![Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0679890084.jpg?itok=WwP_-3nb)
Other books by this author
![Awful Ogre's Awful Day](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688077781.jpg?itok=UF_NugBF)
Awful Ogre’s day is much like anyone else’s, but with an ogre-ish twist. He uses onion juice as a mouthwash with just a dab on his chin, writes love letters to a delightfully disgusting ogress and more. The clever rhyming verse and dark-lined illustrations are filled with humor and visual jokes that will make this collection of poetry awfully popular.
Awful Ogre’s Awful Day
![Dog Days: Rhymes Around the Year](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440417538.jpg?itok=IKkp5bXP)
Told from a dog’s point of view and viewed from unusual artistic perspectives, these funny, rhythmic, and child-like poems bound through a year from January to December.
Dog Days: Rhymes Around the Year
![Fox in Socks](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0394800389.jpg?itok=ejn40Lp3)
Tongue twisters abound in this lively and easy to read book by the famous doctor.
Fox in Socks
![Green Eggs and Ham](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0394800168.jpg?itok=PURDsA-v)
Sam-I-Am tirelessly tries to convince the other guy that he’ll just adore green eggs and ham. Resistance is futile. However, to the nameless fellow’s delight, he discovers that he indeed likes the delicacy and will eat them everywhere! Readers — new and experienced — appreciate the silliness and verve of this rhyming adventure.
Green Eggs and Ham
![Green Eggs and Ham and other Servings of Dr. Seuss](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0807219924.jpg?itok=1AnyyYJR)
Green Eggs and Ham and other Servings of Dr. Seuss
![Hop on Pop](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/039480029X.jpg?itok=k69en45S)
This book made me want to be a reader! I caught on to the first few pages quickly. But the back section, with multiple words per page, was a challenge. And I couldn’t wait to be able to read them! I could feel Dr. Seuss pulling me along with his dynamic creatures bouncing from page to page: “Don’t you want to know what happens?” “Oh, I do, I do!”
Hop on Pop
![I've Lost My Hippopotamus](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062014579.jpg?itok=d8qkuxoR)
Humorous, sometimes slightly gross, always kid-friendly poems are accompanied by lighthearted black and white sketches. A range of readers, from sophisticated to those less initiated, are sure to find chuckles in this thick but accessible collection of short, rhythmic poems.
I’ve Lost My Hippopotamus
![If Not for the Cat](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060596783.jpg?itok=oHABGUqe)
The essence of animals is evoked in rich language and the short form of haiku poems in this engaging book. Coupled with breathtaking and well composed illustrations, the poems are dramatically placed on double page spreads.
If Not for the Cat
![It’s Thanksgiving](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688147291.jpg?itok=0D3KAi3a)
This anthology by well-loved children’s poet Jack Prelutsky includes twelve sprightly poems about Thanksgiving, including When Daddy Carves the Turkey, I Ate Too Much, and If Turkeys Thought.
It’s Thanksgiving
![My Parents Think I'm Sleeping](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688140289.jpg?itok=MmYZbM0F)
I’m awake! I’m awake! / I cannot shut my eyes. / I’m unable to sleep, / though I’ve made many tries… The insomniac in all of us will find plenty of company in this rollicking series of rhymes by the prolific and popular poet, Jack Prelutsky.
My Parents Think I’m Sleeping
![Oh, The Places You'll Go](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0679805273.jpg?itok=H29wnqJK)
Oh, The Places You’ll Go
![On Beyond Zebra](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0394800842.jpg?itok=vpdEJigo)
Readers will delight in the playfulness of this word romp as they venture beyond the letter Z. Inventive letters and creatures are introduced in this funny, rhyming, alphabetic adventure in typical Seussian style.
On Beyond Zebra
![One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375811648.jpg?itok=f96mcHBq)
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
![Pizza, Pigs and Poetry: How to Write a Poem](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061434485.jpg?itok=EYjCu6q7)
Pizza, Pigs and Poetry: How to Write a Poem
![Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0385737270.jpg?itok=t8E6wjgO)
Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme
![Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0394872185.jpg?itok=0nkiixpe)
What better way to introduce children to things fantastic or real than through these 200 short poems? Engagingly illustrated, this classic book features a variety of rhymes both old and new.
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
![Scranimals](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688178197.jpg?itok=58MpEWmB)
On Scranimal Island, there are many curious creatures that may seem familiar, but are really the product of the imagination. Are the critters animal, vegetable, or mineral? Only those who play with words will know for sure!
Scranimals
![Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062014641.jpg?itok=t7KQoaxb)
Rich language and inspired collage illustrations are used to present 16 imaginative creatures, each combining the familiar and exceptional. Meet “Slobsters” that are “…slovenly/SLOBSTERS are crude…”, “Jollyfish” with infectious humor and “buoyant effervescence”, and many more.
Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems
![The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375864350.jpg?itok=hfNixJqd)
Seven stories published only before in magazines have been put together in a fresh volume introduced by a Seuss scholar and sure to delight the doctor’s fans.
The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
![The Carnival of the Animals](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/037586458X.jpg?itok=jHYW09wb)
New poems, many rhyming, describe the animals introduced in Saint-Saens’ orchestral music that was first performed in the 19th century. Semi-abstract illustrations accompany the verse. The book includes a music CD to bring the carnival of animals to life for a new generation.
The Carnival of the Animals
![The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688167195.jpg?itok=oRc-Ba_b)
The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders
![The Lorax](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0394823370.jpg?itok=bkIC-ykh)
The Lorax
![There's a Wocket in My Pocket!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0679882839.jpg?itok=K-EDLoqN)
What kind of house do you live in? In this classic beginner book from Dr. Seuss, the simple, bouncy rhymes show all kinds of strange creatures living in the different rooms of a house. Some are rather nice and some not at all. The amusing, silly tale will keep a youngster’s attention to the very end.
There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!
![There's No Place Like School: Classroom Poems](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060823380.jpg?itok=DDaNnuvN)
From racing out of the house to riding the bus with “thirty pairs of sleepy eyes” to the much noisier ride home, these short, humorous poems bring the school day to life. Loose watercolors add verve to the light and varied verse.
There’s No Place Like School: Classroom Poems
![What Was I Scared Of?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375853421.jpg?itok=z-Ownw94)
The narrator is terrified of a pair of green pants he chances upon. What could they be? Well, those pants might just have their own concerns! Told and illustrated (with a glowing new touch) in characteristic Seussian fashion, this tale of misunderstanding first appeared in the The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961).