If you read this book once, you know the story.  So why do you, and your kid, read it over, and over, and over?  It is hypnotic.  It is entertaining.  The art is... interesting!.  The poetic nature of the text is soothing and charming.  You can use vocal variety as you read it.  Your son or daughter anticipates that next phrase, that next page.  These facors interact and... make a classic.

Interestingly, I've seen a comic opera (a "bouffe") version of Green Eggs and Ham.  You KNOW how it is going to end.  Yet it is STILL entertaining!  Ah, there is a magic formula here, repeated in many (but not all) of Dr. Seuss' books, that force a smile over a frown, and make a rainy day sunny.

First published in 1960, I would anticipate this book being on shelves in 2060 and beyond. "I DO like them, Sam I am!"
If you read this book once, you know the story. So why do you, and your kid, read it over, and over, and over? It is hypnotic. It is entertaining. The art is... interesting!. The poetic nature of the text is soothing and charming. You can use vocal variety as you read it. Your son or daughter anticipates that next phrase, that next page. These facors interact and... make a classic. Interestingly, I've seen a comic opera (a "bouffe") version of Green Eggs and Ham. You KNOW how it is going to end. Yet it is STILL entertaining! Ah, there is a magic formula here, repeated in many (but not all) of Dr. Seuss' books, that force a smile over a frown, and make a rainy day sunny. First published in 1960, I would anticipate this book being on shelves in 2060 and beyond. "I DO like them, Sam I am! "