The second day of March should be in your brain,
like on your white shirt sits a grapey – grape stain.
It is a day like no other, as one can deduce,
it’s the birthday of the great Dr Seuss!
Story after story I read to my young’uns
it twists my tongue and makes my nose smell onions.
The kids laugh and giggle with excitement and glee
as I read them stories about Truffula Trees!
Speaking of trees, please pardon the cue
but did you hear “The Lorax” is coming to a theater near you!
And on the birthday of you know who.
Other things this day to keep you in a rhyming trance
head on over to your favorite library branch.
Read Across America Day is a nationwide reading celebration
It is all part of the Seuss glorification!
Two more stanzas I am not sure I can write
I should just keep going if for nothing but spite.
Just enjoy the works of this author who is not so remote
and I will end this disaster with my favorite Seuss quote.
“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs,
is making a chore for the reader who reads.”
So it finally ends, what a good deed!
© Copyright 2012 Heather McIngvale
What is Read Across America?
Share your love of reading with kids and teens around the country and around the world! Remember, you’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read with a child.
“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” — Emilie Buchwald
Celebrate Read Across America today:
“Celebrating Suess!” @ Huntsville Main Public Library
9:00 am- 5:00 pm
There will be crafts, activities, and a library of Dr. Seuss titles on Reference for parents and kids to use in house. Drop by anytime!
Suess Storytime @ Oscar Mason Branch Library
10:00 am
Suess Storytime @ Madison Public Library
4:00 pm
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