Horton hears awho!讲述了一个令人感动的故事。感动之一源于它所传达的关于生命平等和保护弱小的观念。无论多么微小，每个生命都有其生存权利，都应该受到尊重和保护。同样，无论多么微小，每个生命也都有存在的价值和意义。正是因为加入了乔乔——这 个呼呼城最小的人的声音，呼呼们的叫喊才最终被大家听到。这个故事有一个温馨的结尾，那只曾经和妈妈一起嘲笑过霍顿的小袋鼠，最终也加入了守护呼呼的队 伍，它用自己尚还稚嫩的小手，为这些生命撑起了一把明亮的小伞。希望每个成人和孩子在合上这本图画书的时候，在深深感动之余，也都能珍爱和保护周围的每一 个生命，不管它多么微小。

 Horton the kindly elephant has his work cut out saving thetiny Whos who live on a speck of dust -- no one else believes theyare there! But Horton eventually convinces everyone that 'Aperson's a person, no matter how small'! With a special jacket totie-in with the brand new animated movie from 20th Century Fox.With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures andriotous rhymes, Dr Seuss has been delighting young children andhelping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of thewonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranked among the UK's topten favourite children's authors, Dr. Seuss is a globalbest-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. Tocelebrate 20th Century Fox's brand new animated feature,HarperCollins is proud to publish one of Dr Seuss's best-lovedbooks. This is a Yellow Back Book, for older, more fluent readersto enjoy.

森 林里天真可爱的大象霍顿快乐地享受着每天无忧无虑的生活。但突然有一天，一个惊人的发现，彻底改变了它的生活，乃至它在所有动物眼中的可爱形象。一粒微小 的浮尘上的“呼呼镇”的居民过着安逸的生活，突然有一天它们被一颗果实撞击，整个“小世界”被抛上了天空，漂后在了一支粉色的苜蓿花上。而来自这个“微小 的世界”里的微小的求救声居然被身材肥硕的大象霍顿听到。由此霍顿深信这颗“小灰尘”中有生命存在，并以它自己的方式与小世界里“呼呼镇”里的“镇长”进 行了别有情趣地交流。为了拯救这颗灰尘里微小世界的居民，霍顿决定冒着被所有动物嘲笑的现实，顶着“幻想症患者”的恶名，面对邪恶多难的地理环境和满肚子 坏水的秃鹰，誓要将“呼呼镇”送回属于他们的世界……

Surely among the most lovable of all Dr. Seuss creations, Hortonthe Elephant represents kindness, trustworthiness, andperseverance--all wrapped up, thank goodness, in a comical and evenabsurd package. Horton hears a cry for help from a speck of dust,and spends much of the book trying to protect the infinitesimalcreatures who live on it from the derision and trickery of otheranimals, who think their elephant friend has gone quite nutty. Butworse is in store: an eagle carries away the clover in which Hortonhas placed the life-bearing speck, and "let that small clover dropsomewhere inside / of a great patch of clovers a hundred mileswide!" Horton wins in the end, after persuading the "Who's" to makeas much noise as possible and prove their existence. This classicis not only fun, but a great way to introduce thoughtful childrento essentially philosophical questions. How, after all, are we sosure there aren't invisible civilizations floating by on everymote? (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr --This text refers tothe Hardcoveredition.