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Dr. Seuss' ABC

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Dr. Seuss's ABC
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Released

August 11, 1995

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Language

English

Pages

26

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Dr. Seuss's ABC is the first Dr. Seuss Living Book released on August 11, 1995. It is based on the 1963 children's alphabet book by Dr. Seuss.

Story[]

Readers learn the alphabet as Ichabod and his younger sister Izzy (two yellow anthropomorphic rabbits) explore various creatures, objects and humans that begins with each letter. The click points mainly comprise of them stating what else begins with each letter and occasionally there's a musical click point. They talk about food words and eat the food whenever they felt hungry. The running gag in the story is a fast yellow Zed named "Qunituple-Question-Mark", who keeps his name a secret until the third-last page of the storybook. The creature's name finally gets revealed on the "Z" page.

Characters[]

Quotes[]

Introduction[]

Ichabod: [first lines] Hi! I'm Ichabod.
Izzy: And I'm Izzy.
Both: Welcome to Living Books!
Izzy: We're gonna have fun with the alphabet! Want to come?
Ichabod: To have this book read to you, click this button!
Izzy: If you want to play from the beginning, click this button!

Letter A[]

Aunt Annie: I adopted Albert in August.
--
Ichabod: What else begins with A?
[an apple appears]
Izzy: Apple.
[Albert the alligator eats the apple.]
Izzy: [to Annie] Annie, Albert ate my apple!
Aunt Annie: [to Izzy] Oh my. Albert's appetite is atrocious.
[Aunt Annie turns to Albert. That is, after she says that alligators always have atrocious appetites. And about Albert's, she says that his atrocious appetite must stop.]
Aunt Annie: Albert, apologize.
Albert the Alligator: [to Izzy about his atrocious appetite] I'm sorry.
--
Izzy: What else begins with A?
Ichabod: Ape and art.
[an ape drops down from the vine and paints a picture, then the ape takes the picture and swings away on the vine]
--
Izzy: Acorn. Anchor. Accordion.
--
Ichabod: What else begins with A?
Izzy: [makes a paper airplane out of the uppercase A on the right.] Airplane
[Izzy then flies the paper airplane]
Aunt Annie: [the paper airplane crashes into her hat] Aah!
[Aunt Annie takes the paper airplane of of her hat.]
Aunt Annie: [the paper airplane turns back into the uppercase A.] A.
[Aunt Annie drops the uppercase A back into it's place.]
--
Aunt Annie: Alligators are almost always agreeable, aren't you, Albert?
Albert the Alligator: Absolutely.
--
[Zed pops out of uppercase A and climbs on what and reads "What begins with A?" when crossing]
Zed: Not my name!
[he then lets go and bounces on Albert's snout and exits]
Ichabod: Who was that?
Izzy: I never seen him before.
--
Ichabod: What begins with A?
Izzy: Automobile.
[an automobile appears and crashes]
Izzy: And accident.
[an ambulance comes to the aid of the automobile's owner]
Izzy: Are you all right?
Automobile's Owner: I'm A-okay!
--
Aunt Annie: Albert, away! [Ichabod leaves and Aunt Annie and Albert begin to leave] Adios! Arrivederci! Adieu! Auf Wiedersehen!
[Aunt Annie and Albert disappear to the right]
Izzy: [turns to the camera] Bye! [leaves]

Letter B[]

Ben: [blows a big bubble, then popping] Boy, that was BIG!
--
[The baby babbles, then suddenly starts bursting into tears]
Barry: [puts a bow on] Bow?
[The baby continues bawling; he bawls because he doesn't like it when a bow is in his hair]
Barry: [he unties the baby's bow] No bow.
[The baby babbles happily]
--
Ichabod: Bird.
Izzy: Boat.
Ichabod: Banana.
--
Ichabod: The baby is bouncing on his bottom.
Izzy: Just like a ball.
[The baby is laughing]
--
Izzy: The buzzing bee burst that bubble.
Ichabod: Blew it to bits!
--
Ichabod: Hmm. How about a big bug on a blue bed playing a banjo?
--
Both: Bye!
[Barry and Ben both wave good-bye]
Baby: Bye-bye.

Letter C[]

Izzy: I know some other words that start with C. [a blue couch appears on the floor] Couch, [a cuckoo clock appears on the wall] Clock, [a cactus appears in the corner] and Cactus in the Corner.
--
Clyde: I'm Clyde the camel, as you can see. My feet and where my hands should be. Some call me crazy, but I'll say, "I'm very comfortable this way!" [giggles] Yup.
--
Ichabod: [couch turns green and crooked] Crooked couch.
Izzy: [couch turns colorful] Colorful couch.
Ichabod: [couch turns pink that's cozy with cushions] Cozy cushions.
[couch turns back to blue and regular]
--
Ichabod: What begins with C?
Izzy: Carrot.
--
Ichabod: What begins with C?
Izzy: Candle.
--
Ichabod: What begins with C?
Izzy: Cookie.
--
Izzy: [the Cat in the Hat comes in] It's the Cat in the Hat!
Both: Hi! [the Cat in the Hat leaves]
--
Ichabod: [a clown comes in] Clown begins with C. [the clown opens his plate cover, revealing a can] A can!
[the clown closes his plate cover and opens it again, revealing a cup]
Izzy: A cup! [the clown closes his plate cover again and then reopens it one more time, revealing a cake] A cake!
Both: Mmm!
[the clown then tries to blow his candles, but blows himself back out instead and a crash is heard offscreen]
Ichabod: Careful!
--
Ichabod: That's my crazy costume closet.
[Ichabod goes in and dresses up as a cowboy]
Ichabod: Guess who I am.
Izzy: You're a cowboy!
Ichabod: Correct!
[Ichabod goes back in and changes back to normal]
Izzy: Clever costume!
Ichabod: Thank you!
--
Ichabod: That's my crazy costume closet.
[Ichabod goes in and dresses up as a cook]
Ichabod: Guess who I am.
Izzy: You're a cook!
Ichabod: Certainly!
[Ichabod goes back in and changes back to normal]
Izzy: Clever costume!
Ichabod: Thank you!
--
Ichabod: That's my crazy costume closet!
[Ichabod goes in and dresses up as a captain]
Ichabod: Guess who I am.
Izzy: You're a captain!
Ichabod: Clearly!
[Ichabod goes back in and changes back to normal]
Izzy: Clever costume!
Ichabod: Thank you!
--
Both: Come on! Let's see "D"!

