I Love to Read: The Sneetches
Enhance your learning by doing activities that tie into the book, The Sneetches!
Book Title: The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
Check out the book from your local Dallas Public Library
Listen to a read-aloud video of the book on YouTube
The story centers around a group of yellow creatures called Sneetches. Some Sneetches have a green star on their bellies, some don’t. At the beginning of the story, Sneetches with stars discriminate against and reject those without stars on their bellies. Then along comes an enterprising man named Sylvester McMonkey McBean and he offers the Sneetches without stars the chance to get stars with his Star-On machine for a small fee. The treatment is a big hit, but not to everyone. The original star-bellied Sneetches get mad because in their minds they are no longer special. McBean then offers to take off the star-bellied Sneetches stars with his Star-Off machine for a small fee. The Sneetches who first had stars agree to have them removed in order to remain special. However, McBean does not share the prejudices of the Sneetches and allows the newly starred Sneetches through the Star-Off machine as well. Eventually, this spirals out of control with the Sneetches running from one machine to the next until they are broke.
Finally exhausted and broke, the Sneetches learn from this experience that neither plain-belly nor star-belly Sneetches are better than the other, and they are finally able to get along and become friends.
The Sneetches was intended by Seuss as a spoof of discrimination between races and cultures and was specifically inspired by his opposition to the hatred of Jews by others.
After reading The Sneetches, complete the activities in the playlist to extend your learning!
