Dr Seuss

Sam-I-Am tries to persuade his friend to try green eggs and ham.

When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.

A tricky fox invites Mr. Knox to a game of tongue twisters.

Beginner's text describes all sorts of feet doing all sorts of things.

A boy wants all of the pets in a pet store but he and his sister can choose only one. End notes discuss Dr. Seuss's pets, his creative process, and the discovery of the manuscript and illustrations for "What Pet Should I Get?"

A collection of four humorous fantasies told in rhyme.

Engaged in a long-running battle, the Yooks and the Zooks develop more and more sophisticated weaponry as they attempt to outdo each other.

Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many meanings of "up."

The King, tired of rain, snow, sun, and fog, commands his magicians to make something else come down from the sky, but when oobleck falls, in sticky greenish droplets, Bartholomew Cubbins shames the King and saves the kingdom.

A boy imagines a series of incredible sights on his way home from school so that he will have an interesting report to give his father.