Bartholomew and the Oobleck (Classic Seuss)

Bartholommew and th Oobleck was a story about a king who did not like the rain, snow, sunshine, fog, or anything that came down from the sky. He wanted the magicians in the mountain to make something only for him and they created Oobleck. It was a sticky messy gummy stuff that was destroying his

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county, and to make it stop he had to say he was sorry.

I liked this book as I have liked most Dr. Seuss books for a very long time. The meaning that this book gave showed that even the most powerful people can make mistakes and that everyone should be able to say they are sorry if need be.

This book showed that the king, as powerful as he was, could make mistakes and that the lesson in the classroom should be to admit when you make a mistake or hurt someone that "I'm sorry" is approprite. This book could also be used in a lesson on the weather and seeing how different students feel about different types of weather.

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Great story with many different uses in the classroom. You could use it for a lesson on weather, apologizing, kings in midevil times, and being content with what you have. Also you could make some oobleck as a science experiment.

This is a book I would read to an older group of kids maybe around the time we were discussing weather. The King of Didd says he is bored with sunshine, rain, fog, and snow, and tells his magicians to add some variety to the weather. These magicians can be a little crazy so they come up with a

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crazy potion and spell that night. The next morning sticky "oobleck" falls throughout the town covering everything. The king is very upset about his wish and wants to stop the oobleck from falling but his magicians are stuck in their cave because of it. Eventually, his page, Bartholomew, advises him to apologize for trying to change the weather and eventually all the oobleck melts away.

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This is a great science book too...Oobleck is fun to make. Is it a solid or a liquid? What state of matter does it ack like if you slap it? Will it run down your hand if you angle your hand? Can you determine what state of matter you would call oobleck? I use part of this book with an intro to

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chemistry/physicla science high school class. My students have lots of fun playing with their own Oobleck. Corn starch, some water, and if you don't mind your hands changing color, add some food coloring and you to can play with Oobleck. Remember that when you are done, throw it in the trash, not down the drain it will clog plumbing pipes. Have fun learning science!

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The king asks his magicians to send something new from the sky. The result is disasterous.

King Derwin is bored with the fact that the same 4 things, snow, sunshine, fog, and rain, fall from the sky year after year. One day, against the advice of Bartholomew, the king decides to have his magicians create something new to fall from the sky that will be all his. The magicians work all

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night long, and the next morning Bartholomew wakes to find Oobleck, a green, gooey substance, falling from the sky. The Oobleck was like glue and stuck to anything it touched, and as time went by the more and more Oobleck fell from the sky. Bartholomew tried to warn the people but it was too late, and everyone everywhere was stuck, even the king. The king tried to remember the magic words the magicians used in an attempt to stop the Oobleck, but it was no use. Bartholomew tells the king that rather than saying some silly magic words, he should be saying sorry. The king refuses at first, but after some convincing from Bartholomew the helpless king reluctantly says, "I'm sorry," and the Oobleck everywhere melted away.

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King Derwin is bored with the four types of weather in his kingdom. So he tells his Royal Magicians that he wants something new to fall from the sky. Bartholomew begs him not to do it because he knows something bad will happen. But King Derwin doesn't listen. The next day oobleck begins falling

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from the next sky. But it's sticking to everything that it touches and getting everyone stuck. Bartholomew tries to get help but finally returns to the king, yelling at him and forcefully telling him to say he's sorry. The king swallows his pride and sobs how sorry he is for the oobleck. Magically the sun comes out and the oobleck disappears.

I love the allegory behind Dr. Suess and his stories for children that have messages for adults! Great for a classroom read aloud.

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Bartholomew and the OObleck

This is a Dr. Seuss book so you know it is full of weird sounding names. Bartholomew is a boy who must save his kingdom from a bad choice the king made. The king decided that he had grown tired of seeing bright and shiny days, so he told the magician to make the weather

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change to rain and fog. The magician made a mistake and created Oobleck which is a grouse green yucky slime. The Oobleck covered everything, but no matter how much the boy warned people they did not listen. The Oobleck finally got on the king and he realized the mistake he made and he said the magic words “I’m Sorry”, and the magicians spell reversed and the Oobleck melted away and all were happy.

Extension:

Students can become magicians and create their own Oobleck.
Students can write a story about something that happened to them when they did not listen and how they resolved it.

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I know the point of the book has nothing to do with the Oobleck, and this probably makes me as bad as the king, but I still wish it would actually oobleck on me someday. I always thought the stuff looked like a lot of fun.

Good book for teaching students different states of matter, but of course from Dr. Seuss point of view.

A very creative book for little children. This book is about a boy and a King. The boy observes and notices that the King is sick of the four natural weather patterns that come from the sky, the sunshine, rain, fog, and hail. The king summons the sorcerers to bring down the oobleck which brings

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frustration to the people of the palace. The oobleck adds to the fun of the story and shows us how it can frustrate something so worthy as a castle. The boy and the king come to a conclusion of apologizing so that the oobleck will go away. I recommend this book for K-3 graders.

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Classic Seuss. Long, but with an excellent theme of standing up to authority when necessary and doing the right thing. Also, wonderful excuse to make oobleck in science or just for fun.

Reissue of the 1950 Caldecott Honor book.

In prose rather than Seuss's usual wacky verse. Uncharacteristically crappy. I don't know what else to say other than this was ultra disappointing.

Ok, a cool story about magic gone wrong, and a nifty fable about a king who needs to learn a lesson about hubris. But they do not work together - saying 'I'm sorry' is not going to clean up tons of hazardous waste. If it did, our environmental organizations would have a lot less work to do.

Bored with rain, sun, fog, and snow, King Derwin of Didd summons his royal magicians to create something new and exciting to fall from the sky. What he gets is a storm of sticky green globs called Oobleck, which soon causes a royal mess. But with the assistance of the wise page boy Bartholomew, the

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king (along with young readers) learns that the simplest words can sometimes solve the biggest problems.

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