start reading independently. The book helps children learn to count to eleven and it increases their vocabulary as you read it along with them the first few times. Young children just learning to read will be able to read this book as one of their first books that they can read by themselves; and the cute illustrations will delight children and even adults everywhere.

The book's plot is not entirely deep--nor should it be for this exceptionally young, tender age group. The book helps kids to learn how to count to eleven and recognize the words for those numbers; it also uses pictures to introduce words for basic colors including red, blue, black, yellow and pink. Children also explore the concepts of old and new; fast and slow; high and low; thin and fat as well as here and there. Excellent! The book also introduces the telephone and how two people can communicate by phone. Your child will love that--they'll think that the phone is a toy!

The book is nicely bound and the strength of the hardcover binding makes the book tolerate the bending and occasional carelessness of a young child who is learning to read partly by using this book. Great!

I highly recommend One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish for younger kids who are just learning to read. This book will increase their vocabulary by introducing words, comparisons and pictures. The child also gets a heightened awareness of the world around them; and the adorable illustrations will delight children everywhere.

Great job, Dr. Seuss!

Who can say anything bad about One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish!?!?!!

This is one of our favorite Seuss creations, along with Fox In Socks. My son lvoes to finish every sentence for us. We love this book and the funny creatures in it! ("From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!"

You will have fun reading this tongue twister with your child. With funny made up animals (things) and verse that can twist the tongue of the most experienced reader.
What is the story about? Nothing really, just a bunch of nonsense that makes Dr. Seuss as fun as ever

This is a great buy. What an easy way to read to your child in the tub! This book floats and gets wet, it is perfect for my son. He draws on it and it washes off. I highly recommend this one!

Dr. Seuss books never go out of style. They are a fantastic tool for the young reader.

My kids love Dr. Suess's books. This is one of their favorites, and mine. It's silly but what fun! Recommended for parents who like to read to their young children.

I thought this book was great - it was really colorful. The overall feel reminded me of the book "Now I Know the Ten Commandments". I recommend it to anyone.

Alot of kids feel that reading is stupid but this book will change their
minds. This book will make you laugh and is also a very educational book that teaches the young minds how to rhyme. Many kids think that reading is stupid, but this book makes it fun with silly rhymes.

An outstanding book for kids and adults and who want to enjoy a good
laugh.It also very educational book, we all know reading helps you comprehend words better but this book also teaches you how to rhyme. I gave this book 5 stars but you'll never know until you read it for yourself.

Since my 7-month-old still thinks books are for putting in your mouth, I've been buying him bath books. I bought this one sight unseen from Amazon, and as much as I love the classic "One Fish, Two Fish," I was a little disappointed. First, the book is small, even for a bath book (about 4x6 inches -- the "8.3 x 4.8" dimensions in the Amazon description are just plain WRONG). Second, the book was shorter than I expected. It consists only of the first 8 pages of the original "One Fish." Of course, the baby doesn't know how abridged the book is, so he enjoys it. And the colors are bright, the printing is sharp, and the overall package is high-quality and holds up to lots of handling. But there's not much there to read to him.

Overall, if you're looking for a durable "One Fish" edition that's good for mealtimes, or bath time, or for taking in the stroller, this is an excellent buy. Just be aware that it's no substitute for the real thing.

First you read it to your little one, who loses interest and then you recycle it as an easy to read book for a beginning reader....

The more Dr. Seuss books I read, the more I wonder why people love his books so much. The original books are WAY to long (buy the board books!) and remind me of the study that shows that kids these days have a shorter attention span than in the past--15-30 seconds, the length of time of a commercial on TV. Maybe it's not the commercials that did it, but rather Dr. Seuss. After about the third page, this book switches from fish to other creatures. This really confused me. From the title, I expected the whole book to be about fish, and opposites, or at least different descriptors. But not only is it not just fish, after the third page, the whole thing falls apart. Each page has nothing to do with the following page. Why were these pages put together to form one book? Who knows. To the reviewer who says he can read it in any order--this isn't Choose Your Own Adventure. It's _supposed_ to be a sequential book.

