You're Only Old Once!: A Book for Obsolete Children (Anniversary): A Book for Obsolete Children

Great book for gifting to older audience (seniors)! Gets laughs and is memorable. Love Dr. Zeus

Gift for a friend's 95th birthday. She loves it!

This book is an excellent satire of medical care for older adults. Most people can find something that resonates with their personal experience.

Fun to gift to friends and family as they as they approach or reach that certain age!

I have given this as a gift to several people, and it is always well received. Same Seuss characters and rhymes,but about health/medical issues. The last line in the book is the best.

I got this as a Christmas gift for my daughter and son-in-law who are in their 50's.

Love this book! Giving it to my 86-year-old father-in-law as part of his Christmas gift this year!

Great bedtime story.

Nice.

Funny gag gift.

I love Dr. Seuss and can relive my childhood without crayons all over the page.

Hilarious! Dr Seuss never fails to deliver on capturing the humor of real life events. Highly recommend!

Perfect gift for someone retiring!

Great book for my older sibling - in place of a card!

I was unaware that this book even existed until I stumbled upon it. I decided to get it as a birthday gift for my friend, who seems to have everything she needs. I thought it would be humorous, and she really enjoyed it!

I wasn’t looking for this book when killing time in a book store, it just jumped out at me. I’m so glad I did. I bought it for my 90 year old mom. I had her read it to me. It is such a fun book and we will read it over and over again! I didn’t buy it in the store since it was close to $20! Buy it!

Having bought a copy for myself first, I gave this as a gift to a friend. She called to tell me she loved the book. We shared laughs over parts of it. If you or an elderly friend have a good sense of humor about visiting the doctor’s office more frequently as you age, you’ll both love this book. If not, don’t get it.

I am a huge Dr, Suess fan, and now that I am in this category, I had to have this book! lol it is very cute. My older siblings thought it was funny as well. Would recommend as aa gift for a friend hitting some of the "olderr: birthdays! :)

I ordered this book used in Good Condition as a gag gift for my fiance's 40th birthday. The description made it seem like a funny story poking fun at the aches and pains of growing older and the prospect of being sent off to a retirement home. When it arrived, I was immediately disappointed. I read through the book with my 12 year old before I intended to wrap it, but neither of us were laughing at the story. It basically follows the story of one man who goes to the doctor and keeps getting referred to different providers for different tests and being given various prescriptions for the multitude of ailments supposedly related to old age. These visits are interspersed with scenes of the man sitting in a waiting room talking to a fish in the office's fish tank. The cadence of text on each page does not always rhyme or feel like what you'd typically expect of a Seuss book, and the attempted humor often falls flat. I was also very disappointed with the condition of the book I received. The description listed the book as being in good condition with minor wear around pages and binding from previous readings, and as having the dust jacket intact. What I received was a dust jacket with a large, obvious sun-fade line across the top front cover from where it previously sat with some smaller object in front of it in direct sunlight for an extended period of time. This didn't concern me at first, as I may have removed the cover before gifting, but it had affected the front cover underneath as well. To make matters worse, the first page when the book was opened had a large hand-written inscription, in pen, from a previous gift-giver to a previous owner. I debated tearing the page out, but it would have ruined the title page that followed. I went back to check the description of my order to see if I had missed something, but nowhere did it state that even small markings, notes, or highlighted text would be present. A bit disgusted overall, I returned the book and decided against giving the gift at all.

I have never been a great fan of the Dr. Seuss publications; however, because I am now in my senior years I decided to purchase this 52 page hardcover (You’re only old once: a book for obsolete children by Dr. Seuss) book. I found this volume amusing and sometimes funny. It is about an obviously elderly man waiting to be examined by a host of doctors for different things. They give him a bunch of tests and like real life; the doctors give him numerous prescriptions for medicine.The full color illustrations and clever story telling makes this story comes alive. What makes this book amusing is the fact that many elderly people can relate to the experiences shown in this book, from the list of prescriptions for a wide variety of medical issues, to the hospital and doctor bills.Whether you are a Dr. Seuss fan or not, this book is for both children of all ages 5 to 95. I could not help but like this Dr. Seuss book.Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Zen Poetry Moments: Haiku and Senryu for special occasions).