Letter D[]

Izzy: That duck-dog ditty was a dilly!
--
David Donald Doo: Daddy, may I have a drink?
[He gives him something to drink, and David drinks the water]
David Donald Doo: Thank you, daddy.
--
David Donald Doo: [one of the 12 doughnuts] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
--
Ichabod: Can that duck-dog do a dainty dance?
Izzy: Doubtful.
--
Ichabod: Doll.
Izzy: Drums.
Ichabod: Dollar.
--
Izzy: [the sun outside the window begins to rise] Dawn!
Ichabod: Time to start a new day. Let's go!
[David Donald Doo yawns]
Izzy: Okay!

Letter E[]

Ichabod: Earth.
[The elephant changes into a planet earth.]
--
[Ernie yodels, which it echos]
Ichabod: With Ernie's excellent ear, an echo is easy to hear.
--
Izzy: The entertainment eagle enters...
Ethel the Elephant: Enough!!!!
Izzy: ...and exits.
--
[the elevator is going down]
Ichabod: Elevator.
[the elevator opens, comes of all, elevator closes is going up]
--
Ichabod: Eight electric eels exercise early every evening.
Eel #8: 5, 6, 7, 8! Come on, everybody! That those scales.
Both: Encore! Encore!
--
Izzy: Ethel the elephant eats exploding eclairs!
[Ethel the Elephant eats the eclairs, but then they explode in her belly. She burps]
Ethel the Elephant: Excuse me.
--
Ichabod: An Easter egg.
--
Izzy: This has been extremely exciting.
Ichabod: Let's exit! [both runs away]

Letter F[]

Fiffer-Feffer-Feff: [one of the 4 fluffy feathers] 1, 2, 3, 4.
--
Ichabod: Fiff's fast fingers fly on a fancy flute.
[the musical flute plays, and applause softly first, then puts her flute away]
--
Freddie: Flies are my favorite food.
Both: Eww!!!
--
[The frog gets in the Fiffer-feffer-feff played kicks football until crowds cheering, untouched wait until stops.]
Ichabod: The foolish frog fumbled the flying football!
Freddie: I fell on my fanny! [the frog's jump down.]
--
Ichabod: How many "F's" in Fiffer-feffer-feff?
[The 1 big F, plus 8 little f's, is nine in counting. Izzy like Fiffer-feffer-feff has '"F's".]
Izzy: I have counted nine! Are there any feathers left?
Ichabod: Fantastic! You found them all.
--
Izzy: Do you know what Fiffer-feffs eat?
Fiffer-Feffer-Feff: French fried fudge is my favorite treat.
--
Fiffer-Feffer-Feff: Farewell, friends! [waves]
Both: Farewell!

Letter G[]

Greta: Greetings, I'm Greta. This is my goat, Gus.
--
Gorney: [a grasshopper appears] Here is a grasshopper, and my grandfather it gave me. [the grasshopper hops away] Gone.
--
Gorney: Greta gave me a great gift.
[Grinch walks, and Goo Goo Googles shakes the gift, then the Grinch saw Gorney, and the Grinch grabbed the gift]
Gorney: The Grinch grabbed my gift.
Greta: Greedy guy.
--
Gorney: The goat grazes on green grass.
[Goat eats the grass]
[Flowers grow from the ground]
Greta: Gus, don't eat my gardenias!
[He eats them anyway]
--
Gorney: Goldfish gulping green grapes.
2 Goldfishes: Mmm! Good.
--
Zed: Giddy up, goat!
[Gus bucks Zed off his back]
Gus: Good riddance!
--
Greta: A gaggle of galloping geese with guitars.
Gorney: Good gracious!
--
Greta: Gus gobbles galoshes and garlic.
[Some galoshes and garlic fall into the frame. Gus eats it and exhales his breath, causing Greta's hair to stick up]
Greta: EWWWWW! Gross!
--
Greta: Goodbye!
[Gorney waves goodbye, and Gus the goat bleats.]

