If I have to read Oh the Places You’ll Go, one more time, I warn you! I remember, as a child, being frustrated when my mom refused to read If I Ran the Circus (the Circus McGurkus) just one more time, please (whine, whine). Now I’m surprised she didn’t burn it, and other Dr. Seuss classics, in the dead of night, in a forest, under a full moon.
But I love There’s a Wocket in My Pocket. It’s so fun to read aloud. Maybe it has deep thematic elements about accepting difference and sharing our material blessings with others, and maybe it is highly educational with the introduction to more complex rhymes, but mainly I just love how it sounds.
I like the ZABLE on the TABLE.
And the GHAIR under the CHAIR.
But that BOFA on the SOFA…
Well, I wish he wasn’t there.
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I like reading Red Fish, Blue Fish really fast to my kids. When others read it slowly and without taking advantage of the rhymes it bugs me.
I AM LEAVING THE HOUSE NOW. NO MORE BLOGGING!!!
[...] think. I read an early draft aloud to Dick and Sally. Sally said, “You know how in Dr. Seuss books there are like two lines between each rhyme? I think you have too many rhymes. Also, books usually [...]