Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
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| Author | Dr. Seuss |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Children's literature |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Publication date | August 12, 1972 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0394824903 |
| Preceded by | The Lorax |
| Followed by | Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? |
Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (ISBN 0-394-82490-3) is a children's book by Dr. Seuss. Written as a book for early beginning readers, it is suitable for children who can not yet read at the level of more advanced beginning books such as The Cat in the Hat. The book presents in short and funny fashion, Dr. Seuss's nonsensical words, rhymes, and illustrations. The gist of the book is that Marvin K. Mooney is asked to leave in many ways. The title is still in print.
Some have suggested that Dr. Seuss wrote Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! as a political allegory about Richard Nixon in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. This is unlikely, as the book was originally published in August, 1972, only two months after the Watergate break-in in June. Suggesting he could have written, illustrated, and published a book in under 2 months in the 1970s is extremely unlikely; moreover, there was no evidence yet to tie the White House to the burglaries.
However, two years later, when Seuss was challenged by political columnist Art Buchwald for never having written a political book, Seuss took a copy of the book and crossed out "Marvin K. Mooney" and wrote in "Richard M. Nixon." Buchwald was so delighted, that with Seuss' consent he printed the text as his column for July 30, 1974. Nixon resigned nine days later on August 8.
Some of Seuss' other work, such as The Butter Battle Book, was clearly political.
[edit] Notations
- Seuss coined the word "crunk", which is used in this book ("You can go in a Crunk-car if you wish.")
In Maureen Dowd's column for the New York Times, 'Wilting Over Waffles,' dated April 23, 2008, she suggests that Democrats in the 2008 Presidential Election might take a cue from this book in their approach to Hillary Clinton's prolonged campaign against Barack Obama, asking her to 'Just go. I don't care how.'
