Green Eggs and Ham- Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss has written a great deal of children’s book, but there is one title that stands out among all of them, Green Eggs and Ham. This book is based off of something as silly as breakfast food dyed the color green, but is made into an entire story. The rhyming is catchy and makes reading the book out loud very memorable. Because the pages were colored mainly in primary colors, the green colored ham and eggs stand out. The story is based on Sam trying to convince his friend to try a bite of the ham and eggs, but he refuses. Sam lists off multiple options of where and how he can have the food, but he refuses. Dr. Seuss takes the reader through a journey of many different environments. I think that young children with wild imaginations would really enjoy hearing about all the crazy places Sam wants his friend to eat green eggs and ham. Finally in the end, Sam’s friend tastes the food and enjoys it. This sends a positive message to readers that it is okay to try new things and to not judge something by the way that it looks. The repetition of the words is a good thing to have beginning level readers read. The rhythm and poem format could be used by teachers to expand off the idea of the book into other projects in the classroom. I like when books can be used as a theme and children can be interactive by making their own creative stories. This book and other Dr. Seuss books are a helpful tool to have in the classroom because it introduces children to poems.