Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!
from Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Read Across America celebrates Dr. Seuss’s Birthday (March 2nd) this week in schools and libraries across the United States. While typically celebrated by elementary school students, Oxford College students can participate in their own types of activities. Here are five ways you can celebrate this famous author’s life this week:
1) Revisit your favorite Dr. Seuss Book
Do you have a favorite Dr. Seuss book or short story? He published 46 children’s books during his life. We have a copy of The Lorax available to check out in addition to The Oxford Book of Children’s Verse in America that includes a poem he wrote.
2) Speak in rhymes
Dr. Seuss’ books are famous because of the rhyming words that help children remember the story. See if you can spend the day speaking just using rhyming words or try to write your own verses. Check out the 808 section of the second floor of the Library to find books such as Writing Verse as a Hobby or A Poet’s Craft: A comprehensive guide to making and sharing your poetry.
3) Check out a DVD
Oxford College has three movies available to check out based on Dr. Seuss books. We have DVDs of The Lorax (2012), an animated version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), and the live action How the Grinch Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey (2001).
4) Discover more about Dr. Seuss’s life
We all know about Dr. Seuss’s children books but did you also know that Theodor Geisel also published political cartoons? Check out the book Dr. Seuss Goes to War, featuring many of the World War II editorial cartoons that Geisel illustrated located in the 940 section on the second floor of the library.
5) Volunteer to Read to a Child
College students all across America will take time during the first week of March to visit preschools, elementary schools and afterschool programs to read to children. Check with Volunteer Oxford and the Newton County Library to see what opportunities are available in Newton County to promote literacy.
Want to know more about the life of Dr. Seuss? Here are four more things you may not know about him and his books.
- Dr. Seuss is the pen name of Theodor Geisel.
- After attending Dartmouth College, Geisel enrolled in The University of Oxford.
- Geisel published books under the name Theo LeSeig when the books were written by him but illustrated by others.
- He is the recipient of three Academy Awards and the Pulitzer Prize.
Source: