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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[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

It used to be a great source of amusement to our family of three to see how fast we could read "The Cat in the Hat" out loud, without making a mistake or stumbling. It flows pretty smoothly, actually.

One of my favorite of his books is "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" -- which also works well being read at warp speed. ;-) "Oh the Places You'll Go" is special, too; it makes a marvelous graduation present for a high school senior, especially an MK!

[primsong.livejournal.com]

We once tried reading Fox in Socks *backwards* (not reversing the actual words, just their order). It was *hard!*

:-)