I Wish That I Had Duck Feet

I Wish That I Had Duck Feet is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss, illustrated by B. Tobey, and first published in 1965. "Theo. LeSieg" was a pen name of Theodor Geisel, who is more commonly known as Dr. Seuss. The story concerns a boy who wishes that he could have many different animal and mechanical body parts, finding fantastic uses for each. After he lists all the great things he can do with his new body part, he says why it would be problematic. At the end, he decides that he is happiest being himself.

Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
Bibliography
  • And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
  • The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
  • The King's Stilts
  • The Seven Lady Godivas
  • Horton Hatches the Egg
  • McElligot's Pool
  • Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
  • Bartholomew and the Oobleck
  • If I Ran the Zoo
  • Scrambled Eggs Super!
  • Horton Hears a Who!
  • On Beyond Zebra!
  • If I Ran the Circus
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
  • The Cat in the Hat
  • The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
  • Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
  • Happy Birthday to You!
  • Green Eggs and Ham
  • One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
  • The Sneetches and Other Stories
  • Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
  • Fox in Socks
  • Hop on Pop
  • I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew
  • Come over to My House 1
  • The Foot Book
  • The Lorax
  • Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
  • The Butter Battle Book
  • You're Only Old Once!
  • Oh, the Places You'll Go!
  • There's a Wocket in My Pocket
  • I Wish That I Had Duck Feet 1
  • Daisy-Head Mayzie 2
  • My Many Colored Days 2
  • Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! 2
  • The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories 2
Adaptations
Television
  • The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (1956–57)
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
  • Horton Hears a Who! (1970)
  • The Cat in the Hat (1971)
  • The Lorax (1972)
  • Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973)
  • The Hoober-Bloob Highway (1975)
  • Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977)
  • Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (1980)
  • The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982)
  • The Butter Battle Book (1989)
  • In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994)
  • Daisy-Head Mayzie (1995)
  • The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996–97)
  • Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo (2001)
  • Gerald McBoing-Boing (2005–07)
  • The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010–)
Film
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
  • The Cat in the Hat (2003)
  • Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
  • The Lorax (2012)
Other media
  • Gerald McBoing-Boing (short film)
  • Welcome (short film)
  • Seussical (musical)
  • Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (musical)
  • The Grinch (video game)
  • Dr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (video game)
Other works
  • Private Snafu
  • The Pocket Book of Boners
  • Your Job in Germany
  • Our Job in Japan
  • Design for Death
  • The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
  • Hejji
  • Society of Red Tape Cutters
  • Flit
Related topics
  • Seuss Landing
  • Beginner Books
  • Dr. Seuss Goes to War
  • PM
  • Geisel Library
  • Dr. Seuss National Memorial
  • Read Across America
  • "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
  • Helen Palmer Geisel
  • A Fish Out of Water
  • Quotes
  • Geisel Award
1 as "Theo. LeSieg". 2 Posthumous.


Famous quotes containing the words duck and/or feet:

    “My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn’t just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you’ve got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren’t only bombs and bullets—no, they’re little gifts, containing meanings!”
    —Philip Roth (b. 1933)

    “Our dried voices, when
    We whisper together
    Are quiet and meaningless
    As wind in dry grass
    Or rats’ feet over broken glass”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)