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Germany: the brilliant Dr. Seuss

- Date: 03.2.12

Since March is officially Dr. Seuss Month, Kindergarten and First Grade spent the 2 weeks before Spring Break visiting the land of Theodor Seuss Giesel’s ancestors:  Germany.

There are so many classic Dr. Seuss stories to choose from, but this year we decided to share The Lorax since the movie version was released:

While we’re sure Hollywood did a great job, we wanted to be sure to honor the original work of Dr. Seuss and hear the story that came first:

It was also a great way to learn about our picture book section in general and how all the books have “P” at the top of the call number to indicate that they’re “picture” books.

Then we shared some of Dr. Seuss’s famous “I-Can-Read” books.

We discussed how the “I-Can-Read” books in our library have orange stickers on the spine and “E” (for “Easy”) at the top of the call number to indicate that they’re “I-Can-Read” books.

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