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Using the pseudonym of "Dr. Seuss" (Seuss was Geisel's middle name) and only 223 words, Geisel created a ... These affordable hardcover books combine large print, easy vocabulary, and large ...

"We should be teaching kids how to listen to the word 'no" and to take it seriously and step back." Books like Green Eggs and Ham, Fishback said, can be used as a teaching tool to start those ...

"Green Eggs and Ham." The Seuss classic, published in 1960, was a result of a wager between the author and his editor at Random House. Could Dr. Seuss, using 50 words, write an intelligent ...

According to Snopes, Dr. Seuss used only 50 words in Green Eggs and Ham based on a dare from his editor. The Netflix series expands that story significantly, including a number of new characters ...

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"What he said about Green Eggs and Ham … is 'Bennett Cerf bet me I couldn't write a book using 50 words or less, and I wanted to show him that I could,'" said Jones, author of Becoming Dr. Seuss ...