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Did you know March 2nd would have been the 104th birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)?

I've always loved Dr. Seuss books.  I have a very distinct memory of my mom reading a giant version of  "If I Ran the Circus" to my brother and me when I was about 8 years old. 

It was a library book and I loved it so much. We were in the process of packing up and moving back to Dallas from Mississippi at the time and I guess in all the moving confusion the book somehow got packed in our moving boxes. 

When we were unpacking in my room and I found it, I was so thrilled and also guilt-ridden that we had kept it.  I thought we would have to drive back to Mississippi to return it and dreaded the long drive!

I don't actually remember what happened to that book.  I guess my mom probably mailed it back.  To be honest, I kinda wish we still had it  (which makes me feel a little guilty).

The very first book my oldest son ever read to me was "Green Eggs and Ham".  I will never forget that.  I was so enamored by how he emphasized the words, "I Do Not like them, Sam-I-Am!" as he was reading.  I remember thinking what a fabulous reader he was going to be.  And now at almost sixteen he reads books to his little brother with that same dramatic voice.
 

My all time favorite Dr. Seuss book is "Horton Hears a Who".  I see some distinct spiritual correlations there...which I know sounds crazy, but I do.  Maybe I'll blog about it sometime.   

I haven't seen the movie yet, I'm a little nervous that they've ruined a perfectly good story, but we'll see.

I love Dr. Seuss so much I actually taught a scrapbook class about how to add "Seuss" style to your layouts.  It was one of my favorite classes and I thought it would be a fun theme for the very first issue of my reborn e-zine "heART & Soul"!

I hope you are signed up for it!  The first issue goes out today (!) went out today and includes a printable pattern and tutorial for a mini book that could be used for scrapbooking, lapbooking, and homeschooling as well as links to great Dr. Seuss sites and a collection of my favorite Dr. Seuss quotes! (all for free -yippee!)

So what's your favorite Dr. Seuss story?  Do you have any special memories of his books as a child or maybe with your own children?  I'd love to hear them!  And if you're a homeschooler or lapbooker I'd *love* to hear about any fun Seuss projects you've done!

See you later today for Ten on Tuesday!

Blessings,

♥ Melissa~

P.S. I didn't know this when I first wrote this post, but Janice at Everyday Education is hosting the 115th Carnival of Homeschooling this week and guess what the theme is??  "Oh the Things That You'll Do"!  And she invited me to participate!  So head over there and check out some of the other great posts this week!
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"I'm thanking you, God, from a full heart, I'm writing the book on your wonders. I'm whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy; I'm singing your song, High God."
-Psalm 9:1 (the message)

Comments

[Lisa - TheScrapPrincess]

I love Dr. Suess too - my favorite is Oh The Places You Will Go.....my husband has been reading it to our daughter since she was born. Actually when she was in utero too lol :)
I haven't done a Suess layout yet but would love to add that to my scrapbooking list for this year!
And if you see the movie Horton Hears a Who, let us know if it's not too far from the book. I was thinking about going to see it next week. My daughter LOVES the commercials for it.
Have a great day!
Lisa

[Quirky]

I'm a fan of One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. And Go Dog Go, which technically wasn't written by Dr. Suess but was eventually published by his publishing company, so it still has the Dr Suess stamp of approval. Best books ever!

[Misty]

i also love Oh the Places you will go! And the Horton Lays an Egg book. I have a Christmas ornament line to that book! Love it!!!

I completely "get" the spiritual undertones of Horton Hears a Who. I did see the film and found that although they obviously had to add to the story, it is really well done. Very touching...

[stacey]

movie was great!

i didn't know you taught scrapbooking?! do you digital, regular, both? i sooooooooo need to get back to it! way behind!

i love dr. seuss and read a lot of the books, but somehow missed the circus one! will have to pick it up from library.

[Elaine]

Dear Melissa,
Great job with the ezine!
Dr. Suess was a genius and knew how to make children love to read and oh the outalndish characters and the illustrations! I can never forget the characters in "The Foot Book", which I think I have memorized!
I will be writing about " Horton Hears a Who", on my blog and talk about how God is using this in the pro-life arena. Yes , a person is a person is a person no matter how small! Just think, God is sooo way ahead of Hollywood! He wanted this movie made. Gotta love it. It such a cool story, can't wait to write it!
God bless,
Elaine

[Jill]

I love reading your blog! I'm adding you to my blogroll!!

[Ukrainiac]

We've given Oh the Places You Will Go as high school graduation gifts...

And Horton Hatches the Egg! Another favorite.

Well, all of them are great! Each one unique...what was the one about on which side of the bread you spread the butter?

[Cristina]

My favorite is "Have I Ever Told You How Lucky You Are?" I still read it to my children. It has such a wonderful message about gratitude.

I heard that the Horton movie has the blessing of Dr. Seuss widow, if that helps you decide about seeing it.

Peace and Laughter,
Cristina