Green Eggs and Ham

Did you know there was a Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook? I didn't until I was searching for this one to mark it as read. Wow. This was our read for Day 1 of our Memoria Press Junior Kindergarten and it was the first time I read it to my new preschooler. She loved it and talked about it and what was happening later. “He liked it, mama, he really did!” I think that as she begins to decipher words and read aloud herself, this would be a great one to come back to as I'm sure everyone has agreed for years.


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Now that I've got a toddler and have revisited all my old Dr. Seuss books, I've come to the decision that this is my favorite picture book of all. I love rhythm, the rhyme, the pictures. Best of all is the philosophy, “try it you may like it!” or just simply “be open, welcoming and tolerant.” A great lesson to teach your kids. Plus, the end when he tries and likes green eggs and ham – it's a a moment as joyful and wondrous as Scrooge celebrating on Christmas morning. Love it and love reading it aloud. The other day, I had the pleasure of hearing my kid “reading” this book on his own in his crib: “I am Sam. I am Sam. On a train! In the dark! In a tree!” It was the best.

Supposedly the result of a bet, to see if he could write a full story with the smallest amount of words. What has resulted is an ultimate set of rhyming whimsy. Dr Seuss is at his most Dr Seuss here. Again, behind the funny rhymes there is an important message to the child - you have to try things before you decide you don't like them! That being said, having actually tried green died eggs before (a university tradition for St Chad's College in Durham UK...) there is something extremely off-putting about green eggs...

Anyway, having a young daughter is proving an excellent excuse to dive into these fun children's books. This has always been one of my favourite Seuss books

This is an opinion of Doctor Seuss's books in general. I've chosen one of my favorite ones, this one book teaches not to refuse trying new food in such a way that it seems stupid to say it is just about that.
When my host family discovered I hadn't read Doctor Seuss books before, they found some for me to read. I thought it would be a meaningless experience reading some books “for little children”. But Doctor Seuss's books are far more than little children's books or meaningless. They get you into your imaginative part and somehow you enjoy them as a little kid every time you read them. They are surprisingly amazing. Not good, GREAT. It's just incredible how the author's got such a good prose for little children's books. Really, if you haven't read Doctor Seuss's books go buy them no matter your age. Trust me, it's worth. I just can't describe how much this books have made a footprint in me.