Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

March 2 is the birthday of Dr. Seuss ~ Celebrate by reading to a child. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) wrote 44 childrens books that have been translated into 15 languages. He won 2 Academy Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, the Peabody Award and a Pulitzer.

Many of Geisel's books express his views on a remarkable variety of social and political issues: The Lorax (1971), about environmentalism and anti-consumerism; The Sneetches (1961), about racial equality; The Butter Battle Book (1984), about the arms race; Yertle the Turtle (1958), about Hitler and anti-authoritarianism; How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957), criticizing the materialism and consumerism of the Christmas season; and Horton Hears a Who! (1950), about anti-isolationism and internationalism.


Pick a topic  and then share it with everyone you can find!

 

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

                                                ~ Dr. Seuss

The Book Club Delemma

I have a love-hate feeling about book clubs in general.

I love the idea of book clubs - an eclectic group of people getting together to discuss something they've read - simple. There are lots of reasons to participate in a book club. Meet new people who share your love of reading, get out of the house, experience new authors or genres, lively discussions etc...

I hate book clubs - for some reason people in book clubs seem to think that they're supposed to read books that are 'lofty' or the classics. There are thousands of books and just as many reasons for reading them. Don't be afraid to read something that is classified as humor, mystery, sci-fi, historical fiction or (gasp!) romance simply  because they aren't considered 'classics'.

A classic is something everyone wants to have read but no one wants to read.  ~ Mark Twain