Letter H[]

Harriet: Hey! There's a hornet in my hat! Whew.
--
Ichabod: How about a hug?
Izzy: How nice.
--
Hugo: Hiccup! Hiccup, hiccup... hiccup! [sputters]
Izzy: Horrible hiccups.
[Harriet and Hugo exclaims]
Hugo: Thanks, I needed that.
--
Izzy: The hamster has a house in the hay.
Hamster: Hello!
--
Both: Let's head home!
[they both run away, and Harriet follows them]

Letter I[]

Zed: [getting out of the big I, then falling on the ground, causing a dent] I almost injured myself. [runs away]
Izzy: He's hard to ignore.
Ichabod: I wish he'd identify himself.
[moves the arrow to click the bottom of the dent with water drops to form back the line]
--
Ichabod: That's me.
--
Izzy: Here's a good idea. Let's eat... ice-cream!
Ichabod: Ice-cream. Yum!
[Ichabod's eating ice-cream too fast.]
Ichabod: I feel ill.
Izzy: I imagine so. You ate too fast.
--
Izzy: Igloo.
[outside the igloo meeting is the igloo-man]
Igloo Man: It's icy, I'd rather be indoors.
[the igloo-man waving good-bye first, then igloo-man inside the igloo]
--
Ichabod: Is this itch from insects or ivy?
Izzy: I have no idea. But ice would be nice.
[an ice cube appears]
Both: Ahhh!
[the ice cube melts away]
--
Izzy: I have an incredible invention!
[Izzy reveals an itch scratching machine and Ichabod and Izzy use it to get the itches off]
Both: Ahhh!
[the invention disappears]
--
Ichabod: In the far western part of southeast North Dakota, is an interesting animal called the Iota.
Iota: [pops up] I love insects. [shows a bug] Isn't he cute? Bicky-bicky-bo-bo!
Ichabod: Uh-oh.
[the Iota drops down]
--
Ichabod: [a bird arrives with an invitation, and drops it in Ichabod's hands] It's for us! We're invited! To the next letter immediately!

Letter J[]

Jerry Jordan: My name is Jerry Jordan. My job is a making jam. It makes me feel so joyful! I'm glad I'm who I am.
--
Jerry Jordan: It's a joy make it jelly, but I'll loved juggling J's!
--
Jerry Jordan: First January, it will of jam, I'd make next June or July.
--
Jerry Jordan: Juicy jelly, makes me jump for joy!
--
Ichabod: Jack-in-the-box. Jacket. Jack-o'-lantern.
--
Jerry Jordan: Jenny and Jill are joking jays.
[the jay birds walk by]
Jenny: I just got a ticket.
Jill: What for?
Jenny: Jaywalking!
[they all giggle]
Jenny: Surely you just!
[the jay birds leave while giving an applause]
--
Jerry Jordan: [the jam causes a splat on the shirt] Jumpin' jiminy, jam on my jersey! [he wipes it off]
--
[Jerry's jelly jar jumps and suddenly turns into a fishbowl with a jellyfish in it. Jerry is in shock]
Jerry Jordan: Jeepers! Jiggling jellyfish give me the jitters!!!
[Jerry's teeth chatter in fear, then the fishbowl turns back into the jelly jar]
--
[shows jam on Jerry Jordan's finger]
Jerry Jordan: I'm going jogging!
[Jerry Jordan jogs to the right]

Letter K[]

King Kevin Kerplotski III: The kangaroo kissed the kitten!
--
King Kevin Kerplotski III: Who has the keys to the kitchen?
Kitten: The kangaroo has the keys to the kitchen!
King Kevin Kerplotski III: Thank you. Kitchen keys.
--
Katie the Kangaroo: I'm a kangaroo.
Kyle the Kangaroo: I'm a kangaroo, too! [humming]
--
Katie the Kangaroo: Kindly King Kevin Kerplotski the third played the worst kazoo you've ever heard!
[the king plays with worst kazoo, and everyone covers their ears]
King Kevin Kerplotski III: [music plays loudly king's kazoo] Thank you. Thank you. Thank... you.
--
[King Kevin Kerplotski III sneezes out loud]
Katie the Kangaroo: Gesundheit!

Letter L[]

Zed: Let's learn about L's. [switches the sentence to "Left lollipop. Lazy lion licks a leg.", then getting off of the sentence, then jumping on the lion]
Ichabod: "Lazy lion licks a leg"?
[Leonard licks the leg 3 times, then tickling, laughing, then yawning, then switching the sentence back to "Left leg. Lazy lion licks a lollipop."]
--
Ichabod: The lazy lion likes lime lollipops for lunch.
--
Ichabod: Lola Lopp, likes to sing.
Little Lola Lopp: [singing] La-la-la-la... La-la-la-la... La!!!!!!!!
[Leonard the lazy lion yawns holding on a lollipop.]
--
Ichabod: Little Lola Lopp, laughs loudly.
[Little Lola Lopp's laughing louder.]
--
Both: Let's leave!

Letter M[]

Zed: [winking, then getting out of the word "little"] I'm not a mouse. What I am is a mystery. [puts a question mark on his head, then running away]
--
Marvin: I'm Marvin, the mathematical mouse. I'm a master at multiplication!
Mike: Three... times two... is six!
--
Mary: I'm Mary. I have magenta mittens and a muffler.
--
Melinda: I'm Melinda! My mom made me muffins with marmalade!
Mary: I'll make more on Monday.
--
Minerva: I'm Minerva, I'll make magic.
--
Mice Choir: Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm, mmm.

Letter N[]

One of the 9 bears: [Each bear with a necktie turns into a number all the way to 9] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

[the numbers turn back into bears wearing neckties]

--
Ned: Napkin. Necklace. Nest. Nickel. Nut. Nail. Naughty. Noisy. Nice.
--
Norman: Ned needs numbers on his nightshirt.
Ned: I do?
--
Ned: Norman's nose noticed the noodles.
Norman: Nutritious.
--
9 Bears with Neckties: NEXT!

