The Lorax (book)

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children's book environmental fiction picture book

The Lorax is a 1971 children's book by Dr. Seuss that delivers an environmental conservation message through the story of a small, mustachioed creature who "speaks for the trees" against industrial greed.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
The Lorax	15
The Lorax (book) canonical	6
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	3
Lorax	1
The Lorax universe	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children's book ⓘ environmental fiction ⓘ picture book ⓘ
author	Dr. Seuss ⓘ
centralTheme	corporate greed ⓘ deforestation ⓘ environmental conservation ⓘ industrialization ⓘ personal responsibility ⓘ pollution ⓘ
containsMessage	environmental activism ⓘ respect for nature ⓘ sustainable resource use ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
famousLine	I speak for the trees ⓘ
featuresSpecies	Truffula trees ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
format	hardcover ⓘ
frameNarrator	The Once-ler ⓘ
genre	children's literature ⓘ environmental literature ⓘ fantasy ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Lorax (1972 TV special) ⓘ The Lorax (2012 film) ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ
hasCharacter	Bar-ba-loots ⓘ Humming-Fish ⓘ Swomee-Swans ⓘ The Lorax (book) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Lorax The Once-ler ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	The Lorax (book) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Lorax
hasSymbol	Truffula seed ⓘ
illustrator	Dr. Seuss ⓘ
intendedAudience	children ⓘ families ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
motif	cause and effect of environmental damage ⓘ speaking for the voiceless ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person frame narrative ⓘ
notableFor	distinctive illustration style ⓘ rhyming verse ⓘ strong environmental message ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
pageCountApproximate	72 ⓘ
publicationYear	1971 ⓘ
publisher	Random House ⓘ
setting	Truffula forest ⓘ
targetReadingLevel	early readers ⓘ
writer	Dr. Seuss ⓘ