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Dr Seuss books are full of strange and wonderful creatures, drawn in his inimitable style and named thus. [[Cat in the Hat]], [[Fox in Socks]] and [[Yertle the Turtle and Other stories by Dr Seuss|Yertle the Turtle]] are all up there in the front or back benches of the children's Hall of Fame and Grinch is another of the Seussian amazing beasts worth knowing.
I have to say I was rather reluctant at the first sight of the book: I had a vague memory of a long, boring and a rather terrible movie I was made to half-watch on the television during one family visit. But I needn't have worried: ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'' is a great book and if your child doesn't yet know it, this 50th birthday edition would make a great pre-Christmas present.