As with every book that Dr.Suess wrote this one is yet another pleasure for young and old. Being a little bit longer than the norm just gives more pages of giggles and time to share with your little one.
Illustrations are bright and colorful helping to bring every word to life. Lots of fun for everyone.

Not my favorite Dr. Seuss, if only because it's a little long.
A Dr. Seuss that's long is wrong -
My child falls asleep too fast!
Too many pages, he can't last.

Yeah, Dr. Seuss is always a favorite, but this one was one my kid always fell asleep during. He didn't hear the end of the book for years! As a storytime title, rather than a NAPtime choice, though, it's a great book for little ones. You might get tongue-tied reading it, but that's okay, too - you'll laugh together, reading will be fun and everything will work out perfectly!

a classic that you had read to you and now you're reading it to other little ones and so on and so on....a fun book from your childhood to share

I read all the Dr. Suess books to my four month old baby boy. He loves them. They are great books for children. However, this particular book is a little long for him.

This is one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books because it is simple and easy to read. The illustrations are much fun and appropriate for the words! I can read this book over and over to the kindergarten children at my school and I never get tired of it.

My 3 yr old daughter loves this book - as always Dr. Seuss is remarkable! Helped her with counting, colors, and sounds with all of the rhymes! Favorite!

This bath book is small but colorful and just long enough to hold my toddler's attention while playing in the bathtub. It's a wonderful paired-down version of the classic children's book that doesn't lose it's exciting rhymes in the reduced length. The larger version of this bath book, however, called "Red Fish, Blue Fish, Old Fish, New Fish: An Utterly Stupendous Vinyl Extravaganza!" has the same exact text and a detachable red fish that squeaks!

dr. suess is the cat that everyone has grown up with and has the books that create the laughs, and always made children laugh. everyone of theses books has children wanting to read them over and over again, and laughing over at the same parts. dr. suess was created for children just learning how to read, and it makes reading intereseting and fun for kids

One fish two fish red fish blue fish is a good book and it was funny to me i think all the readers of this book will enjoy it because of it is kinda like a learning book because it sort of helps you learn to count.

This book teaches kids colors and numbers. it teaches them new words that will help them in school. its got great graphics and its fun to read! :)

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laura r.

I don't know what the previous reviewer was thinking, but this book deserves way more than one star. Apparently the writer of "puh-lease" doesn't know good literature or childrens' literature when they see it. Not only does this book help young children to learn colors and numbers but there is more meaning to this book if you read between the lines. Dr. Seuss was a wonderful wonderful author and had this knack for incorporating pressing social issues into his work. I would highly recommend this book to any educator or parent.

It is like this book was written for a baby or something. Anybody looking for enlightened literature should look elsewhere.

Easy to read and entertaining for my regular visitors that are nearly 2 and 4. They enjoy all of the Seuss books. I used to read this to my brother YEARS ago.

1 fish
2 fish
red fish
blue fish...
this book is great for an
old fish
or a
new fish!

This classic Dr. Seuss book is a collection of silly rhymes that will make adults smile and children giggle. Bizarrely-wonderful characters like yops hop, yinks drink pink ink, yings sing and wumps bump! Come and ring the gak out back, box a gox and open some cans with a zans!

As always, with Dr. Seuss's books, children learn to read by rhyme and repetition. Your child will ask you to read this book to her over and over and soon she'll be reading along with you. Learning through fun is Dr. Seuss's specialty.

If you've never read this book you should.
This book is fun...and fun is good!

Don't skip this one, please. You just have to have these tongue-twister books to read to your child. It's a blast to read fast too. My little one keeps saying, "faster, faster mommy!" Good thing I can speed read! It's a fabulous book and one that every child should own. It inspires tons of imagination and fun and really makes reading exciting for little ones. It's weird to run into someone as an adult who hasn't read these classic Seuss books. It makes you feel sorry for them and wonder what other great things of childhood they've missed.

