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Favourite Dr Seuss

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Ellieorange · 06/11/2006 09:34

Mine is 'The Sneetches'. Not widely available (you can get it in a collection of Dr Seuss on Amazon). Has great morals about social class, exclusion, wanting to be someone else/ desire to fit in, and many others - as well as being hilarious...like Green Eggs too

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TwoIfBySea · 08/11/2006 22:51

I have my copy of 'Horton Hears A Who' which dts now love too.

"a person's a person, no matter how small"

That phrase I would imagine strikes with all children!

Also Green, Eggs and Ham, of course.

chipmonkey · 08/11/2006 21:42

I can recite the whole of "The Cat in the Hat" off by heart. I knew it as a child and reinforced it by reading it to the ds's. I love "The Cat in the Hat comes back" especially the bit where he's sitting in the bath eating cake. Love "Red fish, Blue Fish" as well.

moljam · 08/11/2006 20:53

green eggs and ham is my favorite!

MammyM · 08/11/2006 20:50

Too many Dave's is my absolute fave, the kids aren't so bothered, it sounds so good because it's short. I always have to read it twice! It's genius! Also, very underated (obviously not among his true fans though!) btw, have you seen the Dr Seuss website, can't remember it's address but I'm sure you'll find it if you google Dr Seuss, they have some good political parodies on there.

'Although it is raining and the sun is not sunny,
we can have lots of good fun that is funny'
Cat in the hat.

janeite · 08/11/2006 18:53

Yes - that's DP's favourite line (and incidentally, he's also called Dave!).

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nikkie · 07/11/2006 20:42

I used to love reading Dr Seuss with my kids then we did them at work with some kids and I totally went off them (well try interpreting Dr suess into BSL!)

FillyjonkTheFireEater · 07/11/2006 20:17

I think probably aside from the below it is the Grinch. Probably.

FillyjonkTheFireEater · 07/11/2006 20:15

well mine is actually "oh the places you'll go".

but then it was given to me by an ex dp as a breaking up cos ex dp sodding off to australia present...

aaargh

but I liked it before

its a bit of a hot potato in our house.

Lact8AllThePies · 07/11/2006 20:14

Too Many Daves is my favourite but then I have a soft spot for One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish too. DS2's absolute favourite book. Worn and chewed and falling apart. Very much loved, the whole family just seems to stop what they're doing and get drawn in whenever someone reads it to DS2 and all of the kids enjoy it no matter what their age

Spidermama · 07/11/2006 20:12

Too Many Daves is another classic. The kids love it.

I can't be doing with the likes of Hop on Pop though.

foxinsocks · 07/11/2006 20:12

I put my arm around their waist
And sat right down beside them.
I calmed them down.
Poor empty pants
With nobody inside them

(snigger)

Spidermama · 07/11/2006 20:11

Empty pants is great but so eerie.
I love Yertle the Turtle for its good old fashioned socialist message.

foxinsocks · 07/11/2006 20:10

oh I had forgotten the empty pants! I love that one!

Fauve · 07/11/2006 20:09

The Lorax has a very sound environmental message. We like all of them, though. Not sure if we've seen The Sneetches, however.

GraceUnderFire · 07/11/2006 20:07

The empty pants one used to scare ds1 - I had to skip it

GraceUnderFire · 07/11/2006 20:06

Love Dr Seuss. The Grinch is fab at Christmas - we also love the Sleep Book, the Lorax, The Sneetches, Horton Hatches an Egg...oh there are so many.

janeite · 07/11/2006 20:04

"Too Many Daves" is such a fab story. But even better is -
"I saw a pair of pale green pants with nobody inside 'em".

"Well I got out, I got out fast, as fast as I could go sir,
I was not scared but pants like that I did not care for, no Sir!"

hana · 06/11/2006 18:48

forgot about One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

just about to read it to the dds!

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Ellieorange · 06/11/2006 18:40

yes my 11 mth gets green eggs every night. hoping he will have it memorised by 2. i nearly have it off by heart. thx for cd recommendations, will get them for bday or xmas.

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Steppy1 · 06/11/2006 18:33

DS loves reading green eggs and ham to mummy and his little sister...we laugh out loud with him to...my fave !!

mamama · 06/11/2006 18:31

Never had Dr Seuss as a child so have enjoyed discoering the books with DS. 'Oh the places you'll go' is a wonderful story but our current favourite has to be 'There's a Wocket in my Pocket'

foxinsocks · 06/11/2006 18:28

btw, if you like the books, there are 2 great cds (1 called 'The Cat in the Hat and other stories' read by Adrian Edmondson and the other 'Dr Seuss Collection' read by Rik Mayall) which are really fab. For at least a year or so, those CDs were my children's favourites.

foxinsocks · 06/11/2006 18:22

ds and dd love Dr Seuss

One Fish Two Fish is a fave of theirs

The Lorax, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Green Eggs and Ham, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle and of course Fox in Socks

hana · 06/11/2006 18:17

love Are you my mother?

can't stand reading Fox in Socks