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    Fox in Socks
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    Fox in Socks
    Audiobook7 minutes

    Fox in Socks

    Written by Dr. Seuss

    Narrated by David Hyde Pierce

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    About this audiobook

    A collection of tongue twisters that will amuse little ones.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJun 27, 2006
    ISBN9780739339381
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    Fox in Socks
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    Dr. Seuss

    Theodor Seuss Geisel – better known to his millions of fans as Dr. Seuss – was born the son of a park superintendent in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1904. After studying at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and later at Oxford University in England, he became a magazine humorist and cartoonist, and an advertising man. He soon turned his many talents to writing children’s books, which included the creation of the one and only ‘The Cat in the Hat’, published in 1957.

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    • 4/5
      Loosen up your tongue before you read this one out loud! My kids LOVE the Beetle Butter Battle (or whatever it is...)
    • 4/5
      Solid second rank Dr Seuss
    • 2/5
      I learned how to read with Dr Seuss books in the mid 60s and while at the time this may ( or may not, too many years now to remember ) have delighted my 5 year old self - I found it annoying @ nearly 57. This saddens me greatly, it is always terrible to rediscover something you loved decades ago and find it no longer interests you.
    • 1/5
      My first encounter with Dr Seuss was at the age of four. I was advised that he was an American thing and that I shouldn't bother with him. It seemed like a fair instruction at four. Having been directed to read this some bedtime or other when my elder son was about six, I can report that, having been advised to dismiss him as a child, I actually hated him as an adult because no-one needs to read this deliberately difficult shit out loud after a day at work. No-one.
    • 4/5
      Summary: This book is great to read to children because it is funny and the words can be tricky to read. Fox and Knox are the main characters in the book. Fox tries to get Knox to say tongue twister rhymes, but Knox gets frustrated. Eventually in the end Knox learns his own tongue twister and shares it with fox by packing him in a bottle with tweedle bettles. Fox in Socks is a great book to teach children about repetition and rhyming words.Personal Reaction:When I read this book, I instantly added it to my list of Dr. Seuss books to read to my classroom. His books are great for any age group! Classroom Extension Ideas: One way to have this book as a lesson would be to have the students make shaker tweetle beetle battle bottles by using empty water bottles, uncooked rice, and mini toy assorted bugs. Students shake the bottles and pretend the bugs are battling.
    • 4/5
      A fox in socks asks Mr. Knox to join him a variety of "games," all of which turn out to be saying different tongue twisters, to poor Mr. Knox's dismay!This book has the typical Seussian illustrations and silly language, upping the ante here with a number of different tongue twisters. Although it can be a mouthful to read aloud, it's waaaay better than Seuss's Oh Say Can You Say?, which is truly impossible. I found that the young kids in my life got a kick out of hearing me read this book, rather than trying to tackle it themselves, although in theory they should be able to read most if not all of the words on their own.
    • 5/5
      Tongue Twister!
    • 5/5
      More than fifty years after first reading this, I can still recite it off by heart.
    • 5/5
      On its own terms, as a young children's "beginning to read" book, this rates 5 stars.

      I read it numerous times to my sons when they were little and it was always a firm favourite. Great for pre-readers, too, as the alliteration and rhymes make it eminently memorizable after a couple of reads, so the little ones know what's coming and can join in.

