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“This Fox is a tricky fox. He'll try to get your tongue introuble.”（这是一只狡猾的狐狸，他会让给你的舌头带来麻烦。）苏斯博士一开始就提醒读者，只有勇敢的人才能和穿袜子的狐狸一起阅读这个故事。这只狐狸喜欢和他的朋友诺克斯先生玩绕口令游戏。翻开第一页，苏斯博士提醒大家“慢慢来，这本书很危险！”可是一本书有什么危险的呢？?
穿袜子的狐狸的那些绕口令可真是难坏了诺克斯先生：?
"Here's an easy game to play.?
Here's an easy thing to say….?
New socks.?
Two socks.?
Whose socks??
Sue's socks."?
但是狐狸先生说什么也不肯轻易放过诺克斯先生，绕口令一个比一个长，一个比一个难。?
Goo-Goose is choosing to chew chewy gluey blue goo,?
……?
…tweetle beetles battle with paddles in a puddle?
诺克斯先生被激怒了：?
"I can't blab such blibber blubber! My tongue isn't made ofrubber."?
最后，可爱的诺克斯先生不知不觉已经可以将绕口令说到炉火纯青的地步了。?
故事讲完了，你的舌头什么感觉？麻了吧？?
尽管亚马逊网上书店建议此书适合4-8岁的孩子阅读，但在实际生活中，很多父母在孩子只有几个月的时候就开始给孩子读苏斯的作品，他们的孩子听到这些故事会欢笑。事实证明，很小的孩子也能接受苏斯博士的故事，他们会爱上苏斯。不知不觉中，他们会记住其中的很多句子，就像《穿袜子的狐狸》中的诺克斯先生一样。苏斯博士的作品会激发孩子一生阅读的热情。每个孩子的成长中都应该读一读苏斯博士的作品。?
这本书一定要大声读给孩子听，读的结果肯定是你和孩子一起欢笑，要是孩子看到你读得舌头都麻了，他们会展现给你一个怎样的笑脸呢？还有什么东西比孩子的笑容更美好！?
这是一本有趣的书，凭借此书，穿袜子的狐狸成为了苏斯博士创造的经典形象之一。?
这是一个有趣的游戏，这些琅琅上口的苏斯式韵文，让孩子在游戏中开始语言学习。从"Fox in socks" 读到*后的 "tweedlebeetle puddle muddle fuddleduddle…"，这个过程无论对大人还是对孩子都将充满欢乐和挑战。
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在这本滑稽的故事书里，穿着红色袜子的FOX带着Knox先生做了许多滑稽的游戏，一直做到Knox舌头抽筋，到底是什么样的游戏能让Knox先生舌头抽筋呢？当小朋友们读完这些滑稽的故事后才发现，其实不光Knox的舌头抽筋了，小朋友们的舌头也快抽筋了。原来，苏斯博士运用了极富韵律的语言，将故事变成了绕口令，锻炼小朋友说话的能力。
In this hilarious book, the irrepressible Fox in Socks teachesa baffled Mr. Knox some of the slickest, quickest tongue-twistersin town. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zanypictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting youngchildren and helping them learn to read for over fifty years.Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and rankedamong the UK's top ten favourite children's authors, Seuss isfirmly established as a global best-seller, with nearly half abillion books sold worldwide. As the first step in a major rebrandprogramme, HarperCollins is relaunching 17 of Dr. Seuss'sbest-selling books, including such perennial favourites as The Catin the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks. In response toconsumer demand, the bright new cover designs incorporate muchneeded guidance on reading levels, with the standard paperbacksdivided into three reading strands - Blue Back Books for parents toshare with young children, Green Back Books for budding readers totackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books for older, more fluentreaders to enjoy. Fox in Socks belongs to the Green Back Bookrange.
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Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield,Massachusetts on March 2, 1904.? After attending DartmouthCollege and Oxford University, he began a career inadvertising.? His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick,Henry, the Flit!,? appeared in several leading Americanmagazines.
Dr. Seuss's first children's book, And To Think That I Saw It OnMulberry Street? hit the market in 1937, and the world ofchildren's literature was changed forever!
In 1957, Seuss's The Cat in the Hat became the prototype for one of Random House's best- selling series, Beginner Books.? Thispopular series combined engaging stories with outrageousillustrations and playful sounds to teach basic readingskills.
Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. Seusscharmed his way into the consciousness of four generations ofyoungsters and parents.? In the process, he helped kids learnto read.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and three Academy Awards,Seuss was the author and illustrator of 44 children's books, someof which have been made into audiocassettes, animated televisionspecials, and videos for children of all ages.? Even after hisdeath in 1991, Dr. Seuss continues to be the best-selling author ofchildren's books in the world.?? --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.
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"This Fox is a tricky fox. He''ll try to get your tongue introuble." Dr. Seuss gives fair warning to anyone brave enough toread along with the Fox in Socks, who likes to play tongue-twistinggames with his friend Mr. Knox. "Here''s an easy game to play.Here''s an easy thing to say…. New socks. Two socks. Whose socks?Sue''s socks." But Mr. Fox Socks isn''t about to let Knox off soeasy. Soon Goo-Goose is choosing to chew chewy gluey blue goo,while tweetle beetles battle with paddles in a puddle (in case youwere wondering, that''s called a "tweetle beetle puddle paddlebattle"). Mr. Knox gets exasperated: "I can''t blab such blibberblubber! My tongue isn''t made of rubber." But he catches on to thegame before it''s all through. One of Seuss''s best, thismust-read-aloud classic is guaranteed to get many giggles out ofreaders young and old. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes --This textrefers to the Library Binding edition.
