Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Dr. Seuss Birthday

Dr. Seuss Birthday
Today, March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Born in 1904, and having passed away on September 24, 1991, Dr. Seuss would have turned 106 today. Theodor (Ted) Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, revolutionized the way children learn to read, ultimately making an enormous and positive impact on the looming literacy crisis in the United States. Using a vocabulary of only 236 words, Dr. Seuss wrote a book that interested young readers more than the, then prevalent, Dick and Jan primers did. Arguably his most famous book, The Cat in

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