March 2nd marks the anniversary of Dr. Seuss’s birthday. While it may seem trivial to celebrate an author of children’s books, it is hard to imagine what life would be like without the influence of The Cat in the Hat or Green Eggs and Ham.
Now that you are older I can imagine you may have lost an appreciation for the genius of Dr. Seuss and his work. But as you watch the number of first graders and kindergarteners walking around looking like Thing 1 and Thing 2, it is difficult to deny the cultural and educational impact his work has had on society.
In addition to celebrating his birthday, this year they are releasing a movie “The Lorax”. While it seems like a simple, enjoyable children’s story, it is also a political and social statement by Dr. Seuss concerning the over industrialization of our world and the fear of losing our natural resources. Dr. Seuss often used his stories to not only entertain and engage children in reading, but provide insight into the world for the parents reading the books. One of the most gifted books at high school graduation is “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” It’s not so subtle message about how to live your life, through the good times and the bad is extremely relevant to people entering into new phases of their lives.
Did you read or were you read Dr. Seuss stories when you were a child? If so, what is your favorite and why? What do you think about the younger kids at school celebrating his birthday?
Sophia- I loved Dr. Seuss's books when I was a kid! They were read to me, and then I learned how to read with them. My favorite is One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. I liked that one because it had really good pictures and the rhyming was really fun and rhythmic. I also memorized it so I could pretend that I could read really well! I think it's great that kids are celebrating his birthday. Dr. Seuss was a man who greatly impacts kids lives to this day. He teaches them morals through his books, and also how to have an imagination. He teaches kids to think outside the box, but in a learning way.
ReplyDeleteMadison- I also loved Dr. Seuss's books when I was little! I don't remember the name of my favorite one but it had Go in the title somewhere. Another of my favorites, like Sophia, was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. They were all so imaginative and creative! Green Eggs and Ham was another really good one! They were all really good at keeping my attention on the book. The books taught me at a young age that being different isn't bad. I thinks it's great that the kids celebrated his birthday! He has made a big impact on all kids who read his books, and it was cute seeing some of them wearing the hats around the school!
ReplyDeleteKendall- I loved Dr. Suess's books! i would always read them. My favorite would probably be the cat in the hat. I think the younger kids celebrating his birthday is awesome! He was such creative person! All the younger kids right now are the ones who read his books mostly, so them celebrating is great!
ReplyDeleteHalle- I read Dr. Seuss books all the time! They were some of my favorite books as a kid. There was something about them that made them so enjoyable. Maybe because they were silly and seemed to make no sense. One of my favorites was Green Eggs and Ham or One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue fish. They both were silly and fun to read. Also when they rhymed I always thought it was funny. I think it's great that the younger kids celebrate his birthday. Dr. Seuss was a man with a ton of imagination and never gave up. Behind all the fun rhymes and nonsense of his books are true meaning that you might not understand until you're older. I agree with Sophia when she said he teaches kids to learn outside the box, and to have fun with life but in a fun and entertaining way.
ReplyDeleteAbby- I loved Dr. Seuss books as a kid! I would always read them. My favorite was How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I loved all his books because they are so creative and I loved the illustrations. They are so funny and each one has a great moral message. I think it is great that kids celebrate Dr. Suess' birthday. I think celebrating his birthday encourages younger kids to read his books.
ReplyDeleteLuke- I loved Dr. Seuss as a kid and a teenage.... I read his books all the time. My favorite book was one fish two fish red fish blue fish. I loved the weird creativity in his books. Like green eggs and ham. They are all very silly and funny. I think that it is very good to read Dr. Seuss books because it expandes kids thoughts about writing books. I think it is good for people especially kids to read his books.
ReplyDeleteAngie- I read Dr. Seuss all the time when I was little. My favorite story was Green Eggs and Ham. I read that book every single day and never got sick of it. I even had a computer game of the book! I also loved The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. I think it's a good thing that kids are celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday today. Honestly I thought that since kids have been trying to act older and have been walking around with smart phones lately, kids forgot about Dr. Seuss. The Lorax looks like a cute movie though! I'm glad that Dr. Seuss is still recognized.
