I still remember when I was five or six and my dad would read Dr. Seuss books to me. He would want to read this one to me every night, while I would protest and ask to read another Seuss book that was more fun. This one, though it has clever rhymes and a valuable message like all the other Seuss books, it's just not a lot of fun. Let's face it- you're not going to "reach" a five or six year old child in a book as short as this about environmental issues. Now it would be alright for the book to teach those issues if it didn't drill it in, but sadly it does. This book is not funny like other Seuss books, it's downright depressing. It is quite well-written and clever, so while you may enjoy it, your children's attention will likely soon be lost, as mine was. It is important to remember when writing a children's book who the target readers are. Sadly Dr. Seuss forgot this time.