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You're Only Old Once!

  • 48 pages · about 1 hour
  • First published 1986
  • 7 editions

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1 About this book

You're Only Old Once! A Book for Obsolete Children is a 1986 picture book for adults by Dr. Seuss, released on Geisel's 82nd birthday. It was his first book for adults in 47 years.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: humor and a short read.

  • Humor
  • Pictorial American wit and humor
  • Aging
  • Physicians
  • Older people
  • Caricatures and cartoons

2 About Dr. Seuss

1904–1991

Theodor Seuss Geisel ( sooss GHY-zəl, zoyss -⁠; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American children's author, illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss ( sooss, zooss).

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