Letter O[]

Otis: I'm overjoyed, to play oboe at the opera. [music playing orchestra]
Olivia: [singing] O, O, O, O, O... O!!!!!!!
Ichabod: Outstanding!
[applause loudly and lights out]
--
Oscar: I'm Oscar and this is Otis. I've owned him since October!
--
Olivia: Who?
[Ichabod and Izzy point at the owl]
Both: You!
Olivia: Oh.
--
Izzy: Look, there's Otto the otter!
Ichabod: Hi!
Otto: Hi. I've got onions in my overcoat. Onion?
Ichabod: No. No, thank you.
[Otto tries to throw the onion back into his pocket, but then, Otis catches in his mouth. It goes down this throat. Otis burps and bursts into tears]
Otto: Okay, I'm off to the office.
[Otto leaves and they all wave good-bye]
--
Both: We're off! [they both run away]

Letter P[]

Izzy: Pizza.
--
Ichabod: Pickle.
--
Izzy: Popcorn.
--
Zed: [popping out of the pink pot, drawing a big P] P!
Izzy: Who was that pink person?
Ichabod: He popped out of the pink pot.
[the big P disappears]
Both: Peculiar.
--
Ichabod: Peter's puppy Patches likes to play... piano!
Izzy: Practiced makes protective.
--
Paul the Bear with Pajamas: I paint pretty pictures! Pay one penny each.
A parrot! A palm-tree! A panda! A peach!
Izzy: Perfect.
--
Ichabod: What a problem. Poor Papa's planted in a pail! Pull! Push! Pull! Push! Pull! Push!
--
Papa: Now, we're on the letter P.
--
Ichabod: Let's proceed.
Papa: Please, pay me another visit!

Letter Q[]

Ichabod: Quarter. Question-mark. Quicksand.
--
Queen Quinella: There are quite a lot of words that start with Q.
Like, quilt... and quart... and quail. [quail chirping] To name a few.
--
Queen Quinella: My queen's crown is quivering. How quaint.
--
Quackeroo: Quack!
Ichabod: Quill.
Quackeroo: Quit it, Queenie!
--
[Zed jumps into quicksand]
Queen Quinella: [pulls Zed out of quicksand] Are you quite alright?
Zed: Quite.
Queen Quinella: How queer!
--
Queen Quinella: [kissed her hands and waved goodbye]

Letter R[]

Ichabod: What else begins with R?
Izzy: Radio.
Ichabod: Rhumba!
[radio music plays the rhumba]
Rupert the Red Rhinoceros: Ridiculous!
--
Rupert the Red Rhinoceros: Hi, I'm Rupert.
--
Ichabod: Rupert the rhino likds rhubarb and rice.
Izzy: I'd rather have raspberries, they're really nice!
Ichabod: Mmmmmm!
--
Rosy Robin Ross: Yee-haw! [bullcracks his whip]
--
Ichabod: That's a rock-n'-roll rock.
--
Izzy: That's a rambling rubber rock!
--
Rosy Robin Ross: Ready, Rupert? Let's roll! [bullcracks his whip again]
[Rupert walks away]

Letter S[]

Silly Sammy Slick: Sipping six sodas makes my head spin.
My stomach is squirming. What sad shape I'm in.
--
Ichabod: Sammy's sister, she scowled and scolded.
[Sarah --Sammy's younger sister-- appears. And she has some "S" words too.]
Sarah: Sammy! I'm so shocked. How selfish can you be? You slurped in ALL the six sodas! Now there's nothing left for me!
[Indeed, those three words --shocked, selfish, and slurped-- all begin with the letter "S". Sarah wanted a soda too. But Sammy slurped in all the sodas.]
Silly Sammy Slick: [to his sister] I should have shared.
[Sarah walks away in disappointment.]
--
Ichabod: Sam sipped and sucked. He swizzled and slurped... And when he was done, he smiled, and he... burped.
Silly Sammy Slick: [burp] Sorry.
--
Ichabod: Samba!
[samba music plays and ends]
Izzy: Sensational!
--
Izzy: Somersault.
--
Izzy: A sorry sight.
Ichabod: So long, Sammy!
[Sammy sickly waves goodbye]

Letter T[]

One of each of the 10 turtles: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
--
Tyrone: It's terrific went to the top of his tall tree.
--
Trixie: Tennis, anyone?
The other turtles: [in a sleepy voice] We're too tired.
Trixie: Oh, well –– maybe tomorrow.
--
Timothy: Ted has a toupee!
Ted: Tattletale.
--
Teagan: [telephone rings, holds on] Hello, tuttle-tuttle tree? [telephone mimic speaks] Telephone, Tyrone!
Tyrone: Tammy, I'll be Texas on Tuesday! Tarcia and Thomas, until next Thursday. Till then. Ta-ta! [telephone holds off]
--
Ichabod: Tire. Television. Teepee.
--
Ichabod: Time to say "toodle-oo".
Both: Toodle-oo!
[they both wave and walk away]

Letter U[]

Zed: What am I doing up here?
Ichabod: Unusual.
Izzy: You said it!
--
[the umbrella falls on Uncle Ubb's foot]
Uncle Ubb: Upside-down!
--
Uncle Ubb: I use my umbrella, although it's unique,
Whatever it rains, it will usually leak.
--
Ichabod: What else begins with U?
Izzy: Unicycle.
Ichabod: Unique!
--
Izzy: What else begins with U?
Ichabod: Uniform.
--
Izzy: Utensils. Undershirt. Unicorn.
--
Both: Until next time, Uncle Ubb.
Uncle Ubb: Until then!

