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| Author | Dr. Seuss |
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| Illustrator | Dr. Seuss |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's literature |
Publication date | 1968 (Renewed in 1996) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover andpaperback) |
| ISBN | 0-394-80937-8 |
| Preceded by | The Cat in the Hat Song Book |
| Followed by | I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories |
The Foot Book is achildren's book written byDr. Seuss and first published in 1968. Intended for young children, it seeks to convey the concept of opposites through depictions of different kinds offeet. The text ofThe Foot Book is highly stylized, containing the rhymes, repetitions, and cadences typical of Dr. Seuss's work.
The Foot Book is Seuss's first in the Bright and Early Books series, intended for children too young for books in theBeginner Books series.[1] It was also his first book after the death of his wifeHelen Palmer Geisel, and Seuss put in eight-hour days working on it as a way of coping with the loss.[1]The Foot Book was extremely successful, and in 1997, it was in its 52nd reprinting.[2]
Like many Dr. Seuss books,The Foot Book has inspired others.Big Brother Mouse, a publishing project in Laos, drew onThe Foot Book to developBaby Frog, Baby Monkey, a book for very young readers that uses rhymes, repetition, and the pairing of opposite words in the same style.
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