Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Use Seuss to Muse and Amuse

Today is when I found how profuse was Seuss. I planned to tell you of this and of that, about Theodore's art and about his muse.   

Alas, I was stumped by the absence of his books. On Amazon and, perhaps, near the Nile. Besides the Ganga none, nor any titles at the Thames. For many a penny you will find a tome or two, oh phew! But nary a picture nor page for preview. A lass or lad can read them with ease only if they pay hefty fees. Is that fair, I cried out to the mayor. Alack, the outlook was bleak and black.

And so I sped next to Youtube where I found a video or two or three for free. I got greedy and here I give thee one each of each Seuss there was for free use. They are presented, one by one, not in chronological order - just for fun.  
  

To Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street - 1937

Bartholomew and the Oobleck - 1949


The Butter Battle Book 1984 (the year my son was born)

The Cat in the Hat - 1957

Cat in the Hat Comes Back - 1958


There's a Wocket in My Pocket! 1974

Shape Of Me And Other Stuff - 1973



One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish - 1960



Daisy-Head Mayzie


Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? 1973


Dr. Seuss ABC - 1963



Dr. Seuss Sleep Book - 1962


The Foot Book - 1968




Fox in Socks - 1965



Great Day for Up! 1974




Green Eggs and Ham - 1960


Make Green Eggs and Ham!



Happy Birthday to You - 1959




Hop on Pop - 1963


Horton Hatches the Egg - 1940




Horton Hears a Who Official Trailer


How The Grinch Stole Christmas! 1957


Trailer of the movie


Trailer of an older version



Hunches in Bunches - 1982



I Am Not Going to Get up Today! 1987


I Can Lick Thirty Tigers Today & Other Stories - 1969


I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! 1978



I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew - 1992


If I Ran the Circus - 1956




If I Ran the Zoo - 1950



King's Stilts - 1939


The Lorax - 1971


Trailer of an older film version

Awful!



McElligot's Pool - 1947


Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now - 1972


Oh, Say Can You Say? 1979



Oh, the Places You'll Go! 1990



Oh! The Thinks You Can Think! 1975



On Beyond Zebra - 1955



Scrambled Eggs Super! 1953



Sneetches And Other Stories - 1969

Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose - 1948


Yertle the Turtle & Other Stories - 1958

You're Only Old Once 


An entire set of Seuss is the best gift ever for a child - as early as possible. And for anyone who wants to learn English. It's a tie breaker, an ice breaker. And with trillions of tongue twisters. 

Tomorrow we look at the Seuss ruse - the what, where, how and why of it all!

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