Letter V[]

Vera Violet Vinn: This is a very valuable violin.
[plucks strings]
--
Vera Violet Vinn: I also have a velvet voice.
[singing] V IS FOR VULTURE, VERMONT AND VANILLA,
ALSO FOR VILLAGE, VOLCANO AND VILLA!!!!
Ichabod: Vera Vinn has a vile voice.
--
Vera Violet Vinn: I can play more vigorously when I take my vitamins!
[the vitamins rattles, and violin plays: slow, medium, and fast until stops]
Ichabod: Violence is a virtue.
--
Ichabod: What else begins with V?
Izzy: Volleyball.
[they both begin to play volleyball, then bouncing around the screen, then falling down on the head]
[the ball bounces across the screen until Vera stabs it with her bow]
[the ball explodes]
--
Ichabod: [again] What else begins with V?
Izzy: Vibraphone. [she begins playing on the vibraphone]
Ichabod: Very nice!
Izzy: Thank you.
--
Izzy: What begins with V?
Ichabod: Vines with various vegetables.
Izzy: Vacuuming vegetables?
--
Ichabod: Let's vamoose!

Letter W[]

Willy Waterloo: Worms love to waltz.
--
Willy Waterloo: Wings!
--
Woodpecker: [whistling]
Willy Waterloo: That wacky woodpecker was a wonderful whistler.
--
Warren Wiggins: [underwater muffled]: I'm Warren Wiggins, I'm in the water!
--
Warren Wiggins: Waldo Woo looking around in a whirlpool!
Willy Waterloo: Wow!
Warren Wiggins: Whoo-hoo-hoo!!!!
Waldo Woo: Whoa!
--
Warren Wiggins: I wish Waldo was a whale.
[Waldo wishing the humpback whale appears, and he disappears the Waldo Woo.]
--
Willy Waterloo: Warren, Waldo. Wave! [they wave goodbye]

Letter X[]

Xavier: My ax is very useful.
--
Xavier: Using an ax, is an excellent exercise. Wanna see me flex?
This is extremely exhausting!
--
Xavier: I'm the fox with the ax.
Xerxes: I'm the extra fox, in case he has an experience their adventures.
--
Xavier: This X comes in handy.
Izzy: Hi!
--
Xavier: My name is Xavier.
--
Nixie Knox: I'm Nixie Knox, that is my name.
I'm boxed inside this picture frame!
--
Xavier: Nixie Knox, you can played on a xylophone.
--
Nixie Knox: Spelling. S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G. Spelling!
--
Nixie Knox: Just relax, they want play my sax.
Xavier: Excellent! Excellent! Extraordinary!
--
Xavier: I cannot express how excited I feel after eating an excellent Mexican meal.
[An X-ray rolls up on Xavier and turns on, revealing three jalapeños in his bones, one holding a guitar.
The peppers then sing.]
Peppers: [singing] In the land of Mexico, there's quite a treat. Finci and felicios of peppers unique!
With mexy we're sescy, we are so unique! We're Mexican peppers that make meals a treat! [laughing]
- -
Izzy: Come on! To the next letter "Y"! [Xavier the Fox goes through the walls]

Letter Y[]

[Yogi and Yolanda watch Zed move up and down]
Zed: Look at me! I'm a yo-yo!
[Yogi and Yolanda watch Zed move up]
--
[Yolanda dismounts Yogi the yak and pulls its tail, which makes him scream]
Yogi: YOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!! [grunts]
--
Ichabod: Yesterday, Yolanda's yak lost yards of yarn from off his back.
[Yolanda tries to make yarn by yanking Yogi the yak's hair.]
Yogi: Yolanda, please don't yank my hair! For soon I will have nothing there!
Yolanda Yorgenson: Yes, yak.
--
Yolanda Yorgenson: I yearn to yodel!
[yodels]
[yodel echoes]
--
Yolanda Yorgenson: Yoo-hoo! Is that you out yonder?
Yogi: Yes! [echoing]
--
Yogi: I have a yen for yogurt and yams. Yum. [slurping]
[A frozen yogurt in a cone and a candy yam appears. Yogi licks his lips for his thought of yams and yogurt. Then he takes one bite of his think bubble of it and eats it up as if he had yams and yogurt for real]
--
Yolanda Yorgenson: Giddy-up, yak! [Yogi walks away]

Letter Z[]

