Green Eggs and Ham

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss, 1960

Brief annotation:

Dr. Seuss turns 50 simple words into magic in this time-honored classic. Sam-I-am won't give up! He keeps trying to get the grumpy grown-up in the story to taste green eggs and ham. No matter how Sam-I-am presents the green eggs and ham (in a box, with a fox, in the rain, on a train), the curmudgeon refuses to try them. Finally, Sam-I-am's pesky persistence pays off. A crowd of open-mouthed onlookers watch in suspense as the old grouch takes a bite. And?...SAY! The old sourpuss's face is wreathed in smiles as he gratefully acknowledges, "I do so like green eggs and ham. Thank you, thank you, Sam-I-am!"

Themes include persistence, humor and an unexpected yet very satifying ending.

Dr. Seuss books are classic beginning reader books, and this one in particular lends itself to struggling readers as the rhyming and repetition help readers enjoy the book and guess what might come next. This is a great read aloud book for any occasion, including Dr. Seuss' birthday/Read Across America.