Brighton Park and Back of the Yards students are leading efforts to tackle air pollution on Chicago’s Southwest Side.

In Dr. Seuss’ book “The Lorax,” a curious boy hears the tale of how a flourishing land filled with Truffula Trees was ...

BONNER – Once all the Truffula Trees had been chopped down, Bonner School’s Bar-Ba-Loots, Swomee Swans and Humming Fish sadly waved goodbye to the audience during Monday’s performance of “The ...

The Robert Service School gymnasium was packed on the evening of May 23 for the public performance of the Lorax, based on the 1971 book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. Performed by 19 students from ...

His only hope is to start again with the seed the Lorax entrusts him with. In this way, the Once-ler poses an interesting ...

Dr. Seuss's story, "The Lorax," has been a hit with gardeners and plant lovers since it was published in 1971. Between its message of environmental conservation and the charming illustrations, what's ...

The Once-ler says this to Ted in the movie, about the importance of planting the last Truffula seed. " What I want more than anything is to see a real tree growing on my backyard.” Audrey, played by ...

As for my unsolicited advice? I would recommend taking a page from Dr. Suess’ “The Lorax”: “He lets something fall. It’s a Truffula (scrub oak) Seed. It’s the last one of all!

In the not-so-distant past of The Lorax, outside the walled city of Thneedville, there were once lush forests of Truffula trees as far as the eye could see. Now, there is a barren wasteland.

The book ends with the child receiving the very last truffula seed, in hopes that if he takes good care of a new forest and “protect [s] it from axes that hack,” in time, the Lorax and his ...