Read Across America

A tall black cat in white gloves and a red and white striped top hat is pulling up to your house in a small sports car,
what should you do?

A Lorax is going door to door in your neighborhood collecting signatures on a petition to save the trees. 

You know an elephant named Horton and that a boy named Sam-I-Am has a friend who does not eat green eggs and ham
in a dish or with a fish, here or there or anywhere! 

Everyone knows about Grinches and Whos and Things 1 and 2 … 

And we know these odd and seemingly disconnected things because of a magical man by the name of Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss! 

On March 2, children all over the United States will celebrate Read Across America Day with book parties and character parades, guest readers and special art projects,
and lots of Dr. Seuss books.

Theodore Geisel grew up in Springfield, MA where he lived with his parents and sister, Marne. His mother would chant rhymes from her childhood to Ted and Marne at bedtime and Dr. Seuss said he learned to rhyme from his mother.

Today, the hometown hero is honored with a garden at the Springfield Library and Museum that displays bronze sculptures of some of the most famous characters from his books: The Grinch, Thidwick, Horton, The Lorax, and Yertle