Izzy: [about the Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz] Do you think he's escaped from the zoo?
Ichabod: I do.
--
Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz: This yellow pet is called a Zed. He has one hair up on his head.
Zed: You bet guess I am he! The only pet that's starts with Z!
Ichabod: So that's who you are!
Izzy: Hi! Happy to meet you Mr. Zed!
--
Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz: I love Zizzer-zoof seeds. Ha! I could eat a zillion in a day!
Izzy: A zillion!
Ichabod: Zowie!
[Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz eating and gulping all done.]
--
Ichabod: The Zazzer's cousin, Zizzer-Zazz... taught had a play, great zither jazz!
--
Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz: Zebra. Zipper. Zucchini.
--
Ichabod: That's Zazzer-Zuzz, he hasn't so teeny.
Izzy: He's looks just like our checkered zucchini!
Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz: Why, thank you.
--
Izzy: How many "Z's" in "Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz"?
[The 3 big Z's, plus 6 little z's, is nine in counting.]
Izzy: [counts the "Z's", adds them, and gets "9"] I have counted nine. It's true!
[Izzy --realizing her name and looks for some "Z's" in it-- tries to count some "Z's". And she has "Z's" like Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz.]
Izzy: My name Izzy... [she counts the "Z's" in her name and finds that she only has two "z's"] ...has some "Z's". But I have only two.
[Ichabod --realizing his name and looks for some "Z's" in it-- tries to count some "Z's". But he finds zero "Z's".]
Ichabod: [after finding no "Z's", he reveals out how many "Z's" he has in his name] "Ichabod" has ZERO "Z's".
[The word "zero" appears when Ichabod says, "zero". Since "zero" is a word that also begins with "Z", Ichabod has zero "Z's" in his name even though Izzy has two. Ichabod is jealous that his name does not have any "Z's" in his name. So he was born without any in his name. His sister --Izzy-- was born with "Z's". But it was only two. Then Ichabod knows that most people --or in this case some Dr. Seuss creatures in the Dr. Seuss franchise-- with names --when born-- do not have any "Z's" in their names. As for Zed, his name is spelled "Z-E-D". But for "Z's", Mr. Zed has a "Z". He has only one though. The "Z" is the first letter in his name "Zed" and the one "Z" is the beginning one. Ichabod has zero "Z's", but knows that most people --who are born-- just do not have any "Z's" in their names. Most people have zero "Z's" in their names. As a result, Ichabod is one of them. Most people have "Z's" and most don't.]
--
Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz: Z? Is a really hard letter. It zips... zaps... and zooms! What letter couldn't be better?
--
Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz: I'd crazy about these? [crunching, gulping] Ahh. [crunching again, gulping again] Ahh.
--
Ichabod: We've come to the end of the alphabet.
Izzy: We've certainly been busy.
Both: We'd hope you want to play again,
Ichabod: With Ichabod...
Izzy: ...and Izzy! [they both run away]
Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz: Goodbye! [chuckles]

The End[]

Zed: [reads a sign saying "The End"] The End. I'm not done yet. I'm going to play with some more words. Bye! See you later! [runs away]

Quit[]

Ichabod: Are you sure you want to quit?
Izzy: [when the user clicks "No", which the "No" character is the B creature] Let's play some more!
Izzy: [when the user clicks "Yes", which the "Yes" character is the A creature] Okay. Come back and play again!

Alphabet Words[]

