• How the Grinch Stole Christmas

  • By: Dr. Seuss
  • Narrated by: Walter Matthau
  • Length: 12 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,848 ratings)

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas

By: Dr. Seuss
Narrated by: Walter Matthau
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Publisher's summary

The Grinch, whose heart is two sizes too small, hates Who-ville's holiday celebrations, and plans to steal all the presents to prevent Christmas from coming. To his amazement, Christmas comes anyway, and the Grinch discovers the true meaning of the holiday.

©1957, 1985 Dr. Seuss Enterprises (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

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Matthau and Seuss, a pair!

Would you consider the audio edition of How the Grinch Stole Christmas to be better than the print version?

Seuss is silly, Matthau is comical, together they present a great Christmas story with lots of emotion. I can't think of any other person to read this story. Delightful!

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Grinch

I'm no child but I've always loved this story when I saw it was available in audio I had to buy it. i was not disappointed and its short so that I think that my grandkids will sit still long enough to listen to it as well. I loved the narration I saw the story in my head.

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perfect 100 stars

my son loved this story, we enjoy the narrative and sounds, the voices who ville, thank you all for doing this.

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An annual treat.

We enjoy watching Christmas movies every year in December. Now we've added Audible books to our tradition. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas is perfect. The narrator has just the right storytelling inflections to keep the listener engaged from beginning to end. We love it!

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mastapeice

what can I say? its a masterpiece of a book, created by a funny man

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love this book to no end!!!

this book will always be a book after my own heart. I love Dr seuss

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Great read be a great reader!

If you could sum up How the Grinch Stole Christmas in three words, what would they be?

Never too late.

What other book might you compare How the Grinch Stole Christmas to and why?

A Christmas Carol

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Walter Matthau makes the story sound much more like a conversation rather than the performance of a poem.

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Childhood favorite

This story always reminds me of my childhood and while Mr. Matthau dosen't read it the way my father did, his reading is enjoyable replacement.

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Classic!

What’s not to live?! The grinch- perfectly grinch. Walter Matthau - wonderful narrator. If your heart doesn’t grow two sizes after hearing this, well, you may be in need of some Christmas cheer.

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Great classic!!

My son loves this story and wants to listen constantly, keep up the good work.

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