Dr. Seuss is likely the best-selling children’s author in the world. His simple, inviting rhymes tend to linger in dusty memories for decades, springing forth with a few quick words. Come on now, I’m sure you can finish these Seussian sentences:
One fish, two fish……..
Do you like green eggs and ham? ……
A person’s a person ……
His quirky characters are tough to forget. There are the perennial favourites, like Horton, the Cat in the Hat, Mr. Brown, Yertle the Turtle, Thing 1 and Thing 2, Bartholomew Cubbins, Wocket, Oobleck, and of course, the Grinch. But do you recall the Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill in Gerald McGrew’s imaginary zoo?
Perusing the library shelves, I found familiar favourites, like Hop on Pop, Fox in Sox, and Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? But right beside them were titles I had never seen before. Have you read I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today, or Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? or Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose? I have read less than half of the 46 children’s books Theodor Seuss Geisel published as Dr. Seuss – perhaps today is the day to read a few more. Perhaps I’ll read three, perhaps I’ll read four!
