OPL BOOK SUMMARY:  The Lorax is a whimsical but powerful environmental tale of how we need to listen and change our behavior before it is too late.

“I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. And I’m asking you, sir, at the top of my lungs…”

The Lorax wants to stop the Once-ler from cutting down trees senselessly. But though the Lorax shouts, the Once-ler continues cutting trees to fund his burgeoning business and grow wealthy.  As the book unfolds, the Lorax returns multiple times, pleading on behalf of the fish and animals who have lost their food sources and homes to the Once-ler’s industry.  The Once-ler turns a deaf ear to the Lorax’s pleas until both the environment and the Once-ler’s business cease to be.

Dr. Suess published this captivating book in 1971.  Today it resonates even more than when it was written. This book is a whimsical but powerful environmental tale of how we need to listen and change before it is too late.

Gather the whole family around to listen to the tale, and make positive changes to care for our beautiful world.  

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Listen to our reading of this wonderful book. Enjoy!