ReplyDeleteNolen- Favorite Dr.Seuss book was the Grinch Who Stole Christmas what a good book and movie. Its pretty cool that the little ones are celibrating his birthday maybe the middle school should for the whole day just read books of his and watch some movies, sounds pretty good doesnt it Mr. G :)
ReplyDeletePeter- Dr. Seuss' books are the total beast. I have read and enjoyed his books for my whole life, and I have a Cat in the Hat poster in my room. My favorite Seuss book of all time would have to be There's a Wocket in my Pocket. I love all the movies, too. I think a the wee wickle children learn about Theodre Geisel because he's an awesome ninja.
ReplyDeleteIsabelle- I love Dr. Seuss' books because they are really fun and imaginative. They create a whole other world that is unbelievable. I used to read them all the time because I liked how they rhymed. I liked the green eggs and ham story the best. It's great that the little kids read these books because they need to learn the importance of creativity and poetry. Its a fun way to learn when you read these books.
ReplyDeleteMarya- i love Dr.Seuss!!! he had such an awesome imagination. My favorite books of his were probably the Grinch who stole Christmas, there's a wocket in my pocket, and green eggs and ham. i loved the Grinch who stole Christmas because i would always pretend i was cindy loo hoo. there's a wocket in my pocket was really funny and i would always read it. green eggs and ham is a classic. i also like hop on pop, go dog go, and oh the things you can think. there are so many to choose from!! i love that the younger grades are celebrating his birthday. i am also really excited to see the Lorax!
ReplyDeleteJACK- MY PARENTS USED TO READ ME DR. SUESS BOOKS ALL THE TIME, AND WHEN I STARTED TO READ I READ THEM A LOT TOO. THEY TAUGHT LIFE LESSONS AND JUST WERE A GREAT WAY TO SPEND SOME TIME READING. MY FAVORITE WAS THE LORAX AND HORTEN HEARS A WHO. I THINK THESE BOOKS, AND THIS AUTHUR, HAVE DONE A LOT FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR NATION. DR. SUESS WROTE OVER 50 CHILDREN'S BOOKS, AND I WISH HE WAS STILL ALIVE TO WRITE MORE TODAY.
ReplyDeleteAlly- I loved Dr. Suess' books as a kid! I read them all the time! I remember when we had reading buddies, I would always pick out a Dr. Suess book for my buddy to read to me. I don't have a favorite book of his. I like them all! But I would have to say that my favorite movie would probably be Horton Hears a Who. I think its great that the younger kids celebrate Dr. Suess' birthday. He wrote so many children's books that he definitely deserves to still be recognized.
ReplyDeleteRYAN- I LOVE DR.SUESS BOOKS THEY ARE GREAT KIDS BOOKS AND WHEN I WAS A YOUNGER KID I USED TO GET A WHOLE STACK OF THEM AND LAY IN MY BED AND READ THEM UNTIL I FELL ASLEEP. I THINK MY FAVORITE WAS ARE YOU MY MOTHER BECAUSE ITS KIND OF HUMOROUS AND ITS VERY GOOD WITH THE SOUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.I WAS REALLY SURPRISED BECAUSE I DIDNT KNOW IT WAS DR.SUESS'S BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK BECAUSE EVERY LITTLE KID HAD WHISKERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ALONG WITH CAT AND THE HAT, HATS. EVEN THOUGH DR. SUESS IS DEAD I THINK HE HAS STILL BEEN IN PEOPLES MIND ALL OF THIS TIME AND WHEN I HAVE KIDS OR GRANDKIDS THAT KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HIM I WILLO BRING OUT THOSE BOOKS AND LET THEM READ THEM.
ReplyDeleteZach-I love the Dr.Suess books, espeacally 1 fish 2 fis red fish blue fish, Cat in teh hat, adn Do you like green eggs in ham. Those are just so funny adn orignal it could only come from a genius. I think that it is great that the younger kids get to celebrate them.
ReplyDeleteAriana- I love all of the Dr. Suess books but my favorite was definitley green eggs and ham. I loved how it rhymed and I thought it was so funny! I think it is good that kids celebrate his birthday because I think it encourages creativity, and i remember how fun it was to wear the whiskers and striped hats asa kid.
