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Seuss and More

March 2, 2012 by

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  1. Darlene says
    March 3, 2012 at 12:34 pm

    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!

  2. Leslie says
    March 3, 2012 at 2:28 am

    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.

  3. Debbie Rodgers says
    March 2, 2012 at 11:15 am

    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.

  4. Janel Gradowski says
    March 2, 2012 at 9:13 am

    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. 🙂

  5. bermudaonion (Kathy) says
    March 2, 2012 at 8:12 am

    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.

  6. Dawn - She Is Too Fond of Books says
    March 2, 2012 at 7:51 am

    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.”

  7. Anna says
    March 2, 2012 at 7:17 am

    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!

  8. Parrish says
    March 2, 2012 at 6:47 am

    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 !!