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C. S. Lewis and Ted Geisel

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C. S. Lewis and Ted Geisel

Postby Solomons Song » December 21st, 2008, 3:57 pm

Does anyone know if C. S. Lewis ever read and/or commented on anything by the great Dr. Seuss (pronounced Zeus...plug for John :snow-wink: )
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Re: C. S. Lewis and Ted Geisel

Postby john » December 21st, 2008, 4:11 pm

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Postby Michael » February 12th, 2009, 3:36 am

Dr. Seuss was awesome. He literally changed the face of children's literature. What's everyone's favorite book of his?
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Postby Karen » February 12th, 2009, 3:54 pm

Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg.

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Postby Michael » February 13th, 2009, 2:57 pm

My favorite is Green Eggs and Ham.
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Postby Michael » February 13th, 2009, 7:30 pm

Did anyone see Horton Hears a Who? I thought it was one of the better drawn-out film adaptations.
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Postby archenland_knight » February 14th, 2009, 5:43 pm

My favorite one has to be about the "Sneeches on the Beaches", thoug I can't remember it's title.

A close second would be the one about the East going Zack and the West going Zack. Again, can't remember the title.
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Postby Rosie Cotton » February 14th, 2009, 10:58 pm

Does anyone remember The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins? That, and I love Fox in Socks and Green Eggs and Ham.
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Postby Solomons Song » April 15th, 2009, 10:53 pm

My favorite is the Sneeches and Yertle the Turtle.
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Postby Carrie » April 16th, 2009, 12:46 am

I personally like The Lorax and Bartholomew and the Oobleck. All of the Bartholomew Cubbins books are fantastic, though.
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Postby Stanley Anderson » April 16th, 2009, 2:04 pm

I credit at least some of my lifelong interest in mathematics and science to On Beyond Zebra, the book that describes the various "letters" of the alphabet that come after "Z" and sample "words" they are used in. For me it was one of the first examples I ran across that illustrated the (now overused and trivialized) idea of "thinking outside the box", something that is so essential to true mathematical and scientific insight.

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Postby Rosie Cotton » April 17th, 2009, 4:33 pm

Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz! :tongue:
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