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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
lighthearted
fast-paced
The Seuss book I dread reading the most. As someone astutely said to me recently, it is the "12 Days of Christmas" of Seuss books. You say most of the same sentences like 20 times.
Fun Fact: Seuss wrote the book this way because his publisher bet him that he couldn't write a book using only 50 words. Oh, sir, no sir. You done lost that bet, sir.
Repetition aside, the tale begins with Guy-Am-I stewing in his own beeswax when Sam-I-Am waltzes in like a true DIVA. You know this because only divas carry their own names on a sign. Sam then offers Guy some toxic eggs and ham, to which Guy bluntly and comprehensively declines. That should have been the end of the story. As a husband of five years, I know not to push mysterious food onto someone for your own sense of joy and camaraderie.
But OOOOOHHH NOOOOOO. Sam thinks that certain conditions will improve this rancid-looking plate. Does he try to improve the vegan eggs and ham with salt, pepper or ketchup? No sir or ma'am. Perhaps dining with a feral mouse or fox will do the trick? Or being in a pitch black tunnel. Or rain! Would you, could you? Drenched from rain? None of these conditions are ideal, Sam! Never get into the restaurant business.
Eventually, Guy yields. As a husband of five years, I know to pester relentlessly until you get what you want out of the other party's sheer pity and exhaustion. And, just like every piece of food my wife ever turned down, wouldn't you know it, Guy ended up loving the radioactive eggs and ham!
Could it be? A new reference point for me? Say, maybe I do like this book!
Fun Fact: Seuss wrote the book this way because his publisher bet him that he couldn't write a book using only 50 words. Oh, sir, no sir. You done lost that bet, sir.
Repetition aside, the tale begins with Guy-Am-I stewing in his own beeswax when Sam-I-Am waltzes in like a true DIVA. You know this because only divas carry their own names on a sign. Sam then offers Guy some toxic eggs and ham, to which Guy bluntly and comprehensively declines. That should have been the end of the story. As a husband of five years, I know not to push mysterious food onto someone for your own sense of joy and camaraderie.
But OOOOOHHH NOOOOOO. Sam thinks that certain conditions will improve this rancid-looking plate. Does he try to improve the vegan eggs and ham with salt, pepper or ketchup? No sir or ma'am. Perhaps dining with a feral mouse or fox will do the trick? Or being in a pitch black tunnel. Or rain! Would you, could you? Drenched from rain? None of these conditions are ideal, Sam! Never get into the restaurant business.
Eventually, Guy yields. As a husband of five years, I know to pester relentlessly until you get what you want out of the other party's sheer pity and exhaustion. And, just like every piece of food my wife ever turned down, wouldn't you know it, Guy ended up loving the radioactive eggs and ham!
Could it be? A new reference point for me? Say, maybe I do like this book!
I moved to the US from Spain 10 years ago and I had never heard of Dr. Seuss before I came here. As someone who learned to speak English as a young girl and took many years to become fluent, I can appreciate the genius of this book as a language learning tool, beyond its main message, "don't knock it 'til you've tried it", which is also fantastic.
I have seen plenty of reviews for this book reading a lot of complicated ideas into it. I don't think Dr. Seuss had any of those ideas in mind. Well, not for this book in particular. Alliterative words, rhymes and nonsense are there to make the reading experience fun and engaging for young readers, as well as helping them retain the meaning and spelling of the words used. They're extremely useful to young native speakers, but I don't know if they would be to children learning English as a foreign language, at say, 8-years-old. What naturally reads as nonsense for a native speaker becomes confusing and a source of frustration to a child who has to translate it in their head. That's what I find the most fascinating about these books, I wonder what would happen if they were given to toddlers in non-English-speaking countries?
Back to the book in question, I absolutely adored it. I have been known to pester people until they try foods they have rejected out of inertia, much to their initial annoyance, but I find most times they end up enjoying the new food. This book encourages being open-minded in a delightful way. Recommended to people of all ages and definitely as a language learning tool.
I have seen plenty of reviews for this book reading a lot of complicated ideas into it. I don't think Dr. Seuss had any of those ideas in mind. Well, not for this book in particular. Alliterative words, rhymes and nonsense are there to make the reading experience fun and engaging for young readers, as well as helping them retain the meaning and spelling of the words used. They're extremely useful to young native speakers, but I don't know if they would be to children learning English as a foreign language, at say, 8-years-old. What naturally reads as nonsense for a native speaker becomes confusing and a source of frustration to a child who has to translate it in their head. That's what I find the most fascinating about these books, I wonder what would happen if they were given to toddlers in non-English-speaking countries?
Back to the book in question, I absolutely adored it. I have been known to pester people until they try foods they have rejected out of inertia, much to their initial annoyance, but I find most times they end up enjoying the new food. This book encourages being open-minded in a delightful way. Recommended to people of all ages and definitely as a language learning tool.
This has always (and for reasons unknown) my favorite Dr. Seuss book. :D
Quoted in a Prince song so I thought let's read it. I've never eaten green eggs.
This is such a cute little book for children. When I was younger, I loved this book. And to this day whenever someone makes a reference to it, I get so happy! I'd say all kids should at least read this ONCE.
I recommend this to everyone, honestly.
I recommend this to everyone, honestly.
fast-paced
Rereading classic child books for my Literature for Young People class and this will forever hold a special place in my heart. I had this book memorized before I could even read and would recite it from memory. Definitely a classic for a reason.
Wonderful kids book, still love to read it all these years later :)
I don’t wanna hear anything about me adding children’s books here I looooove looking and seeing which books I read with my niece 💆🏻♀️