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Dr Seuss - where to start?

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herethereeverywhere · 18/07/2012 21:21

I want to get my DS some Dr Seuss books. Looking on amazon I can afford to get 3 books at the moment. So which ones would you recommend to get us started?
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BlueCanary · 20/08/2012 22:19

Totally forgot the new favourite, Fox in Socks.....brilliant fun to read!

BlueCanary · 20/08/2012 22:15

From about 2yo my dcs have loved Mr Brown Can Moo, and Wocket in my Pocket.

Now they are getting older, they love Horton hears a Hoo and Cat in the Hat.

crumpet · 20/08/2012 22:04

Green eggs and ham
Cat in the hat
Hop on pop

bronze · 20/08/2012 22:01

Dr Seuss is a wise wise man

The books are actually colour coded for difficulty level

My ds2 only started reading because of dr Seuss books

WantAnOrange · 20/08/2012 21:58

DS loves them and the simpler ones, like Hop on Pop have been good for helping him to read.

For the stories I like

Did I ever tell you how lucky you are?
The Grinch
The Lorax

DS favourite is probably Mr Brown Can Moo.

DuchessofMalfi · 14/08/2012 10:57

We love Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks. Also loving The Lorax. Just seen the film too.

SardineQueen · 10/08/2012 21:19

I had one fish two fish as a child and my parents have kept it so our children have had it too - the pictures fascinated me when I was little and it is a really good one.

DD1 is 5 and starting to read by herself - the cat in the hat is enjoyable to read to them (I have a younger one too) - and DD can have a crack at reading herself!

You know they are colour coded for reading to little ones - first readers - and more advanced readers?

Anyway for DDs birthday we got yurtle the turtle (surprising in that it is so moralistic!) and green eggs and ham which DD can read on her own - good - but I just read it to them for the first time this evening and man it was dull!

ALSO - our library has a full range of dr seuss books so if you are strapped that might be the place to go Smile

vesela · 10/08/2012 21:08

(Fox in Socks is good for when they're learning to read/spell - I've just been explaining -le endings to DD with the aid of the Tweetle Beetles).

vesela · 10/08/2012 21:06

I'd get:

One Fish, Two Fish
The Cat in the Hat
Green Eggs and Ham

and then later Fox in Socks (or if he's 5, I'd get it now instead of Green Eggs and Ham).

SageMist · 23/07/2012 23:09

Actually I did read some of them when I was about 9 or 10 I think. I didn't love or hate them, i just thought they were just slightly odd.
As a parent though I look at them with slightly different eyes, they are unbelievably annoying to read out loud and I find them quite creepy to be honest.

MaisieM · 20/07/2012 23:08

Ooooh another 'Wocket' fan!

beanandspud · 20/07/2012 20:31

We started with The Cat in the Hat and DS (4) still loves it although I'm not sure that it's a favourite.

MaisieM - I loved 'There's a Wocket in my Pocket' too!

aladdinsane · 19/07/2012 23:15

I love Dr Seuss
The Lorax is my favourite but I had to change the ending for DS because it upset him too much. My ending didn't even rhyme but he was happy with it
Sadly the world is full of oncelers
I would also second the bedtime stories book, thidwick the big hearted moose is a great story

KittenMitts3 · 19/07/2012 23:08

We absolutely love 'What was I afraid of' those 'pale green pants with nobody inside them...' great stuff!

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herethereeverywhere · 19/07/2012 15:33

I didn't know about the app. Thanks will check that out as well Smile

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Peeenut · 19/07/2012 12:44

Ok I'm not answering your question but in case any one is interested ... the iPad apps are good.

nightswimmer · 19/07/2012 09:37

They are the most wonderful books. Perhaps Sagemist you never had them as a child and so don't look back at them with love? When kids are slightly older-The Lorax-it's brilliant! "I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees.." A man ahead of his time I think. As for the remark about certain ones being repetetive- kids LOVE repetition. They'll learn them off by heart

MaisieM · 19/07/2012 09:30

Try 'There's a Wocket in my Pocket'. I've still got my copy and have bought copies for loads of relatives' children. Brilliant book.

beginnersluck · 19/07/2012 09:22

The Sneetches has 4 stories in it (including the above mentioned, 'what was I afraid of') so it is good value in that sense! All of the stories in it are great too, of course!

WhispersOfWickedness · 19/07/2012 09:20

DS 2.7 loves 'the foot book' and 'the eye book'. Also ' I can read with my eyes shut'. I agree, they are brilliant books, one of the series I never get bored of reading Smile

iseenodust · 19/07/2012 09:16

If you child is young start with One Fish two fish
Things you'll see on mulberry street is fab
DS really liked a lift the flap numbers to 100 that was a Dr Seuss anniv publication if that's out there still?
(I think green eggs and ham is very repetitive)

Babylon1 · 19/07/2012 04:15

Oh SageMist Sad

They are brilliant. Author is a literacy genius Smile

My DDs adore the books and I think they're the only ones I don't get bored of reading to them.

I found the big box set in Costco at Derby today if that helps Smile

SageMist · 18/07/2012 22:19

Take my advice, don't ever start with these books. Yes I know that lots of people love them, and lots of children. But after reading the three books I got in a box set I wanted to burn them, they are so excruciating.

goingtobefree · 18/07/2012 22:17

I am also looking for Dr Seuss books, but can't find it online in Costco.
Are they only available only in certain places?

alana39 · 18/07/2012 22:00

Marvin K Mooney
Oh The Places You'll Go
The Cat In The Hat
I like lots more but these are the ones I never get bored with