Happy Seuss Day!

[primsong]

It is the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Suess - which in my case means I get to give a presentation about his life to the first and second grade classes about an hour from now. I wrote up a biography for him at about their level of understanding and get to do a Q & A on him and his life. What an interesting man he was. :-)

My favorite thing was the way he kept a closet full of crazy hats in the observatory he used for a studio. Whenever writers block loomed, he would put on a silly hat to get back in the mood. That and how cranky he would get when well-meaning printers would "correct" his colors to make the trees green instead of pink, etc... Heh.

Wear a bow tie and read a few rhyming tongue-twisters today. Enjoy!

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Happy Birthday! St. Seuss

[my-cocoon.livejournal.com]

*puts on Frodo Lives hat and clears throat to read*

In Beaver town lived a librarian named Prim who would read to children time and again
Some days she’d share stories or plant Morning Glory’s wearing flats and wearing silly hats.
But today was a birthday of a friend whose stories she’d share once again
About fishes with dishes and cats wearing hats acting silly as a goose thus wrote Dr. Seuss.
What to do what to do worried Prim who had to stand before the assembly again
To read silly rhymes and mark them in time properly honoring the Author her Friend.

Re: Happy Birthday! St. Seuss

[primsong.livejournal.com]

:-D

I must say this is one of the more interesting verses I've ever read!

I wish I could have had the time to read some of his tales to them, even though they've all heard them before they're always fun to read again. So much to talk about and the kids were fascinated - I'd love to be able to "do" authors this way more often.