who said oh the places you'll go
Dr. Seuss
title: Oh, the Places You'll Go! text: Oh, the Places You'll Go! Oh, the Places You'll Go! is a book written and illustrated by children's author Dr. Seuss. It was first published by Random House on January 22, 1990. It is his last book to be published during his lifetime. The book concerns the journey of life and its challenges. Though written in the style of classics such as "Green Eggs and Ham" and "The Cat in the Hat", "Oh, the Places You’ll Go!" has many specific characters including a narrator and the reader. A young boy, referred to simply as "you", initiates the action of the title: Oh, the Places You'll Go! text: school and college, spiking in sales every spring. It reached number one on "USA Today"s Best Selling Book list in 1997, and reached #2 in 2015 and 2017. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." Oh, the Places You'll Go! Oh, the Places You'll Go! is a book written and illustrated by children's author Dr. Seuss. It was first published by Random House on January 22, 1990. It is his last book to be published during his lifetime. The book concerns the journey of life title: Oh, the Places You'll Go! text: he will discover, the book cheerfully concludes with an open end. Upon its original release in 1990, "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" reached number one on "The New York Times" Best-Selling Fiction Hardcover list. That made Dr. Seuss one of the handful of authors to have number one Hardcover Fiction and Nonfiction books on the list; among them are John Steinbeck, Jimmy Buffett and Mitch Albom; his "You're Only Old Once!" hit number one on the Nonfiction list in 1986. In the United States and Canada, "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" is a popular gift for students graduating from high title: Oh, the Places You'll Go! text: story. However, the presence of a main character helps readers to identify with the book. It is written in second person and uses future tense. The story begins with the narrator, relating the decision of the unnamed protagonist (who represents the reader) to leave town. The protagonist travels through several geometrical and polychromatic landscapes and places, eventually encountering a place simply called "The Waiting Place", which is ominously addressed as being a place where everyone is always waiting for something to happen. As the protagonist continues to explore, spurred on by the thoughts of places he will visit and things title: Robert Goolrick text: Meer." Robert Goolrick listed his six favorite books for children: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain; Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss; Canada by Richard Ford; The Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn; The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson; and Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. Robert Goolrick Robert Goolrick (born 1948 in Virginia) is an American writer whose first novel sold more than five million copies.. Robert Goolrick grew up in the 1950s in the small college town of Lexington, Virginia. His father was a college professor. His mother was a homemaker