Happy Birthday to You!

My son loves rhyme books. We have read this many times, but yesterday, I read it as fast as my mouth could say the words, which, thanks to Suess, was really fast. What a pleasure! The rhythm of the text just drives the story forward at a happy gallop. Fun to read (even the 99th time). I love the pictures, especially the mustard-off pools!

This Seuss title is about a birthday bird who spends your whole birthday with you making sure you have the most interesting, fabulous day of your year!

The man had an imagination, that's for sure. Some of his landscapes are positively psychedelic. The scene in the Birthday flower jungle has flowers smelling like licorice and cheese (what a combo). I think, again, Seuss taps brilliantly into that childlike part of everyone that sees limitlessness as a possibility - just more scope for the imagination. It's very intriguing that so many of his designs swirl and bend in on themselves in a sort of goridan knot.

That said, I appreciate his works more aesthetically and from an intellectual perspective than from true enjoyment.

"Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" Awakened by the Birthday Bird, you (the reader) are swept out of the town of Katroo on a Smorgasbord’s back to begin a day and night of feasting and celebration in great Seussian splendor.

Happy Birthday to You! by Dr. Seuss tells what the birthday bird dos in Katroo. This would be a great book to read to any birthday boy or girl. Dr. Seuss writes in a way that whoever reads the book will feel special. Students can learn about birthdays in Katroo and how great it is to be yourself. I love this book and every year, when I was younger, my parents would read this book to me. The part that stuck out the most to me is, "Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive that is you-er than you!" That always made me feel good because I felt irreplaceable and I felt that I was important. I think that it is important for people to feel that way. You have a totally different outlook on life.

I really like the book "Happy Birthday To You." I would read this book to third, fourth, or fifth graders. This book is a really good book for teaching children the different with fiction and nonfiction. The book would also be really good for the students to use their imaginations. The book is about the birthday events that take place in a place called Katroo. Dr. Seuss always does an amazing job at making books so fun and interesting. I think that this would be a really good book for any teacher to have in the library. It would be a fun activity to do with children on their birthdays!

Sometimes I really wish Dr. Seuss' books were about half the length... My tongue is tied by the end! I swear that's most of what kids like about them just hearing their parents try to get their mouths around all the words at a Seussian pace. Do they hear the message and listen to the words??? I'm not so sure. Sure hope they don't request this one again for a couple of weeks! ;)

This was another great book by Dr. Seuss. I was excited to read this one because it was all about your birthday and being you. I loved how Dr. Seuss used his words in a way that was easy enough to understand and flowed very well. Like in all Dr. Seuss books, he was very clever with his wording. I also liked how it felt like I was almost watching a cartoon while I was reading. Dr. Seuss has a way of making his stories magical and making it actually feels like you on an adventure.