      One of the many Dr Seuss books that give me a warm, nostalgic glow, remembering those happy story-times before bed.
    • 4/5
      This is a funny, and quite difficult, tongue twister that ca easily trick you up. Children think is is lots of fun to see how well and fast we can read this book with out making a mistake. It is a perfect book to practice rhyming words. It is silly and entertaining while making your brain work... Perfect for kindergarten.
    • 3/5
      The girls love it. I don't care for Dr Seuss' illustrations at all, but the language is funny enough.
    • 4/5
      Seuss is awesome, but this one would be quiet a mouthful for storytime. Lots and lots of tongue twisters, and maybe too long?!
    • 4/5
      Fox in Socks will deffinetly tire ones tounge out. It is a tounge twister complete with made up words by dr. Seuss.
    • 5/5
      A silly Seuss book full of rhyming, tongue twisting fun....... Its too lengthy for the super young but a silly book too..... grades 1-2
    • 4/5
      A fox in sox takes a knox on a wild adventure where they meet new animals doing all kinds of silly things. The fox wants the Knox to repeat the tongue twisters as a game. He steadily becomes angry and tells the fox he can not say such things. As they continue, the Knox finally catches the Fox and stuffs him in a bottle with his other rhyming friends.
    • 4/5
      A fox with socks goes through a series of tongue twisters that get more and more complex until Knox finally has enough.
    • 5/5
      This is my favorite by Seuss. Wait till you get to the page on tweedle beedles. (Not sure about that spelling.)
    • 4/5
      This Fox is a tricky fox. He'll try to get your tongue in trouble." Dr. Seuss gives fair warning to anyone brave enough to read along with the Fox in Socks, who likes to play tongue-twisting games with his friend Mr. Knox.
    • 4/5
      Another tongue-twisting fun book to read aloud. Lots of giggled enclosed.
    • 5/5
      This is probably my favourite Dr. Seuss book and one that I feel does not get enough attention in comparison to his others. Written as a series of tongue twisters, it will spark a child's interest in the English language while imparting the subtle lesson that you can stand up to others who try to make you do things you don't want to do. I have also shared this book with several speakers of foreign languages either getting acquainted with English themselves or looking for good English-language literature for their American-born children, and this book is always a hit with them as well.
    • 2/5
      This is definitely a book for a young crowd of students. I enjoyed it, and it has clever illustrations.
    • 5/5
      This book is nothing more than a list of tongue twisters.Each set of tongue twisters gets progressively harder and harder (not to mention more and more disastrous in the illustrations) until Mr. Knox throws his hands up in frustration, and it all starts over again.Definitely read it before you read it aloud! I'd also recommend this book for the late stage of early readers - the words are just simple enough for them to actually be able to read them, while the wordplay is tricky enough to make it a really fun challenge.There are a few minor concerns. First of all, the fox really is a nasty character, and uses language that I know some parents object to - calling Mr. Knox dumb, that sort of thing. And of course it shows some violence in the tweedle beetle battle.This sort of thing doesn't concern me, but if it does concern you, as always, read before you buy.
    • 5/5
      A terrific tongue-twisting book. A favorite read-aloud for my son many years ago that still goes over well with children as much as six or seven years old when I read it to them.
    • 5/5
      My daughter and I are big fans of Dr. Seuss and we have most of his books. Fox in Socks is one of our absolute favorites. Seuss pulled out all the stops with this one. The tongue twisting rhymes are challenging every time, but at the same time the story and pictures are just plain fun. We make a contest of it to see if we can read the whole book without making any mistakes and we go as fast as we can. This book is fun from start to finish and is one of our all-time favorite children's books, period.
    • 5/5
      This is without a doubt my all time favorite from Dr. Seuss. The tongue twisters are silly and truly challenging and the illustrations are great. My 21 month old daughter has started pulling this one off the shelf at bedtime, and let me tell you, it is a pleasant break from book after book after book of "The New Adventures of Curious George." The tweedle beetle section has to considered one of the all time supreme tongue twisters. I much prefer Fox in Sox to Oh Say Can You Say, which inexplicably seems to be the better known of the two. This one is fun, and funny, and it gives your tongue some serious exercise. What more could you ask for?
    • 5/5
      This is one of my all time favourite kids books. Kids love hearing mum or dad trip over all the tounge twisters. The twisters start out simple, then get harder as you go along. A very fun book to read to your kids.Page one reads:"FoxSocksBoxKnox"
    • 5/5
      This is such a fun book! It is full of tricky tongue-twisters. It is one of my favorite books to read to my boys.
    • 5/5
      Fox in Socks is an absolutely delightful dance through thickets of tongue-twisting English prose - you cannot stop yourself from flying faster and faster through the levels of tongue-twistedness..and yet, you get tripped up on nearly every page! It's best to read this aloud to someone else, preferably a post-toddler kid who is him/herself learning the vagaries of English pronunciation. :-)
    • 5/5
      My all time favorite book as a child. Now I get to read it (or try to) to my own child! This is a great book for the very young and for the early reader as well.
    • 2/5
      Not an easy read. :-) Dr. Seuss is best in English. Easy english does not automatically translate into easy Hebrew.