Happy Read Across America Day!

[asato_muraki]

Or, "Seuss Day" as some of the kiddies call it. *wink* It's my absolute favorite unofficial holiday.

I have a Green Eggs and Ham T-shirt that I used to wear quite often when the kids were smaller. On the front it has Sam-I-Am proffering said comestibles, and on the back it has an excerpt.

I wore it to a birthday party of one of Big Boy's preschool classmates, back in the day, and one of the parents present was rather shocked by it, I think, just seeing it from behind. You know, "I will not, will not with a goat... etc." can sound rather different if one is not familiar with the source material. *smirk*

The fellow's father was American but his mother was British, and he'd spent most of his school years in boarding school in Belgium, I think. So I can't really blame him for wondering what naughty thing it was that my shirt proclaimed I wouldn't do on a boat, or in the dark, or on a train.

The entire text can be found here:

http://boe.berk.k12.wv.us/217/dr.htm

And you can see the famous reading by the Rev. Jesse Jackson here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPy2alWEZ-U

(I couldn't embed it, but it is worth going to see, I promise.)

Comments

[lauramcewan.livejournal.com]

My elementary kids went to school in pajamas today - they always time a spirit week with this day!

[asatomuraki.livejournal.com]

Last year they got to dress up as a character from any Seuss book. Today they were encouraged to bring a pillow and a book or two, and they have a special guest reader. It's always something!