I’ve dropped all reading today
because today is Dr. Seuss’ birthday
or so they tell me
those bloggers I see.
Let’s celebrate
his wit and fate
to entertain children and adults
with whimsical words to exult.
He’ll be 108
isn’t that great.
Come share your rhymes
on Twitter; we’ll have good times.
Hashtag #SeussDay
Come and Play.
For the LOVE of Seuss
In all Seussiness, please join us and share your Seussian memories, favorite books, favorite rhymes, politics, and more today. I’ll tell you that my love of poetry started with Seuss’ Cat in the Hat, which he didn’t have published until 1958! If you have no idea why Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) is so fun, you should check out Seussville where you can learn about the author, his life, his politics, and just have fun creating your own Whoville character!
In a twist on Necromancy Never Pays‘ weekly trivia game, I’ve crafted a set of Seussian lines for you to check out and tell me which book they came from. A Seussian prize will be given to the winner who will be drawn at random from those who get all the answers right.
1. “UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
2. “They kept paying money. They kept running through until neither the Plain not the Star-Bellies knew whether this one was that one . . . or that one was this one or which one was what one . . . or what one was who.”
3. “‘I will not let you fall. I will hold you up high as I stand on a ball. With a book on one hand! And a cup on my hat! But that is not ALL I can do!'”
4. “I hate this game, sir. This game makes my tongue quite lame, sir.”
5. “I’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you. You can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on.”
My daughter’s room is homage to Seuss in his books, his famous quotes, his color palette, and his characters. I wanted her to be secure in her imagination, and I think that room will help her see that imagination can be
instrumental in success and happiness. What I always loved about Seuss — besides his poetic rhymes — was the limitlessness of his imagination in the worlds and characters he created. Worlds I just wanted to jump into and lose
myself in as a kid. He showed me that life was full of possibilities as long as I was willing to grab onto opportunity or create it where there was none.
For some fun with kids older than mine, you should check out the Seuss crafts on CoffeeCupandCrayons (Mulberry Street, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Oobleck)!
***Also today, I wanted to let everyone know that the judging process is still going for the Indie Lit Awards, and that the winners will be announced this month.***
Dr. Seuss brings back such fond memories. I had all the books but my mom gave them away many moons ago. I wish she wouldn’t have. I love how you decorated your daughter’s room and the reason why. It’s awesome!
This was a fun post. I’ve been enjoying the Suess around the internet today. The Cat in the Hat was one of my first books, and I still have it packed away somewhere.
The first Seuss book I ever read was And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Place, in the late 1950s. I was enchanted. I’m planning to do my own blog post on Dr. Seuss later today.
I just love that the blogs are celebrating Seuss today!
When my kids were little I knew Seuss’s ABC book by heart and would often recite it in the car to keep the kids entertained. Mr. Brown Can Moo was also a favorite back then. As my kids got older my Seussian skill-set included reciting the entire page of what the Cat in the Hat can do without pausing to take a breath. 🙂
I love that you could recite an entire Cat in the Hat page….that was my favorite..what an innate talent!
What a wonderful tribute and what a fun bedroom! I’m not sure why, but our son only had a few Dr. Seuss books and they were never his favorites.
Dr. Seuss just wasn’t for him I guess. I loved them as a kid and I like reading them to “Wiggles.”
What a fun poem/tribute.
I absolutely love what you’ve done in your daughter’s room, and what you’ve written about why you decorated it that way, and how Seuss influenced you from an early age – “life was full of possibilities as long as I was willing to grab onto opportunity or create it where there was none.”
Thanks, Dawn. Seuss is my favorite! I hope you join in the Seussing fun.
Dr. Seuss was a favorite of mine and The Girl’s and still is. I think you’ve done a great job with the nursery.
I’m going to give the contest a go, but it’s been awhile since I’ve read Seuss:
1. The Lorax
2. The Sneetches
3. Green Eggs and Ham
4. Fox in Socks
5. Oh, The Places You’ll Go
What a fun way to celebrate his birthday!
Thanks for celebrating.
Dr Seuss, saved what there is of my sanity, when my daughter was younger, along with Spike Milligan’s children’s treasury gave me something to read to/with her that I could enjoy & get involved in which the typical young girl pink fairy type books couldn’t. Inspired by this my daughter & I wrote this as part of a post celebrating this wonderful Tale.
Daddy, Daddy please please can,
You read to me Green eggs & ham
No, no this tale, I do not like
I would not, could not read it tonight
well, would you, could you now & then
even possibly soon & when
read it with me, Barbie & Ken
No I wouldn’t now & then
Would you, could you on a boat
somewhere of the Norfolk coast
whilst the captain makes some toast
would you, could you on a boat
No I wouldn’t on a boat
even with jam on my toast
floating off the English coast
no I wouldn’t on a boat
Will you, will you on a horse
riding round a jumping course
reading semaphore & Morse
will you, would you on a horse
No I wouldn’t on a horse
not even on a dressage course
read in semaphore & Morse
never, never on a horse
Daddy, Daddy please please can,
you read to me Green eggs & ham
Green eggs & ham, this very night
this is something I would not like
Well, would you, could you in a field
speeding down a giant hill
on an old & rusty shield
would you read it in a field
Never, never in a field
it would make me rather ill
speeding on a rusty shield
I’ll never read it in a field
How about read it to a goat
who’s telling rather saucy jokes
whilst waterskiing round a moat
would you read it to a goat
Read it, read it to a goat
who’s waterskiing round a moat
this is a rather poor taste joke
I will not, read it to a goat
Well could you teach me, then & now
to read this book, show me how
so I can read green eggs & ham
then I can read it , when I can
Ok, my daughter I confess
even if its under duress
I do like Seuss, I have to say
I would teach you to read him any day
But, I will read it till you sleep
count, count, counting all the sheep
cuddly toys piled in a heap
on your bed, that’s never neat
I will read him now & then
& together with your friends
somewhere off the Norfolk coast
bob, bob, bobbing on a boat
I will read him on a horse
signing semaphore & Morse
whilst I’m sitting in a field
slip, slip, sliding on a shield
I will read it to a goat
who’s waterskiing round a moat
I will read green eggs & ham
to you my daughter, yes I can
With you my daughter, yes we can !!
I love this! Thanks for participating.