Wednesday is story time at the library.  Every week after story time, I used to take Daphne to get some books.  They have something called “early reader backpacks” that are basically backpacks with 4 or 5 books in them.  The books are very easy to read and have a word or a sentence on each page.  Daphne LOVED them and we loved reading them to her because they were simple.  I was also impressed at how many things she learned from the books.  She still refers to them in everyday conversation.

However, one day when she was really upset, she tore the cover off one of the books (they are little paperback books) and we decided to take a break from getting backpacks while she worked off the money needed to pay for the book.

We had to resort to our own books for reading.  I started to pull out the Dr. Seuss books to read to her.

Both Jared and I fell in love with the books.  Dr. Seuss is actually really amazing.  All his books are written in some type of meter, so they flow along and are really easy to read.  He wrote many of his books as a way to increse literacy in American because he thought that the chidlren’s books available were boring and hard to read.  For example, The Cat in the Hat was written using less than 250 of the most important and basic words of our language.  After that, he wrote Green Eggs and Ham after someone bet him $50 that he couldn’t write a book using only 50 words.  Not only did he do it, but it was one of the most brilliant books ever.

After reading through our collection several times I decided to find some fun Dr. Seuss books at the library to read.  I grabbed “And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.”  I listened to Jared read it to Daphne one night and decided that it was one of the most wonderful books I have ever heard.  I actually went and read a LOT about Dr. Seuss and that book because I was so enthralled by its magic.  If you can find it, you should read it.

Now I am on the lookout to get an entire set of Dr. Seuss books, not just the most popular ones.  I started the collection by ordering the Mulberry Street book today from Amazon.com for $.75 (it was used)!

I am so excited to get a new Dr. Seuss book today.