If I Ran the Zoo, published in 1950, is the first recorded
instance of the word “nerd.”
The Cat in the Hat was written basically because Dr. Seuss thought the famous Dick and Jane primers were insanely boring.
Bennett Cerf, Dr. Seuss’ editor, bet him that he couldn’t write a book using 50 words or less. The Cat in the Hat was pretty simple, after all, and it used 225 words. Not one to back down from a challenge, Mr. Geisel started writing and came up with Green Eggs and Ham – which uses exactly 50 words. The 50 words, by the way, are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you.
Oh The Places You’ll Go is Dr. Seuss’ final book, published in 1990. It sells about 300,000 copies every year because so many people give it to college and high school grads.
Other than Green Eggs and Ham, Sneetches with Stars is my favorite story. If you have not read it, check it out from the library!
Frankenstein’s Monster himself, Boris Karloff, provided the voice of the Grinch and the narration for the movie. Seuss a little wary of casting him because he thought his voice would be too scary for kids. Can you imagine the cartoon with any other voice?! The sound people went back to the Grinch’s parts and removed all of the high tones in Karloff’s voice. That’s why the Grinch sounds so gravelly. Tony the Tiger, aka Thurl Ravenscroft, is the voice behind “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.” He received no credit on screen, so Dr. Seuss wrote to every major U.S. newspaper to tell them exactly who had sung the song.
If I Ran the Zoo, published in 1950, is the first recorded instance of the word “nerd.”
The Cat in the Hat was written basically because Dr. Seuss thought the famous Dick and Jane primers were insanely boring.
Bennett Cerf, Dr. Seuss’ editor, bet him that he couldn’t write a book using 50 words or less. The Cat in the Hat was pretty simple, after all, and it used 225 words. Not one to back down from a challenge, Mr. Geisel started writing and came up with Green Eggs and Ham – which uses exactly 50 words. The 50 words, by the way, are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you.
Oh The Places You’ll Go is Dr. Seuss’ final book, published in 1990. It sells about 300,000 copies every year because so many people give it to college and high school grads.
Other than Green Eggs and Ham, Sneetches with Stars is my favorite story. If you have not read it, check it out from the library!
Frankenstein’s Monster himself, Boris Karloff, provided the voice of the Grinch and the narration for the movie. Seuss a little wary of casting him because he thought his voice would be too scary for kids. Can you imagine the cartoon with any other voice?! The sound people went back to the Grinch’s parts and removed all of the high tones in Karloff’s voice. That’s why the Grinch sounds so gravelly. Tony the Tiger, aka Thurl Ravenscroft, is the voice behind “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.” He received no credit on screen, so Dr. Seuss wrote to every major U.S. newspaper to tell them exactly who had sung the song.
2 comments:
i've never read sneetches with stars. i'll bet it is one savannah would enjoy checking out from the library. we are headed there this week...
I am glad you included the 50 words for Green Eggs & Ham- that is amazing that he could write a book like that. And I couldn't help but think of the Grinch's voice & the song- I will probably have that going through my head all day!!!
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