Ok, to kindly un-clutter my intro thread and to take the conversation elsewhere, I am making this thread to ask this question. Who likes Dr. Seuss? Who grew up reading his books? What's your favorite book? Now, if you were in my intro thread, kindly get over here.

*meekly* Yes, Elanhil.

I like Fox in Socks best.

Bartholomew Cubbins and the Oobleck is really good.

The Butter battle is awesome, did you know Dr. Suess wrote political stuff? The Butter Battle is about the cold war, down to the letter. It's a must-read.

The Lorax is cool, except those of us who aren't into environmentalism might find it a tad annoying...

Green Eggs and Ham is brilliant.

My sister and I want to put together some Dr. Suess skits, they'll be great if we ever do it. She's in college now and doesn't have much time for my goofy ideas.

Everyone needs at least one thneed.

Fox in Sox is the best! Love the 'This book is dangerous' beginning. Talk about tongue numbing! However when all your younger siblings want to hear you ramble through the book you get pretty good at saying all that stuff fast. The Lorax was a good one too. I want a thneed! Perhaps while you’re at it Evening L. you could make me one. I just can’t seem to find the time.

Yessir!

I like Green Eggs in Ham. Didn't Dr. Seuss write an ABC book? I remember one that I think was written by him that I LOVED. I like basically all his books...

I want a thneed! I can't knit to save my life, but it would be cool if I could...

I'm rambling now...

Sleep book!

I love Dr. Seuss. I still read Fox in Socks and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (possibly my favorite), and it is my dearest hope that someone will give me "Oh the Places You'll Go" when I graduate.
But my theory is, he could've either been hailed as a genius, or thought of as totally insane. The slight difference between "Oh, I really want a Wump!" and "What grown man writes about a bird in a furry creature's ear? What's wrong with him?!"
I love Dr. Seuss.

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. Wasn't that his first book? Sorry about the spelling. Not one of my strong points.

And that's why we all love him. Because, in his own way, he was a crazy fantasy writer too.

*cough*. Alright is the most misspelled word in the English language. I believe the correct spelling would be 'all right'.

Yours truly,
The OTHER pedantic editor

P.S. To think that I saw it on Mulberry Street....the best!

The funny thing is that I never had a problem remembering when to use which spelling until I started saying "alright" instead of "okay". Now I'm a failure... D:
lol

Really? I didn't know that! Wow, now I feel odd... I have some spelling to correct, I think...

Fox in Socks is the best! I remember when my little sister first got it, and my dad read it out loud to her. My whole family was laughing hysterically by the time my dad finished!

Actually, misspelled is the most misspelled word. Because no matter how you spell it it's always misspelled.

Hmmm... The same bunch of people from over in my intro thread...And we seem to be getting off topic again. What does that tell you about us?

@Janin: IHNRTT. (Look it up on AcronymFinder)

eruheran

I believe off-topicness is a sign of intelligence, because it means the thinker is able to think out of the box and make connections between seemingly unrelated things.
At least I hope so.

Does anyone really like Cat in the Hat? I mean, I know it's talked about as his most popular, and it's certainly gotten the most publicity, but does anyone really like it as a book? There are so many better ones.
And I don't believe I've ever read TTISIoMS. Oh, the shame *hides*

Yeah, I wasn't too impressed with the cat in the hat. *shudders* what if I had read it first and not ever read any of his others!!!

I like the way someone I know put it: "Dr. Seuss wrote children's books about adult subjects". Horton Hears A Who, for instance, or the book (the title escapes me at the moment...) with the Sneeches.

Or the Butter Battle. Has anyone else read the butter battle book?? It's about the cold war!!! And the Lorax is about conservation or environmentalism or whatever... yeah, the cat in the hat was kind of weird. I remember it kind of confounded me when I was little, and I didn't know about Dr. Seuss and I would get annoyed when people couldn't explain what various words meant. Then I got Bartholomew and the Cat in the Hat got lost so my impression of Dr. Seuss is overall good. And Green Eggs and Ham... has that one been mentioned yet? Who doesn't know: "I am Sam. Sam I am."

We had a computer game thing that read GEaH aloud, and you could play with it... I LOVED that thing!

"Would you like to eat green eggs and ham?" I can still hear it being read aloud...

No! I do not like green eggs and ham! I will not eat them, Sam I am!

LOL! Good memories....


eruheran

Yeah! Same here... It was a weird looking book.

I bought a "1 fish, 2 fish, red fish, blue fish" shirt at Walmart yesterday! =P

I don't think I ever used any Dr. Seuss computer program... I always just read the book.

Anyone else here love the Horton Hears a Who movie?

*raises hand excitedly* I do! I do! They did a good job sticking to the book, which unfortunately is not very common in this day and age...

I didn't know I was spelling alright wrong! This is why I don’t depend on Microsoft spellchecker! They say my name is misspelled and then don’t tell me that I’m spelling alright wrong! English can be a pain!

I did not know that either. Thank you, eruheran!

Back to the topic, I read Fox in Socks the other day. And I was flipping out over all the words near the end!

I love Fox in Sox, Shawn!!!

Think this would qualify us as kindred spirits, to put it the Anne of Green Gables way?

Oh yeah! I love those books too!!!

One time Dr. Seuss's friend told him he should publish a political poem. So he took his poem "Marvin K. Moody, Will You Please Go Now?" and replaced the name "Marvin K. Moody" with "Richard M. Nixon".

Yes, I like most of Dr. Seuss's books, too. They either play off of childhood fantasies, or they have a hidden meaning to them.

"I got a big bat. I'm all ready, you see.
Soon my troubles are going to have troubles from me!"

"Even if you can't hear them or see them at all,
A person's a person, no matter how small."

"I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.
And an elephant's faithful. One hundred percent."

I've loved Seuss since I was a little kid. It's so fun to read it to a kid and rap the book. (Scares the kids to death.)
I think I've read too much though because all my poems end up sounding like a Dr Seuss.

I love Dr. Seuss!

My favorites are: The Butter Battle, There's a Wocket in my Pocket, Green Eggs and Ham, and Fox in Socks, but I like all except the first Cat in the Hat. (for once the sequel was better )


I've been having that happen to me as well, but I'm starting to overcome it I think.

To Think That I Saw it On Mulberry Street, and Oh, The Places You'll Go!
I thought it was super awsome when I got Dr. Seuss books for Christmas this year.

I still can't decide which my favorite was... My dad always loved the Lorax and the Horton stories because the Lorax speaks for those who can't (he reads it as unborn children) and Horton shows that no child or small person is unwanted. I liked the story of Thidwick for similar reasons. Much of what Seuss wrote was very political. Did anyone know that if someone else did the illustrations Seuss used the Pen name of Theo Lesieg?

*resurrects thread*

I grew up with Dr. Seuss. I think The Cat in the Hat was the very first one we had, though now, I don't think I like it so much. The Cat seems quite freaky, and I would certainly not invite him into my house.

My favorites are And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Wacky Wednesday, Dr. Seuss' Alphabet, and Green Eggs and Ham.

We even have the Cat's Songbook and we used to play it on the piano and sing along.

Cat seems too freaky.
Favorite book? Well I liked almost all of them.Doesn't know Fox in Sox.

I like Dr. Seuss! When I was little my favorite book was green eggs and ham. I even had my mom dye my eggs green (I had ham with them but it wouldn't dye as well. )

My favorite was "Are You My Mother?". At the same time the story scared me because the crane was a terrifying element in the story. To this day, the crane makes me wary.