Just as Seuss covered anti-intellectualism in Green Eggs and Ham, and alternate lifestyles in Hop on Pop, the Fish book is a trenchant political analysis. Foreseeing the red vs. blue state deadlock back in the idealistic better-living-through-chemistry early 1960s, Suess contrasts the red (as in communist) fish with the all-American blue fish. This motif weaves through the book, teaching little ones the red vs. blue tension of multiculturalism (in the form of strange animals) and isolationism of Ned in his too-small bed. While most younger children will miss the allusion to Procrustes, they may remember the literary echo in Hop on Pop: Ned joins Red, Ted, and Ed in a more appropriately sized bed, and Seuss shows his support for the UN, or at least the International Monetary Fund.

The tension is palpable when the young boy and girl bring home a large, walrus-like pet and wonder how their mother will feel about their deed; no preschooler could miss this reference to the Teapot Dome scandal. Similarly, their advice to get a pet Yink simply because of its fondness for pale red india writing product is a sardonic commentary on rampant consumerism. And the camel-like Wump shows his prophetic realization that our demand for oil would force us to deal with the Saudis on a regular basis.

Seuss warns us of the coming divide in these United States in the introduction: "From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere." It starts with the fish, red, blue, and black (but not white, showing where Geisel's sympathies lie), young and old, then proceeds up the evolutionary chain to large land mammals, eventually including the aforementioned school-aged boy and girl. They serve as the Adam and Eve as well as the Joe and Joan Sixpak of the book. They espouse embracing what is different while they reinforce doing the same.

Seuss knew where we were headed in both 2000 and 2004, and this book shows the way out. The US has plenty of (pale) red ink, so we should get a Yink. I think.

You might think that "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" is a Dr. Seuss book about counting or colors (or counting and colors or even counting colors), but that would simply be the hook for something much larger. The thesis of this Beginner Book appears opposite the first page, where we are informed by a small creature with a giant mustache and a yellow star for a belly button that "From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere." If anything this Dr. Seuss book has bits and pieces from lots of other Dr. Seuss books. You have a series of opposite because fish are not only red and blue but old and new, you have Ned who does not like his bed, there is Yop who only likes to hop from finger top to finger top, and all sorts of strange looking animals. There is even a creature that looks like the Cat in the Hat except he is completely yellow, including his hat, has a polka dot bow tie, and eleven fingers.

Consequently, if "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" is one of the first Dr. Seuss books that a beginning reader begins reading they should go back and read it again after they have gone through the rest of the good doctor's books because they will then be better able to appreciate some of the familiar faces in this book. However, since this is not a book for early beginning readers, most kids will get to this one after they have covered the basic Dr. Seuss books and become well accustomed to his delightful volumes of rhymed absurdity. This particular book has been inspiring the imagination of beginning readers since 1960 and there is no reason for it to stop with that endeavor at this point in time.

Unlike most Dr. Seuss books, this book has no real plot. For the most part it is made up of unconnected pages that flow nicely into one another. The lack of plot is not something that harms the book in my eyes, I like the chance encounters with the strange creatures, and I think the lack of a plot helps to make this story special.

Throughout this book we are introduced to a number of cute creatures from fish to Wumps to Zeds. Like all Dr. Seuss creations they are very cute, bold, colorful and expressive. Another characteristic of a Dr. Seuss book is how the words flow wonderful and manage to rhyme well in a manner completely unforced and effortless. This is one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books.

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An epic, amazing, astonishing tale into true philosophy of the human intellect. The story dives deep down into the bowels of our minds, posing us the question- what if the fish had a car? The thoughts have puzzled me for 75 years, and I am yet to discover the true solution to the problem. Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it be for love? Vagaries of perception, although only Dr. Seuss mind could invent something as insipid as love. Truly, one of the most astonishing stories I have read in my life, and without a doubt the greatest, deepest, and most politically influencing novel of all time. With ventures into the intersanctum of the human construct, it's a book for anyone attempting to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose.

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss is a funny book. Like when a fish has a hole on its head. This is another reason to read the book that is has good illustrations. Like when the new fish and the mom fish. One more thing it has good rhymes. As One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue. One more thing is my opinion, I think you should read this book because it is about fish. If you like fish you will like this book.