400 posts tagged dr seuss

Everyone knows that stamps and coins are collectibles. Every so often any one of us has looked up an odd coin that we found in a pocket while doing laundry or stuffed in the sofa. Some may go through old letters of a family member when moving from one house to another and thought about looking up this or that stamp.

Hepcat sent me this interesting tidbit of information about children's books this morning from the Washington Post: Children have welcomed the Harry Potter books in recent years like free ice cream in the cafeteria, but the largest survey ever of youthful reading in the United States revealed today that none of J.K.

My friend Jaimee asked me today about our favorite kid’s books. He’s 18 months old so I picked the books we love and that are helping support skills he’s learning at the moment. Horns to Toes by Sandra Boynton, NY: Little Simon, 1995 is great for teaching body parts.

Today in my email comes a little chunk of unintended hilarity from the automated suggestion monkeys at Amazon.com: Dear Amazon.com Customer, We’ve noticed that customers who have purchased or rated books by Dr. Seuss have also purchased The Politics of Inequity in Developing Countries (International Political Economy) by Philip Nel.

Today in my email comes a little chunk of unintended hilarity from the automated suggestion monkeys at Amazon.com: Dear Amazon.com Customer, We’ve noticed that customers who have purchased or rated books by Dr. Seuss have also purchased The Politics of Inequity in Developing Countries (International Political Economy) by Philip Nel.

Weekly Geeks #3: From Dr. Spock (not one at right) and Dr. Seuss to the dogs Clifford and Fletcher For this week’s Weekly Geeks, we were to write about our fond memories of childhood books, either with a list of your favorite books or a review of your favorite childhood book.

Written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss in 1968. Copper’s Unky C got him this book because the clown feet made her laugh. She has more children’s books than he does. 

  This week’s theme is going to be really fun because the children’s books I once enjoyed are numerous.   Of course, I won’t be able to recall even half of them — just the most influential or the ones that have a memorable story behind them.  Here goes: Preschool & Early Elementary      1.

In her "Ode to David Letterman" Linda Gambrell (president of IRA) presented these as her top 10 reasons for pleasure reading in her keynote address: 10. Reading exercises the brain. 9. Reading helps you become fluent in a second language- text language. 8. The more you read the smarter you get.

First off, I want to call attention to something that I'm somewhat proud of: This is my 100th post on this blog. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, I realize; some big blogs may reach 100 posts or more per day. But The Elephant's Bookshelf is a labor of love and found time.