![]() ![]() Horton is an instantly recognisable Dr Seuss story - with all the fun, fizz and frivolity - but it has a special added something: soul. Once I had tuned in to Seuss's particular language (and it takes some practice), I realised this was storytelling of the highest order.īut it wasn't until we fell upon Horton Hatches the Egg, first published in 1940, that my girls and I were truly converted. ![]() In we plunged, and I achieved a certain success with Green Eggs and Ham, Yertle the Turtle and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. There must be more to their reading list than Amber the Orange Fairy and Angelina Ballerina. ![]() When it came to bringing up two little girls of my own - they are now five and three - I resolved to bring Dr Seuss into their lives for the very same reasons that I had turned up my nose at him in childhood. ![]()
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