ReplyDeletegabby- i was read dr suess a lot, i think that my family has most of his books. its hard to choose a favorite book but i like green eggs on ham, hop on pop and go dog go. i loved the pictures and it was cool that it rhymed. i used to think rhyming was totally awesome. i think that its really cool how the kids wear the hats and just have a fun day. i think that the middle school should do something cool like that. maybe we could all go see the lorax
ReplyDeleteAnn- Of course i read Dr. Seuss as a young kid. My favorite book was The Lorax because its so cute. I am so g;ad they made a movie out of it! I think he deserves to have his birthday celebrated because he is such a huge part of a lot of peoples childhood. I think his books teach kids to open up their imagination.
ReplyDeletePhillip- Yes I read Dr. Seuss when I was a child, I liked “one fish two fish…” the best. I’m not sure why I liked it but it’s the only one I really remember. I think it is cool that they celebrate his birthday, we should do that with everyone.
ReplyDeletejosu- my parents read Dr. Suess books when i was a kid. they were probably the first books i have read. My favorites were one fish two fish and green eggs and ham because the word in them are so wacky and the rhymes are very fun to say. there are a lot of tongue twisters. i think its good to celebrate his birthday because without him some writers didnt have someone to look up to as an author
ReplyDeleteCooper- Yes my parents read me Dr. Seuss books. My favorite Dr. Seuss book was Green Eggs and Ham because its a good story and its one of the only ones i remember. Celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday encourages younger people to read his books.
ReplyDeleteDanielle- When i was little i use to love Dr. Seuss books! I use to have a huge collection of them and i would just read all of them and they just always entetained me. They still do! My favorites were Green Eggs and Ham, The Grinch, and A Wocket in My Pocket! My mom use to read those 2 books to me because they were just the ones that entained me most and the funniest and weidest ones to me. The funny looking creatures in the books wud always make me laugh!I can totally understand why school are celebrating his birthday, he was a great child author and will never be forgotten about all the funny books he wrote: the lorax, the wocket in my pocket, green eggs and ham, cat and the hat, the grinch, and so many more!
ReplyDeleteNerea-As a little kid i loved to read doctor Suess!!! it was on on my favorite book besides Arthur. I loved to read Green Eggs and Ham. it was so entertainng. i remmeber in preschool imade green eggs and ham on his birthday. Its a great book for little kids!
ReplyDeleteCristina- my family and my self would read dr. suess all the time! its so creative and takes yout to a new and very exotic world. i also love froggy books! and love it when his mom or dad would say FROGGGYYY!!!! hahah it made me laugh every time my mom read that to me! i love o the places you go , green eggs and ham and the lorax. i sawe the movie and it was TERRIBLE!!!! I HATE IT! thgey had really bad singing and i hate it! i would ttell littl ekids that he has a lot of creative stuff and imagitive and u should try to be like him.
ReplyDeletekaed- When i was a child i used to read those books a LOT. I still have tons of Dr. Suess's books and i hope to give them to my children when i get older. I like the book green eggs and ham because of how funny it is! and i like sam in the book because he is so annoying! People should always celebrate his birthday because he influenced TONS of people.
ReplyDeleteAtticus- yes i did read Dr. Suess's books when I was a kid. My favorit book of his was probaly "One fish two fish red fish blue fish". The reason that I liked this book was because I found the fish in the tree part helarious. I think that it is cool that little kids are celebrateing his birthday because kids all over love him.
ReplyDeleteMarcos- Ya i was read to alot of times. Sometimes I read his stories by myself. My favorite book from him was The Cat in the Hat and How The Grinch stole christmas. I remember when we had eighth grade buddies in 2nd grade and i always picked out the Cat in the Hat. The little kids are really celebrating Dr. Suess's Birthday. Like i saw kids wearing cat in the hat hats when his birthday came. The kids love Dr. Suess' books and his some of his movies.
ReplyDeleteBrooke~ I read Dr. Seuss all the time when I was little! I had so many of his happy, colorful books but my favorites were probably green eggs and ham, and Hop On pop, which i loved reading because it all rhymed, had awesome pictures, and was funny and easy to read. It's cool how the little kids wear hats and stuff to celebrate his birthday!
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