![]() The king encounters the crisis personally in his royal bathtub, when the oobleck comes out of the water faucet. ![]() Ī version recorded by the actor Marvin Miller varies slightly from the book. The book was named a Caldecott Honor Book in 1950. Why can't we have something different for a change?" During a rainstorm, one of his fellow soldiers remarked, "Rain, always rain. Geisel said he drew inspiration for the book from a conversation he overheard while stationed in Belgium during World War II. Unlike most of Geisel's books, which are written in anapestic tetrameter, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, like its predecessor, is a prose work. The book is a sequel of sorts to The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. It follows the adventures of a young boy named Bartholomew, who must rescue his kingdom from a sticky substance called "oobleck". ![]() Bartholomew and the Oobleck is a 1949 book by Dr. ![]()
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