And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

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"And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" is a children's picture book that marked Dr. Seuss's debut as an author-illustrator, telling the story of a boy who transforms a simple sighting into an elaborate imaginative tale.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
children's picture book
author Dr. Seuss NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creatorAliasOfAuthor Dr. Seuss is the pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel NERFINISHED
debutWorkOf Dr. Seuss NERFINISHED
genre children's literature
picture book
hasAlternateClassification American children's book
hasAudience early readers
hasCoverArtist Dr. Seuss NERFINISHED
hasCulturalOrigin American
hasEducationalUse encouraging creativity and narrative skills in children
hasFamousCreator Theodor Seuss Geisel NERFINISHED
hasFictionalGenre fantasy
hasForm picture book with text and illustrations
hasFormat hardcover
hasIllustrations yes
hasIntendedUseContext read-aloud
hasLexicalCharacteristic simple vocabulary suitable for children
hasNarrativeDevice exaggeration
frame story
hasOriginalPublisherLocation New York City NERFINISHED
hasPageCount 32
hasParentWorkSeries Dr. Seuss books NERFINISHED
hasProtagonist a young boy named Marco
hasReadingLevel early elementary
hasRhymingText yes
hasSetting Mulberry Street NERFINISHED
hasSubject a child's imaginative embellishment of an ordinary event
hasTimePeriodOfStory contemporary to its publication era
hasTone playful
whimsical
illustrator Dr. Seuss NERFINISHED
literaryStyle rhymed verse
mainCharacter Marco NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person narrative
notableFor being Dr. Seuss's first published children's book
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A boy walking home imagines an increasingly elaborate story about what he saw on Mulberry Street.
publicationDate 1937
publisher Vanguard Press NERFINISHED
targetAudience children
theme creativity
imagination
storytelling
writer Dr. Seuss NERFINISHED

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Dr. Seuss notableWork And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street