I read "Fox in Sox" to my grandson this week. My favorite Suess book is "Oh Say Can You Say". I love the tongue twisters. I used the book as a child to overcome speech problems. Many years later I used it for pain control while in labor with my twins.

I remember my favorite Dr. Seuss book growing up... anyone else remember "The Butter Battle Book"??

Dr. Seuss was a genius! I learned to read in the 1960s from the sweetest first-grade teacher ever to set foot in Wisconsin: Miss Jenkins at Wright School in Beloit. Every so often, she'd have us set aside the "Dick and Jane" books for a Seuss treat. The switch was like tossing aside my leather saddle shoes to run barefoot in the park.

My son and I celebrated Suess last night with "Horray for Diffendoffer Day"

I like to read, yes with a mouse,
on my computer in my house.
I also write with it, you bet,
on blogs upon the Internet.
I started out with "Dick and Jane",
'ere Dr. Suess, I did obtain.
From "Green Eggs and Ham" to Bobbsey Twins,
my reading urge did then begin.
.
With Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew,
my reading speed so quickly grew.
Tom Swiftly led to Jules Verne,
and HG Wells soon took a turn.
I found a genre, Science Fiction,
which became a strong addiction.
.
Asimov, Bradbury, plus Heinlein,
and dozens more, I did find.
Yet even that was not enough,
I began to read Mom & Dad's stuff.
Mother Earth News and NRA,
magazines would last one day.
Reader's Digest condensed books,
nearly all, but class textbooks :)
.
I started to buy paperbacks,
and comic books off the racks.
Book-of-the-month clubs and bookstores,
also sold a little more.
These days I read more on the 'Net,
from Usenet Groups to The Gazette.
I could go on, and on, and on...
An Amazon alert -- So Long!

I still don't ham, even to this day. Childhood stories can be so devastating. Actually, I didn't like the little clove thingys my Mom would stick all over it (ham).

When my children were young, I was in a Dr. Seuss book club. Each month we'd get a couple of books. It was an awesome way to teach them reading.
To this day, they prefer reading over television.

Oops: That reading at Wilson is Wednesday night.

I use to go to my daughters school dressed as cat in the hat and read to the kindergartners. It was just wonderful to see the kids light up as I read one of the stories to them.
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And yes I always thought it a bit strange that 2 kids who were left home alone would answer the door and let a stranger into their house. I also made sure that at then end of reading that story to tell the kids to never open the door on a stranger.
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You can buy the hats on line at ebay or Oriental trading.com . I bought mine locally at Conjurer's Corner (costume & magic shop)several years ago, not sure if they still have any or not but you could always call and ask.
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Happy reading everyone.

Read Across America has a big event at Jackson School in Janesville today. They tell us that the president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin's first lady, the superintendent of public instruction, legislators and local celebs will be reading to kids this morn. Other schools also will have read-to-kids events. Wilson School Principal Becky Bicha invited me to read there tonight. I'm sure the kids will have no clue who I am, and ditto for most of the other folks who are reading to kids today. With any luck, the message kids will get is that people care about them, reading is fun, and anybody (even I) can do it.
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And am I alone on this, or is The Cat in the Hat kind of creepy? I've felt that since I first read it, which was long before we started teaching kids about stranger danger. ... Have a Hop-on-Pop day!

The Dr also published books under the pen name Theo LeSieg (Geisel backwards). Some great titles are "Try to Remember the First of Octember", and "The Tooth Book". Great reads all.
Think it is a coincidence the Battle of the Books happens Monday evening?

Where can I find one of those hats? Grandchildren have been asking for one.

But I think I just might agree with you anyway ;)

Maleficent, you are biased. As for my trust in your educational background, I think it was a compliment that I thought you were inspired to create such a neat event all on your own :)

I just looked up a list of his books and found "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street". Completely forgot about that one!

Thanks for the confidence in my education background:0) I used to organize and run the Read Across America celebration at the Target I worked at in college. It has been going on for over a decade:0) You should have told me you thought I was making it up I would have let you in on the secret:0)

By the way that is the cutest Cat in the Hat I have ever seen:0)