Green Eggs and Ham By Dr. Suess

To Parents: “You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”Dr. Seuss

As a child growing up, I was always a big fan of the great Dr. Suess.   Both sets of my grandparents had an impressive collection of his works that I read with them at nearly every visit.  Within these books, I could find humor, fun, imaginative and exiting tales of color and creativity, and lifelong lessons to encompass in my everyday life.  To this day, Dr. Suess continues to   remain one of my favorite writers.

If you were to ask me what my favorite Dr. Suess book is, I would have to start where it all began with me as a young girl at my Grandma's house with the book “Green Eggs and Ham.”  Light hearted and funny, this book takes you on a ride with as two characters debate about green eggs and ham. Sam I Am relentlessly asks the main character questions such as; “Do you like green eggs and ham? … Would you like them in a house?  Would you like them with a mouse?”  Does main character try the dreaded green eggs and ham?  What will Sam I Am do next? Will the main character ever try the green eggs and ham???

Easy to read and fun to follow, I found this book to be a valuable tool in my learning to read, and later on, a valuable tool for instructing my daughter to read as well. With the rhyming patterns, young learners can make connections about word families, their sounds and phonetics, and spellings.  Through the use of repetition of words, the book can reinforce early reading skills and help children practice familiar sight words.  The book also includes simple drawings to help give children clues to the words and their meanings, and children are encouraged to read all by themselves.

For these reasons and more, I strongly recommend this book to parents and children alike. I highly recommend this book to children, parents, teachers, caregivers, and anyone else wanting to make an impact on a child.  Through this book, and many other Dr. Suess books, children will not only develop their reading and thinking skills, but expand their love of reading and expand their imaginations.    As Dr. Suess once said, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” I hope that you will read this book, and love it for your child too.