  • A: Aunt Annie, astarouant , acorn, anchor, alphabet, adopted, Albert, August, ape, art, apple, ate, appetite, atrocious, apologize, airplane, agreeable, absolutely, antlers, azaleas, attractive, acrobat, amazing, automobile, accident, ambulance, alright, a-okay, away, Adios, Arrivederci, Adieu, Auf Wiedersehen, ax.
  • B: Billy, Barry, Ben, barber, baby, blossom bubbles buttercup bumblebee, bird, bus, busy beaver, bow, bouncing, bottom, ball, bass, boogie-woogie, Betty bear, blowing, bugle, balancing, bike, big, bug, blue, bed, banjo, boy, buzzing, bee, burst, balloon , blew, bits, bye, bye-bye, boxed.
  • C: Clyde, camel, ceiling, carrot, cow, cookie, crazy, comfortable, cat, calendar, cone, cream, cool, conga, costume, closet, cowboy, correct, clever, cook, certainly, captain, clearly, carpet, clown, can, chocolate, crayon, careful, couch, clock, cactus, corner, crooked, colorful, cozy, cushions, can't, cough, caught, cold, character, come.
  • D: David Donald Doo, dreamed, dozen, doughnuts, duck-dog, delightful, deal, don't, doll, da-da, drums, diary, ditty, dilly, dinosaur, dined, David's, delicious, do, dinosaurs, dine, daisies, does, dainty, dance, doubtful, Daddy, drink, dawn, day.
  • E: ear, egg, elephant, elevator, entertaining, eagle, enters, enough, exits, Earth, Ernie, excellent, echo, easy, Easter, Emily, enjoys, exhibiting, enormous, Ethel, eats, exploding, eclairs, excuse, elastic, elbow, eight, electric, eels, exercise, early, every, evening, everybody, encore, everywhere, exactly, extremely, exciting, exit, extra, express, excited, excellent, extraordinary, exhausting, experience.
  • F: four, fluffy, feathers, Fiffer-Feffer-Feff, Freddie, felt, funny, frisky, fellow, fast, five, frogs, flags, flip-flop, formation, flies, favorite, food, foolish, fish, fumbled, flying, football, fell, fanny, Fiff, face, fast, fingers, fly, fancy, flute, Fiffer, feet, funky, fun, French-fried, fudge, fantastic, friendly, flashy, flaming, farewell, fox, flex.
  • G: Gorney, goat, girl, googoo goggles, Gus, greetings, Greta, gaggle, galloping, geese, guitars, good, gracious, goldfish, gulping, green, grapes, grasshopper, grandfather, gave, gone, grazes, grass, gobble, gardenias, gobbles, galoshes, garlic, gross, giddy up, great, gift, Ghost grabbed, greedy guy, good-bye.
  • H: Hugo, hungry horse, hay, hen, helmet, hazel, howdy, Hannah, helicopter, hurry, horrible, hiccups, hoo-ha, hamster, has, house, hello, help, hot, hose, hydrant, hilarious, hey, hornet, how, hug, hear, honking horn-harp, harmonious, head, home.
  • I: Ichabod, itchy, I, injured, ignore, identify, igloo, it's, icy, indoors, Ingrid the Iguana, inflate, Izzy, itch, insects, ivy, ice, Iota, isn't, idea, ice cream, ill, imagine, incredible, invention, invited, immediately.
  • J: Jerry Jordan, jelly jar, jam, just, jellybeans, jack-in-the-box, jacket, jack-o-lantern, juicy, jump, joy, jelly, juggling, jeepers, jiggling jellyfish, jitters, jumpin', jiminy, jersey, Jenny, Jill, joking jackfruit, January, June, July, jogging.
  • K: Katie, Kyle, kindly, King Kevin Kerplotski III, kazoo, kangaroo, keys, kitchen, kissed, kitten, kick, kettle, kite, King's kerchoo.
  • L: Little Lola Lopp, left leg, lazy, licks, lollipop, Leonard, lion, lime lollipops, lunch, loves, leap, likes, limbo, low, laughs loudly, leg, looney loop, let's, learn, leave.
  • M: Mario, Molly, Manny, Max, Mary, Mike, many mumbling martian , making, midnight music, moonlight, mighty, move, mambo, mathematical, master, multiplication, make magic, my mom made me, muffins, marmalade, more, Monday, magenta mittens, muffler, mail, , meow, monkey, moose, mystery, Mexican, mexy.
  • N: Ned, Norman, nine, new, neckties, nightshirt, nose, nail, napkin, necklace, nest, nickel, nut, naughty, noisy, nice, Norman's, noticed, noodles, nutritious, needs, numbers, nap, next, Nixie Knox.
  • O: Oscar, Otis, Olivia, October, owned, only, one, other, ostrich, oiled, orange, owl, orchestra, overjoyed, oboe, opera, outstanding, oily, offer, odd, odor, oatmeal, olive, omelette, Otto, octopus , overcoat, onion, okay, off, office, ow, over, obviously.
  • P: Paul, painting, pink, pajamas, policeman, Peter Pepper's puppy, pooch, Papa, pacman, pigtails, popcorn, paint, pretty pictures, pay, penny, parrot, palm-tree, panda, peach, perfect, Peter's, Patches, play, piano, practice, protective, pretty purple, pirate, pretending, polka, pull, push, problem, poor planted, pail, person, popped, paint pot, peculiar, proceed, please.
  • Q: quick, Queen Quinella of Quincy, quacking, Quacker-oo, quartet, quack, quacker, quiet, quarter, question mark, quicksand, quivering, quaint, quilt, quart, quail, quite, queasy, quill, quit, Queenie, queer.
  • R: Rosy Robin Ross, riding, red, rooster, radio, rhumba, ridiculous, ready, release, rocket, Rupert, rhino, rhubarb, rice, rather, raspberries, rear, rock-n-roll, rock, rambling, rubber, rock, rowdy rider, ropes, rodeo, recovering, ride, really, rest, roll.
  • S: Silly Sammy Slick, sipped, six, sodas, sick, super, sucked, swizzled, slurped, smiled, sorry, somersault, skillful, skater, slipped, stuff, seems, Sarah, Sammy's sister, scowled, scolded, shocked, selfish, should, shared, samba, sensational, sleeping, snoring, stop sign, squirting, stinky, sipping, spin, stomach, squirming, sad shapes, Steve sight, so, sax.
  • T: Tyrone, Trixie, Timothy, Ted, Teagan, ten, tired, turtles, tuttle-tuttle, tree, tire, television, teepee, trouble, trees, tend, to tumble, trampoline, Tom, tuning, trumpet, take, tennis, too, tomorrow, telephone, Tammy, Texas, Tuesday, till then, ta-ta, twisting takes, talent, terrific, top, tall, those two train, terribly talented, tiny tuna, toots, tune, tuba, that's, terrible, thank, tilt, toupee, tattletale, truth, tickle, twin, time, toodle-oo.
  • U: Uncle Ubb, umbrella, unique, usually, underwear, utensils, undershirt, unicorn, unicycle, uniform, upside-down, utterly, unruly, ukulele, underwater, unbelievable, up, unusual, until.
  • V: Vera Violet Vinn, very, violin, vines, various, vegetables, vacuuming, volleyball, vigorously, vitamins, virtue, velvet, voice, vulture, Vermont, vanilla, village, volcano, villa, vile, vibraphone, view, visiting, vanished, valuable, vamoose.
  • W: Willy Waterloo, washes, Warren Wiggins, who, Waldo Woo, watching, watch, where, worms, wash, waltz, wacky, woodpecker, was, wonderful, whistler, whale, wasting, water, wish, whale, wall, whipping, whirlpool, wow, whoa, wet, what, wonder, wanted, wave, wings, washing.
  • X: Xavier, Xerxes, x-ray, xylophone.
  • Y: Yogi, yawning, yellow, yak, Young Yolanda Yorgenson, yelling, yearn, yodel, yeah, yipes, yo-yo, yen, yogurt, yams, yum, yow, yoo-hoo, you, yonder, yes, yesterday, yarns, yard, yank.
  • Z: Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, zoo, zebra, zipper, zucchini, zany, Zed, zips, zaps, zooms, zero, Zizzer-zoof, zillion, zowie, zither jazz.

