Seuss was immediately taken with Audrey and she and her husband become “family friends” of the Geisel’s (Dr. At the time of this dedication she was married and had two children and Seuss was still married to his first wife Helen. This is a very noteworthy dedication, not only because it is the first Beginner Book to have a dedication, but also because Audrey Dimond was Seuss’ second wife. The book ends with a sign just like at the beginning, but this time it reads “Now is your Tongue Numb?” He starts off simple, but then builds up to:īut just as the fox about to expand on the tweetle beetle battle situation, Knox simply can not take it any longer and he grabs the fox and shoves him in the bottle with the battling tweetle beetles and gives the fox a taste of his own medicine with this tongue twister:Īnd he leaves the fox with a wave and a smile on his face as he says, Each time, Knox says he simply can’t say it.įinally the fox pulls Knox in close, staring him straight in the eyes and asks him to say,īut the fox pushes it one more time. This goes on the fox shows Knox new tongue twisting phrases claiming that they are easy, when really they become more and more complicated.

The fox apologizes and tries to make the phrases easier for Knox with,īut Knox does not think that that is easier. These items get stacked in various ways created several fun tongue twisting sentences.Īs the sentences get more complicated Knox pleads with the fox, Then we learn that the fox is narrating the story. Fox in socks.” Then a touch more complicated, “Knox on fox in socks in box.” This is flipped around to, “Fox in socks on box on Knox.” The visual changes with the words so that the socks are at the top of the page and the fox is doing a hand stand on the box which is on top of Knox’s head. Then we start to see these words put into sentences, such as, “Knox in box. It also shows us socks, box and a character named Knox.

It starts off nice and simple with an image of a fox with the word “fox” next to it. Seuss: American Icon, describes Fox in Socks as “taking rhyme, alliteration, consonance, and assonance to their illogical extremes, Seuss reduces words to sounds, amusing to say, but distracting from sense.”Īs soon as you open the cover you are shown a warning to read the book slowly because it is “dangerous.” Published 1965 BEGINNER BOOKS A Division of Random House

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