Hello God – Moya Simons
Kate loves to chat and she’ll talk to anyone who’ll listen . . . including God. And she’s got a lot to talk about – her parents, the new baby, her friends, becoming the latest ‘four-eyes’ at school – even about the ants who drown in puddles in her driveway. Recently, Kate’s started talking to God about Stephanie, the new girl in her class. Stephanie’s not really like Kate’s other friends; for a start she’s a nerd. And she looks a bit weird, too.
When Steph becomes ill, Kate is seriously worried and lets God know. Steph’s a good person, so why isn’t she getting better? Just when Kate’s about ready to give up, she finds the answers to her questions in an unexpected place.
Long ago Once-ler chances upon a place filled with wondrous Truffula Trees, Swomee-Swans, Brown Bar-ba-loots, and Humming-Fishes. Bewitched by the beauty of the Truffula Tree tufts, he greedily chops them down to produce and mass-market Thneeds. (“It’s a shirt. It’s a sock. It’s a glove. It’s a hat.”) As the trees swiftly disappear and the denizens leave for greener pastures, the fuzzy yellow Lorax (who speaks for the trees “for the trees have no tongues”) repeatedly warns the Once-ler, but his words of wisdom are for naught. Finally the Lorax extricates himself from the scorched earth (by the seat of his own furry pants), leaving only a rock engraved “UNLESS.” Thus, with his own colorful version of a compelling morality play, Dr. Seuss teaches readers not to fool with Mother Nature. But as you might expect from Seuss, all hope is not lost-the Once-ler has saved a single Truffula Tree seed! Our fate now rests in the hands of a caring child, who becomes our last chance for a clean, green future.
Fict.it.ious 