Pages[]

  • A. Aunt Annie's alligator.
  • B. Barber, baby, bubbles and a bumblebee.
  • C. Camel on the ceiling.
  • D. David Donald Doo dreamed a dozen doughnuts and a duck-dog, too.
  • E. Ear, egg and elephant.
  • F. Four fluffy feathers on a Fiffer-Feffer-Feff.
  • G. Goat, girl and googoo goggles.
  • H. Hungry horse. Hay. Hen in a hat. Hooray! Hooray!
  • I. Ichabod is itchy. So am I.
  • J. Jerry Jordan's jelly jar and jam begin that way.
  • K. Kitten. Kangaroo. Kick a kettle. Kite and a king's kerchoo.
  • L. Little Lola Lopp. Left leg. Lazy lion licks a lollipop.
  • M. Many mumbling mice are making midnight music in the moonlight… mighty nice.
  • N. Nine new neckties and a nightshirt and a nose.
  • O. Oscar's only ostrich oiled an orange owl today.
  • P. Painting pink pajamas. Policeman in a pail. Peter Pepper's puppy. And now Papa's in the pail.
  • Q. The quick Queen of Quincy and her quacking Quacker-oo.
  • R. Rosy Robin Ross. Rosy's going riding on her red rhinoceros.
  • S. Silly Sammy Slick sipped six sodas and got sick sick sick.
  • T. Ten tired turtles on a tuttle-tuttle tree.
  • U. Uncle Ubb's umbrella and his underwear, too.
  • V. Vera Violet Vinn is very, very, very awful on her violin.
  • W. Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
  • X. Nixie Knox, ax and extra fox.
  • Y. A yawning yellow yak. Young Yolanda Yorgenson is yelling on his back.
  • Z. I do. I am a Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz as you can plainly see.

Mini-games[]

  • Ichabod and Izzy's Alphabet Song

Songs[]

Demos[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Most of the dialogue is spoken either alliteratively or in rhyme.
  • This Living Book is based on a Seussian guest star reading that Matthew suggested to be read by Deborah Norville.
  • While Ichabod was given his name in the original book, Izzy wasn't named until this game.
  • In the User Guide booklet for this game, a picture of the Options page shows just the "Quit" button instead of "Demos" and "Credits" buttons (pictured on the right), hinting that this was done while the game was still in development at the time. This "Quit" button never made it into the final for the Options page (in the final game, it was replaced with the "Demos" and "Credits" buttons there), but eventually did in the third Dr. Seuss Living Book– which entirely lacked demos/samplers on the disc.
    DrSeussABCQuitPagePrototype

    A prototype build of the Options page shows the "QUIT" button, which never made it into the final game.

  • Dr. Seuss' 123 is planned to be released in Living Books, but it is cancelled.
  • This game can be featured in Adventure Workshop: Preschool 1st Grade: 8th Edition and Adventure Workshop: Tots.
  • This is the only Dr. Seuss interactive Living Books game where a character says "Welcome to Living Books!".
  • This demo version of this game uses the letter A on the page.
  • A prototype of the demo version, featured in the first sampler, has a couple of differences from the final game as follows:
    • A man's voice announces the title rather than does Ichabod.
    • The music in the background is absent. This edit was oddly carried into the other samplers with few exceptions.
  • The standalone demo version of the game has the Options button removed from the main screen, and the Quit button positioned to the center of the screen. While the Windows version of this demo keeps the game's own variant of the Living Books intro from the final game intact, the Macintosh version of the demo however reuses the same usual 1994 Living Books intro from Ruff's Bone.
  • You leave the book when Izzy says, "Okay. Come back and play again!". However, you might want to keep playing the game when Izzy says "Let's play some more!". The "B the Road Runner" creature is the one for "No" while the "A the Bird" creature is the one for "Yes".
    • Although the "A the Bird", "B the Road Runner" and "C the Lion" creatures (from the title of all adaptations including the book, the Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Video, and the CD ROM) do not appear anywhere else in the book aside from the cover, the "A" and "B" creatures are the "Yes" and "No" characters respectively for the Quit Animations screen in the CD ROM adaptation.
  • This Living Books game contains "ABC" instead of page numbers at the bottom of the screen.
  • This is the first Living Books game to feature a cameo appearance by the Cat in the Hat (from the storybook of the same name). He will appear if you click on the first C as part of "C........c.......C" on page C.
  • This is the longest entry of Living Books with 26 pages. Possibly because the alphabet (in reality) has 26 letters.
  • As this Living Book only associates with the English alphabet, the translations of almost all English words do not start with the same letter of the English word (i.e. "Manzana" means "Apple" in Spanish). As a result, there is no way to redo the book in other languages to keep the alphabet flow intact.
  • This cover has a picture of Guy-Am-I (also known as "The Grouchy Guy" or "Sam's Friend") from Green Eggs and Ham holding the Living Books logo on the front cover. However, he is absent in this game itself and only appears in Green Eggs and Ham.
  • Dr. Seuss' ABC was one of only two Living Books to contain sing-alongs, along with Sheila Rae, the Brave. In this case, it contains an alphabet sing-along.
    • In the ABC sing-along, there is a hidden Easter egg by clicking, in order, S, E, C, R, E and T, right after Ichabod and Izzy sing the ABC song. A man in a purple sweater appears and sings the first line of the Alphabet Song.
  • This is one of only two Living Books games (the other being The New Kid on the Block) with interactive text. Unlike The New Kid on the Block, there is more interaction in the picture to click on aside from the text, hence a running gag is featured this time.
  • This is the first Living Books game to switch from IBM files to the Mohawk engine (this even applies to the standalone demo version). However, the prototype demo in the first sampler still uses the IBM file format.
  • First Living Book to use the 1995 version of the 1992 Living Books logo.
  • First Living Book in which all of the pages are seen in full view on the page selection menu.
  • Dr. Seuss' ABC was one of the only two Living Books in which the characters appear while all of the pages are seen in full view, along with Arthur's Reading Race.
  • Only Dr. Seuss Living Book in which all of the pages are seen in full view. The other two Dr. Seuss Living Books have the arrows in the page selection menu.
  • Only Living Book in which a running gag character appears in the "The End" screen. In this case, the Zed.
    • This is because Ichabod and Izzy bid farewell to the player in the final page.
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