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All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a wa...

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Gertrude, behind her, again had just one... That one little feather she had as a starter. But now th...

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Yertle the Turtle and other Stories-Bartholomew and the Oobleck

And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should b...

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Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall shouldn't be there at all.

Wacky Wednesday

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,Nothing is going to get better. It's not.

The Lorax

Look at me!Look at me!Look at me NOW!It is fun to have funBut you have to know how.

The Cat in the Hat (Deluxe Edition)

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.

The Cat in the Hat

I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.

The Cat in the Hat

I box in yellow Gox box socks.

One Fish

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!

One Fish

Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to ...

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You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you ...

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Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they d...

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You're off to Great Places!Today is your day!Your mountain is waiting,So... get on your way!

The more you read the more places you will go,the more places you go the more things you will learn.

You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take...

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So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing ...

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Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!There are points to be scored. There are games to ...

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Congratulations!Today is your day.You're off to Great Places!You're off and away!

When you're in a Slump,you're not in for much fun.Un-slumping yourselfis not easily done.

But I've bought a big bat.I'm all ready, you see.Now my troubles are goingTo have trouble with me!

I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sollew

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'...

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I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

He took the Who’s feast, he took the Who pudding, he took the roast beast. He cleaned out that ice b...

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How the Grinch stole Christmas! And other stories

Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come f...

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

A person's a person, no matter how small.

Horton Hears a Who!

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

Horton Hatches the Egg

I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!

Horton Hatches the Egg

A Wasn’t just isn't. He just isn't present. But you… You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant!

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

Happy Birthday to You!

I will not eat them in a house, i will not eat them with a mouse,i will not eat them in a box i will...

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Green Eggs and Ham

When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle's on a poodle and the...

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Fox in Socks

How a plain and wagon on Mulberry Street, Grows into a story that no one can beat

And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street

How a Plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street, Grows into a story Thet no one can beat

And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street

Stop telling such outlandish tales. Stop turning minnows into whales.

And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street

Being crazy isn't enough.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you...

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I like nonsense it wakes up the brain cells.

I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably... drop wr...

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Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.

You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.

How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My...

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Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

Everything stinks till it’s finished.

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

Only you can control your future.

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of ...

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Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.

And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!

Be awesome! Be a book nut!

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone ...

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I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a wa...

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It has often been saidthere’s so much to be read,you never can cramall those words in your head.So t...

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If you want to catch beasts you don't see every day,You have to go places quite out of the way,You h...

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Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.

But I've bought a big bat.I'm all ready, you see.Now my troubles are goingTo have troubles with me!

When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Writing simply means no dependent clauses, no dangling things, no flashbacks, and keeping the subjec...

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You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

The people that mind don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind.

With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-go...

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The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows...

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You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant?

It's not about what it is, but about what it can become.

Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebo...

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They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast...

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How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June....

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You're off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting so... Get on your way!

Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will ris...

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You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dream...

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Adults are obsolete children.

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Dr. Seuss

Writer

Born: 1904-03-02

Died: 1991-09-24

Theodor Seuss Geisel (2 March 1904 – 24 September 1991) was an American children's author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, and filmmaker. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.More