Borrow the following Dr. Seuss books from your local library. Discuss UU values and principles as they appear in the stories.

Horton Hears a Who
Lesson/UU value: Every person counts, every person has the same rights. Cooperation gets things done.

Questions for discussion:
Did you ever have someone give you a hard time because you were smaller than that person?
Did you ever have to help someone who is smaller than you?
Have you ever accomplished something big because you cooperated with someone else?

The Sneetches
Lesson/UU value: Everyone is valuable; our differences are valuable. Be yourself. Don’t try to change to copy others—it won’t work.

Questions for discussion:
What made Star-Belly Sneetches better than Plain-Belly Sneetches? (Only their belief that it was so.)
Imagine a situation in which people think peole with curly hari are better than those with straight hair. How would you feel if you had straight hair? Would you really be different if you got a perm?
Is trying to look like other peole a good way to get along with them and make them like you?
What is a good way to be a friend? What do you like about your friends?

The Lorax
Lesson/UU value: We are all responsible for caring for the environment. We are part of an interdependent web of all existence.

Questions for discussion:
Why did the Lorax leave a pile of rocks with the world “Unless?” What can be done? What do you do to help take care of the world we live in?