And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss

Plot Summary: And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss is a funny yet imaginative book about a boy named Marco who is told by his dad to “keep his eyelids up and see what he can see.” Marco ventures out go to school and along the way, he see “a plain horse and a wagon on “Mulberry Street.” Marco feels that what he has seen is not suitable, so he imagines the horse is a zebra and the wagon is a chariot. Then he realizes that what he has imagined is not suitable so he continues to invent what he has seen on Mulberry Street. Marco’s imagination exuberantly depicts a huge parade of various characters he has imagined. Once Marco’s story is full of preposterous tales, Marco rushes in ready for his father to ask him what he has seen. He has so much to tell. He has prepared a great story and just when his father asks him what he has seen, Marco simply replies, Nothing just “a plain horse and a wagon on “Mulberry Street.”

Impression about the book:

This book is a plain book. It is filled with simple words on the page and contains very few colors. Red, blue, yellow and green are the only colors used to illustrate the primitive drawings of Marcos adventure.

Reviews / Reviews Excerpts

Dr. Seuss does a fantastic job rhyming the words to Marco’s adventure on Mulberry Street. The reader to find out that Marco’s adventure is all imagined and it prepared to wow his father with his tales. When he returns home, he decides to tell the truth.

Suggestions for library use:

Librarians could use this book as a read aloud or as a springboard to encourage children to be honest even though their stories might be very exciting. The book depicts a simple approach as to how books can take you away to a far away journey where on any street.