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For most of my life, Green Eggs and Ham was my favorite book. I brought it home from the school library so many times that my mother would groan, “Oh, no. Not Green Eggs and Ham again.”

And when I grew up, I bought myself a copy in French— and as a university student studying French as a second major, I brought it to my professor who was French and he said it was a good translation.

Ce Sam-c’est-moi, ce Sam-c’est moi

Je n’aime pas ce Sam-c’est-moi

After Dr Seuss died (while I was in high school), a tradition started that people would read to children to celebrate his birthday, March 2, 1904. The National Education Association partnered with Dr Seuss Enterprises to launch “Read Across America” on Dr Seuss’ birthday, though the NEA “diversified” starting in 2017 and rebranded this event as purely “Read Across America” after the contract expired in 2019, which, according to USA Today, lessened the prominence of Dr Seuss as part of the event because of his racist illustrations in a lot of his books.

(And other internet “rabbit holes” have suggested that some schools have banned my beloved Green Eggs and Ham because Sam-I-am exerts peer pressure to get the main character to eat the eggs. The message the author intended is that you shouldn’t make up your mind about something before you try it.)

I could probably write a series of newsletters on Dr Seuss— which if you have some knowledge or interest of World War II you might want to check out Dr Seuss Goes to War, a compilation of his editorial cartoons that he drew before he launched his career as a children’s book writer and illustrator.

Read Across America with Echo City Capers

On Monday, Joseph Swarctz, creator and illustrator of the Echo City universe, and Ralph Greco Jr., writer, visited St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital as part of their “Read Across America” celebration.

They will conclude the week TODAY with a storytime at Medina Books and Coffee in Coopersburg, Pa., at 11:30 a.m.