In this haunting fable about the dangers of destroying ourforests and woodlands, the long-suffering Lorax struggles to saveall the Truffula Trees from the wicked Once-ler's axe. With hisunique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotousrhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helpingthem learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfullyanarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranking among the UK's top tenfavourite children's authors, Seuss is firmly established as aglobal best-seller, with nearly half a million books soldworldwide. This delightful book forms part of the third stage inHarperCollins' major Dr. Seuss rebrand programme. With the relaunchof six more titles in January 2004, such all-time favourites as TheLorax, The Foot Book and Yertle the Turtle boast bright new coversthat incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels: Blue BackBooks are for parents to share with young children, Green BackBooks are for budding readers to tackle on their own, and YellowBack Books are for older, more fluent readers to enjoy. The Loraxbelongs to the Yellow Back Book range.
在本套圖書中，一共20本，分為藍色、綠色和黃色三個種類。
藍色系列共5本，面向低齡兒童，以親子共讀為主要形式，通過易記易誦的韻文和豐富多彩的畫面幫助孩子認識單詞，激發孩子的學習興趣。
綠色系列共8本，專為有一定自行閱讀能力的孩子量身定做。故事風趣生動，語言簡潔明了，讀起來朗朗上口，更有各種有趣的繞口令，讓孩子在閱讀初期，建立自信，愛上閱讀。
黃色系列共7本，針對能夠流利閱讀的孩子設計，通過夸張滑稽的故事，讓孩子懂得很多有意義的道理，鼓勵孩子勇敢向前，寓教于樂。
《老雷斯》(The
Lorax)最早發表于1971年，書中的主人公老雷斯，愛樹如命，本書也被視為人類對生存環境危機的一個寓言：故事描繪了一個叫文斯勒(Once-ler)的人,為了賺錢，將人間仙境變成了一片荒漠的故事。當文斯勒發現一個美麗的樂園，他不聽老雷斯的警告，過度利用資源，還所有的樹木砍來作無用之物。當生態破壞到了沒有任何地方可供動物棲息時，樂園變成了無生氣的沙漠。那么，人類是否曾想過當地球資源也被耗盡和污染的情境呢？希望藉此故事來喚醒人類來保護地球吧!
