I Wish That I Had Duck Feet - Dr. Seuss

***** - a great read for kids, and those of us that never grew out of it.

One of my childhood favorites. This book was one of the few that my grandfather kept lying around for whatever grandchild happened to wander through. And I loved it. We’ve all imagined having amazing capabilities – and this little boy vividly imagines the wonderful things that would happen if he had duck feet, a whale spout or a long, long tail.

And then he just as vividly imagines the horrible things that could go wrong with each of his ideas.

Very funny, very cute, and the hero ends up liking himself just as he is without anything getting terribly moralizing or annoying. It helps that I can still recite this from memory even after 15 years. Definite keeper.