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Fri Dec-10-04 10:16 AM
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What's your favorite Dr. Seuss book and why? |
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My was/is "Horton Hears a Hoo" I just loved the concept of this entire world no bigger than a ball of dust. Probably started my interest in science fiction, which I read like crazy as a kid.
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:18 AM
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1. "Oh, the places you will go" |
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I love the encouraging themes that it gives kids. And, I underrstand it has become a very popular gift for the HS and College grad.
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:19 AM
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6. That also gets my vote |
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I got it for either college or grad school - a much appreciated gift - might be the only one I still remember and can find.
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:51 PM
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30. this is my vote too if i have to pick just one. |
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:18 AM
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A great tale about ambition and hubris.
And of course there's the turtle named Mac at the bottom of the stack.
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:18 AM
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Just so much FUN to read!
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:19 AM
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4. the star beLLied sneetches |
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i aLways wanted to be the cooL kids
honorabLe mention: the foot book
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:28 AM
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14. Yup, the Sneetches top my list :) |
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Edited on Fri Dec-10-04 11:30 AM by ET Awful
As far as audio books released on records back when I was a kid, Bartholomew and the Oobleck was probably the best. :)
On edit: Green Eggs and Ham deserves a mention for teaching me how to read when I was just a wee lad. :) I still don't like that Sam I Am :)
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:19 AM
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It started an 8 year (and continuing) book reading journey with my daughter. Only now she sits next to dad and reads her own books.
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:19 AM
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:17 PM
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25. Horton is The Best!!!! My favorite story EVER! Thank God for |
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smart and sensitive elephants!!!!!
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:29 PM
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:20 AM
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The first environmentalist book I ever read!
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:41 AM
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19. I know it's about the trees, but I swear a "thneed" is oil |
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everyone needs it for everything and can't stop using it
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:20 AM
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as read by Jessie Jackson...
Although i've always been disturbed by Seussian architecture (houses on the end of a tree branch).
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:31 AM
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Sam I am.
That Sam I Am, that Sam I Am, I do not like that Sam I Am.
But do you like green eggs and ham?
I do not like them Sam I Am :)
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:40 PM
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28. Green eggs and gub'ment cheese! |
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:24 AM
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This one is guaranteed to have your tongue numb by the time you finish reading it to your child.
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:25 AM
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11. "Fox in socks, our game is done, sir. |
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Thank you for a lot of fun, sir!"
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:33 AM
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17. When beetles fight these battles |
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in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles...
...they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle.
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:25 AM
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just because it is so much fun to read. Those wonderful tongue twisters still help me train my tongue.
A close second would be the Butter Battle Book...excellent parody of the cold war arms race.
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:32 AM
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Luke Luck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. :thumbsup:
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:30 AM
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13. Too many to count--Lorax, Sneeches, and Put Me In The Zoo |
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:34 AM
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18. For the Fox in Socks fans. . . . |
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:42 AM
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20. The Sneetches - I love the critique of bigotry |
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It's a great lesson for kids to learn early.
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:14 PM
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Edited on Fri Dec-10-04 12:15 PM by Crisco
But not just bigotry. The superior attitude of any clique that wants to separate itself out from the masses so they'll have someone to look down on.
When DU first moved to a star system to show who the donors were, I confess I bristled. We have stars on ours ...
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:43 AM
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for being the most over-the top, pro-environment, anti-greed kids book I've seen. Love it.
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:44 AM
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It took so much curage (In my opinion) to write this book during the social climate at the time.
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:55 AM
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23. There's a Wocket in my Pocket |
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Because it was the Seuss book I read most often as a kid.
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:29 PM
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26. Which books you ask.... |
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Which books you ask?
I like them all
So many books,
too close to call
Books about Horton and Yurtle my friend.
I read then all from begining to end.
So which, you ask, stands above the rest?
To me they are the same,
They are all the best!!!!
:hi: I guess I feel inspired today :shrug:
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Fri Dec-10-04 12:45 PM
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29. I had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew |
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Psychedelic fun for kids! That and the Dr. Suess Sleep Book.
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