It’s Witerally Wednesday: Dr. Seuss Turned 109
Dave | March 7, 2013
[Editor's Note: I thought I had set this up to post yesterday, on its namesake day, but apparently I screwed it up. So please welcome our regular It's Literally Wednesday feature a fashionable day late this week.]
The world celebrated the 109th anniversary of the birthday of Dr. Seuss last Saturday. In his honor, The Onion, the world’s most trusted news source, published a list of Seuss’ lesser-known titles including:
One Fish, Two Fish, Three Fish, Four Fish, Five Fish, Six Fish, Seven Fish, Eight Fish: An unsuccessful early effort released before Seuss learned to use his imagination
Reservoir Dogs: Several dogs botch a diamond heist in this gritty crime thriller for children aged 4 to 8, which later served as the basis for the 1992 film of the same name
Did you read any of Seuss’ more obscure books as a child?
This Week:
Dennis Kimbro, author of The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires, Wednesday, March 6th at 7:15pm, Decatur Library, sponsored by Georgia Center for the Book, free.
Joshilyn Jackson, author of A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty, and Karen White, author of After the Rain, appearing with Dappled Grays for a Bluegrass Evening to benefit the DeKalb Library Foundation, Decatur Library, Saturday, March 9th at 7pm., $65 on-line or $75 at the door.
Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, authors of Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing, Atlanta History Center, Tuesday, March 13th at 7pm, $10.
Leslie Edwards, Jonathan Ambrose, and L. Katherine Kirkman, authors of The Natural Communities of Georgia in An Evening of Ecology, Monday, March 11th at 7:15pm, Decatur Library, sponsored by Georgia Center for the Book, free.
Michael Sheldon, author of Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill, Wednesday, March 13th at 7:15pm, Decatur Library, sponsored by Georgia Center for the Book, free.
Upcoming
An Evening with Rachel Maddow, author of Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Saturday, March 23rd at 8pm, sponsored by A Cappella Books in partnership with the Decatur Book Festival, $20 – $40.
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Starbelly Sneetches remains my favorite.
Mine is Gerald McBoing Boing.
Mine too!
A literary reference to Springfield, Massachusetts! Rarely does my home town get to brag about anything, but the great Seuss himself was born there. Take that Worcester!
Maddow is pretty much sold out. A Cappella books had a few left at last count, but if you don’t have tix now, you’ve missed your window.
When I was a boy my family had a Basset Hound and his name came from the Dr. Seuss poem: Too Many Daves. Our dog’s name was Oliver Boliver Butt.
Too Many Daves? No such thing!
Yertle the Turtle was my favorite as a kid, with Mom comparing Yertle to Hitler (which was pretty heady stuff for a five-year-old). I also liked tutles.
I loved Reservoir Dogs —
I will whack you Mister Black
I will put you in a Sack
I will load you on my Back
And dump you down beside the Tracks
Put down that Gun
This is no Fun …
Fox in Sox