沙灘上住著一群史尼奇，有的肚皮上有顆星星，有的卻沒有。就是這么微小的一個差別，卻讓星肚史尼奇趾高氣揚，在他們眼中，肚皮上沒有星的史尼奇好像不存在一樣，不僅大人之間不交往，孩子們也從小就不在一起玩。可是有一天，狡猾的老麥克猴給他們上了一課。老麥克猴的機器，一會兒貼星，一會兒去星，折騰得不亦樂乎。最終，史尼奇們認識到，史尼奇就是史尼奇，不管有星還是沒星。盡管他們的財富被騙走了，但他們卻明白了一個重要的道理：拋棄歧視，平等待人。
本書寫于上世紀六十年代，是美國反對種族歧視風起云涌之時。反對歧視的理由很多，而這個故事的最高明之處，就在于它用孩子都能夠讀懂的情節說明，歧視是荒謬和愚蠢的。故事設計精妙，老麥克猴的精明商頭腦將歧視的荒謬本質揭露無遺。故事的高潮就是沙灘上那一幕，史尼奇大擺長龍，排隊貼星，緊接著，又排隊去星，兩條長龍排成了八字，一進一出，老麥克猴的鈔票堆成一座小山，史尼奇卻被自己的愚昧擺布，直到花光了最后一分錢。

"Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches / Had bellies with stars. / The Plain-Belly Sneetches / Had none upon thars." This collection of four of Dr. Seuss's most winning stories begins with that unforgettable tale of the unfortunate Sneetches, bamboozled by one Sylvester McMonkey McBean ("the Fix-it-up Chappie"), who teaches them that pointless prejudice can be costly. Following the Sneetches, a South-Going Zax and a North-Going Zax seem determined to butt heads on the prairie of Prax. Then there's the tongue-twisting story of Mrs. McCave--you know, the one who had 23 sons and named them all Dave. (She realizes that she'd be far less confused had she given them different names, like Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face or Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate.) A slightly spooky adventure involving a pair of haunted trousers--"What was I scared of?"--closes out the collection. Sneetches and Other Stories is Seuss at his best, with distinctively wacky illustrations and ingeniously weird prose. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

Review
Dr. Seuss ignites a child's imagination with his mischievous characters and zany verses. The Express

“以貌取人”的sneetches，不懂謙讓的Zax，怕黑的小老鼠，蘇斯博士用他們的滑稽的故事告訴小朋友不要以貌取人，不要總對別人有偏見，凡事要懂得謙讓，如果不去嘗試就永遠不會成功的道理。

The Star-Bellied Sneetches have bellies with Stars, but the Plain-Bellied Sneetches have none upon thars! Rivalries rocket when Sylvester McMonkey McBean steps in to prey on their prejudices, but in the end we realise that prejudice is nothing more than a rediculous waste of time. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranked among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors, Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. As the first step in a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins is relaunching 17 of Dr. Seuss's best-selling books, including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks. In response to consumer demand, the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels, with the standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands - Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books for older, more fluent readers to enjoy. The Sneetches and Other Stories belongs to the Yellow Back Book range.

全球銷量突破2.5億冊，獲得美國圖畫書最高榮譽凱迪克大獎、普利策特殊貢獻獎，兩次獲得奧斯卡金像獎和艾美獎，美國教育部指定的重要閱讀輔導讀物。