Scrambled Eggs Super!

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Scrambled Eggs Super!
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Author Dr. Seuss
LanguageEnglish
Genre Children's literature
Publisher Random House
Publication date
November 11th, 1953
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages64
ISBN 978-0-394-80085-1
Preceded by If I Ran the Zoo  
Followed by Horton Hears a Who!  

Scrambled Eggs Super! is a 1953 children's book written and illustrated by American children's author Dr. Seuss. The story is told from the point of view of a boy named Peter T. Hooper, who makes scrambled eggs prepared from eggs belonging to various exotic birds.

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Plot

At the beginning of the story, Peter T. Hooper brags to his sister, Liz, in his mother's kitchen about what a good cook he is. He tells the story of how, when he tired of the taste of regular scrambled eggs using hen's eggs, he decided to scramble eggs from other birds. He tells of how he travelled great distances and discovered a variety of exotic birds and their eggs.

He explains his criteria for choosing some eggs, because of their sweetness, and avoiding others. He takes the eggs home but decides that he still needs more, and he calls on the help of some of his friends from around the world, including a "fellow named Ali". After each bird Peter finds he states the phrase..."Scrambled Eggs Super Dee Dooper Dee Booper Special Deluxe a la Peter T. Hooper".

Legacy

In the 2008 American animated film Horton Hears a Who! , Long-Legger Kwongs and Ruffle-Necked Sala-ma-gooxes appear as residents of the Jungle of Nool. [1]

Critical reception

Ruth C. Barlow of the Christian Science Monitor called it a "gay extravaganza". [2]

It also received positive reviews from Chicago Sunday Tribune and The New York Herald Tribune for Seuss's illustrations of the birds. [3]

Phillip Nel, in the book Dr. Seuss: American Icon, wrote that Scrambled Eggs Super! was one of Seuss's less politically oriented books. [4]

Withdrawal

On March 2, 2021, Dr. Seuss Enterprises ceased publication of Scrambled Eggs Super! and five other Dr. Seuss titles, explaining they featured depictions of people "in ways that are hurtful and wrong". [5] [6] [7] The offending imagery in Scrambled Eggs Super! included five characters dressed in hooded fur parkas and paddling a canoe, hailing from the fictional Arctic land of "Fa-Zoal", as well as a turbaned character named Ali. These depictions were believed to perpetuate negative stereotypes of Inuit and Middle Eastern people, respectively. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Horton Hears a Who! (2008)".
  2. ↑ Barlow, Ruth C. (30 July 1953). "Keeping Up With the Juniors". Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. ↑ Fensch, Thomas (September 2001). The Man Who Was Dr. Seuss: The Life and Work of Theodor Geisel. New Century Books. pp. 196–197. ISBN   0-930751-11-6.
  4. ↑ Nel, Phillip (January 2005). Dr. Seuss: American icon. Continuum International. pp. 148–149. ISBN   0-8264-1708-6.
  5. ↑ Watts, Amanda; Asmelash, Leah (2 March 2021). "6 Dr. Seuss books won't be published anymore because they portray people in 'hurtful and wrong' ways". CNN. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Pratt, Mark (March 2, 2021). "Six Dr. Seuss books won't be published for racist images". CTV News. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  7. ↑ Gross, Jenny (March 2, 2021), "6 Dr. Seuss Books Will No Longer Be Published Over Offensive Images", The New York Times, retrieved March 2, 2021
  8. ↑ Hopper, Tristan (March 3, 2021). "Here are the 'wrong' illustrations that got six Dr. Seuss books cancelled". National Post. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
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