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The king, weary of the usual weather—rain, snow, sun, and fog—commands his magicians to create a new atmospheric phenomenon. When the unsuspected oobleck, a sticky greenish substance, begins to fall from the sky, chaos follows. Bartholomew Cubbins, the clever protagonist, turns the tables on the king, turning the strange rainfall into a lesson and rescuing the kingdom from the absurd weather fiasco.
First publish date: August 12, 1980
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Dr. Seuss
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