How terrible to be poor Herbie Hart, who has taken his Throm-dim-bu-lator apart! Or the Crumple-horn, Web-footed, Green-bearded Schlotts, whose tail is entailed with un-solvable knots.

Packed with all the essential ingredients that have made Dr. Seuss so well loved over the past 50 years – riotous rhyme, zany artwork, off-the-wall humour – this delightful tale reminds us that however sorry we feel for ourselves, there is always someone, somewhere, worse off than ourselves.