In verse, Sam-I-am tells of the virtues of green eggs and ham.
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Publisher:
New York : Random House, c1988
ISBN:
9780375810886
9780394800165
9780394800165
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SEU
Characteristics:
62p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm
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alleycat
Mar 19, 2008
Sam-i-am finally convinces a stubborn, finicky chap to try some delicious green eggs and ham.
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Add a CommentRhyming text and pattern make this book an all round favorite.
Sam kept asking if he would eat it. Bailey, Age 7
I like it because it is funny. Esmeralda, age 8.
An absolute classic. Perfect for new readers. A really small vocabulary used really effectively. Great rhythm, great rhyme. Hard to fault. Great to read out loud. Love it.
A classic Seuss tale featuring Sam-I-Am and his reluctant companion who refuses to try green eggs and ham.
One of Seuss' best. Simple vocabulary, amusing story, lilting rhymes.
I love Dr. Seuss' funny sense of humor and all those colorful words he uses to portray books of hilarity, just like this one.
No green eggs and ham for me, thank you.
I wouldn't eat green eggs and ham. Lol!
Did you know?
Dr. Suess wrote Green Eggs and Ham on a bet that he couldn't write a book with 50 or fewer words. The bet was made in 1960 with Bennett Cerf, the co-founder of Random House, and was for $50 (about $382 today). Despite Dr. Seuss, a.k.a. Theodore Geisel, winning the bet by producing one of his most popular works Green Eggs and Ham using exactly 50 unique words, Cerf never paid up. Green Eggs and Ham went on to be Geisel’s best selling work, so he made out on it anyways.
Source: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/05/dr-seuss-wrote-green-eggs-and-ham-on-a-bet-that-he-couldnt-write-a-book-with-50-or-fewer-words/
Read aloud to preschoolers through grade 5 and their parents, and this book was a huge hit! The message about trying new things before deciding you don't like them is a good one, of course, but Dr. Seuss is silly enough not to be didactic.