Dr. Seuss – Cannonball Read 17

Books

The Body by Stephen King

Knight of Shadows by Roger Zelazny

Prince of Amber by Roger Zelazny

Silence by Shūsaku Endō

Wacky Wednesday by Dr. Seuss

Would your rather be a Bullfrog by Dr. Seuss

Maybe you should fly a jet! Maybe you should be a vet! by Dr. Seuss

I Wish that I had Duck Feet by Dr. Seuss

A Great Day for Up by Dr. Seuss

What pet should I Get? by Dr. Seuss

And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss

Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss

Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss

If I ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss

The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss

Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss

May 22, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Body “The most important things are the hardest to say.” I first read this probably back in 1990 or so when I was still a little younger than the characters. I also had seen the movie a few times, and listened to the soundtrack about a million times. The novella, like the movie, is narrated by the adult Gordon LaChance, and like some of Stephen King’s other books, the past and nostalgia play a huge role. One thing that emerges soon in the book […]

Dr. Seuss et al

Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka

Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss

The Pigeon Finds a Hotdog by Mo Willems

The Duckling Gets a Cookie? by Mo Willems

This is not my Hat by Jon Klassen

The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka

Boys Will Be Boys by James Patterson

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

May 16, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I recently asked my high school seniors what were some of their favorite book when they were younger. These are 18 year olds now, so mostly born in 2005, and while there were some older classics in the mix like Goodnight Moon and The Very Hungry Caterpillar, most of the answers were books I had never heard of before. So I went to the library and checked some of them out to see what they had enjoyed. While there, I checked out a few other […]

I can listen to video readings of two classics. Can you?

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss

Fox in Socks: Dr. Seuss’s Book of Tongue Tanglers by Dr. Seuss

February 16, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport other format (audio & video of a books) My phone was actually working the other night (I have a bad plan that allows my fast internet to go too fast, as in used up) when I found a video of Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? At first, I was “Really? Do we need people reading Dr. Seuss? Isn’t that a more personal reading event?” But then I saw that it was going to be rapped. Okay, I’m interested. I am not a rap […]

It’s become a cliche at this point, but don’t hold that against it

Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss

September 7, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith Leave a Comment

Somehow, I don’t know how, despite this book being practically the book to give as a gift to people when they graduate from anywhere, and loving Dr. Seuss since childhood, I’ve gone my entire life without having actually read Oh, The Places You’ll Go. I think I partly avoided it purposefully, feeling it was too much of a cliche to read. Or something along those lines. Like, if I avoided it this far, maybe it wasn’t meant to be read by me. I don’t know why I let […]

I think I’ll leave it to Wes Tank for now…

Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss

August 10, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith Leave a Comment

Fox in Socks is one Dr. Seuss book that I somehow had avoided until I saw Wes Tank somehow turn this notoriously tongue-twisting book into a multi-minute rap. His Dr. Seuss raps were what reinvigorated my love for the author himself. Hearing those words in a rhythmic context only served to underline how well-written they were and had me wanting to revisit the books themselves. Naturally, I had to try my hand at reading this book aloud. […]

If only it were so simple…

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

July 26, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith Leave a Comment

The second of my Goodwill finds is The Lorax, a book I’ve wavered on buying from Target for some time now. Back in elementary school, we went somewhere for a Dr. Seuss day celebration and I got this pocket-sized copy of The Lorax, possibly my favorite of his books. In the years since, I’ve lost that copy and have not been able to find a similarly-sized copy. I’m starting to think I made up the whole story. But I knew I wasn’t spending full-retail, which […]

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