1. HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS IT’S DR. SEUSS MONTH AT R.M.E.

2. Theodore Seuss Giesel (Dr. Seuss) was born on March 2, 1904. in Springfield, Massachusetts. He would have been 111 years old this year! He loved having fun ~ and that’s what Dr. Seuss Month is all about! Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. Dr. Seuss

3. This book was written in 1959. The setting of the story is land called Katroo where the Birthday Bird throws a magnificent party for YOU (the story is told in 2 nd person). The story ends with an exhausted and happy child (You!) falling asleep. A popular paragraph from the story is: “Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.”

4. Read Across America is celebrated on Dr. Seuss’s birthday, and schools all across the country celebrate it by doing different reading activities. At Reed-Mock we are going to have our own Read Across Reed-Mock! Each student will receive a form and will read at different locations for the amount of time listed. Don’t forget to have it signed by an adult, and make sure not to lose it! Once you finish your reading, bring your form into the library, and your name will be placed in a drawing for prizes on March 27 th.

6. This book was published on August 12, 1960. Bennet Cerf, the co-founder of Random House, bet Dr. Seuss $50 that he couldn’t write a book using only 50 different words. Dr. Seuss won the bet (Cerf never paid him) – and this book became one of his best-selling books ever. Dr. Seuss said that this story always made him laugh!

8. This book was published in 1965. The story has two main characters: Mr. Fox and Mr. Knox. The book is full of tongue twisters that get harder as the story goes along!

10. This book was published in 1962. It starts with a small bug, named Van Vleck, yawning – and goes on to show how yawning is terribly contagious.

12. This book was written in 1950. Dr. Seuss’s father worked as a zookeeper when Dr. Seuss was a young boy, so he got to spend a lot of time around the animals there. His parents let him draw his animal creations on his bedroom wall, so he probably had a lot of ideas for this book from his childhood! In If I Ran the Zoo, Gerald McGrew is a boy that visits the exotic animals in the zoo, finds that they are not interesting enough. If he ran the zoo, he would let all the current animals free, and get new more exotic, and bizarre animals.

15. This book was published in 1963. It is an alphabetical picture book that was published as part of the Random House Beginner Book Series.

18. This book was published on September 12, 1973. The wise old man from the Desert of Drize gives readers advice when they are feeling sad, and helps readers see how lucky they really are!

19. You could wear a hat like this!

20. This book was published in 1957. Dr. Seuss was asked to write a children’s book that could be used in schools because the books they were using were too boring. He was given a list of beginner words, and he wrote the book using about 230 different words. He created the main character by finding the first two words in the list that rhymed: cat and hat. By 1960, the book had sold over a million copies!

22. This book was published in 1955. It falls under the genre of Literary Nonsense. The young narrator in the story is not happy that we are limited to only 26 letters in our alphabet, so he invents some of his own, and the animals to go with them!

24. This book was published in 1969. It was written by Dr. Seuss, and illustrated by Roy McKie This interactive book encourages kids to write their own autobiography. It has a list of serious and silly “yes” and “no” questions, fill-in- the blanks, and simple writing activities. So, if you buy your own copy of this book, you can write it in and put your picture in the frame!

27. This book was published in 1978. In this story the Cat in the Hat shows a young cat how much fun reading can be, and how reading is a useful tool in acquiring knowledge.

29. This book was published in 1961. Dr. Seuss wrote The Sneetches to show how discrimination between races and cultures is wrong. The Sneetches in the story realize that they are wrong, change their ways, and they get along and become friends.

31. This book was published in 1974. It was written by Dr. Seuss and illustrated by George Booth. In Wacky Wednesday, children must find 20 wacky things that occur. According to the story’s Patrolman McGann, once you find the 20 wacky things and go to sleep, Wacky Wednesday will end.

34. This book was published in 1971. It was Dr. Seuss’s favorite of all his books. Dr. Seuss said he wrote this book because he was angry at businesses that cared more about making money than the environment. The movie that came out in 2012 was a hit and it eventually grossed $214,030,500!

35. Bring your kite!

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37. This book was published in 1974. It was written by Dr. Seuss and illustrated by Quentin Blake This books celebrates the joy of life and introduces the many meanings of up.

40. This book was published in 1960. The book is about a boy and girl and the many amazing creatures they have for friends and pets.

42. This book was published in 1990. This was the last book published in Dr. Seuss’s lifetime. This book is about the journey of life and its challenges.