We aren't really sure it's a mansion; we just liked the alliteration.Actually, we aren't really sure where any of this story takes place. With some notable exceptions, Seuss has never been one to p...

And by parental, we mean exasperated, frantic, pleading, angry, and authoritative all in one.In the beginning, the Narrator's tone is one of authority. "The time has come," he says as if he's the o...

Are you familiar with e.e. cummings? The Poetry Foundation slaps his poetry with descriptions like "spare," "precise," "key words eccentrically placed on the page," and "revised grammatical and lin...

Titles are tricky business. They can allude to other works, just like Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, which comes from Macbeth. Then there are titles that point to the important charact...

Before we discuss the ending, how about we read the ending? Real quick, won't take but a second:The time had come. / SO… / Marvin WENT. (87-89)Now let's consider the beginning of the story. Again...

Art Buchwald once accused Dr. Seuss of never having written a political book. He then received the gift of Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! with Marvin's name scratched out on every page an...