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Notes: Graduation motivation, visually not-so-great, but emotion-profuse, the last Dr. Seuss, on adventure and what awaits.

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All my life I’ve had an outstandingly risible optimism. My Mom started me young - she gave me the ole Seuss spirit. Never say die, boys!Yep. She had that ne’er-say-die Seuss spirit in spades, especially when she’d half-sing, half peal out... like a ringing Angelus Bell...One more riverAnd that’s the River Jordan!One more riverAn’ that’s the river to cross!Growing up, whenever “authority” and “would-be authority” would turn up the heat under my feet, I danced through it all. An easy victim perhap...

All aboard!!! FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS! Congratulations! Today is your day, You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! No wonder this was the last tale by Dr. Seuss while he was alive (there are two more books, published posthumously)……and I am sure that he is now visting great places!This is a charming tale about the journey of each of us in our lives, BUT......what I really liked was that Dr. Seuss don’t lie to us.He exposes during the rhythmic narrative, that not everythi...

”You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” I was not expecting a kid’s book to be so incredibly profound?? This picture book follows an unnamed narrator (“You”) as they take off on the journey called life. This journey takes them through indecision, anxiety, loneliness and failure—- but also excitement, triumph and happiness.This was a really beautiful story. I loved that it wasn’t sugar-coating things for kids. Seuss underst...

A gift on my high school graduation... something I will always treasure. It answers all of life's questions for a young one trying to decide their future!As a children's book, the rhyming and cartoon-like at helps keep focused attention. But it's the words that are so simple, yet so evocative in their minds. Certain stanzas stay with you. People quote it both in fun and in sincerity when thinking about what to do.It's books like this that help children figure out that reading is not just educati...

How did I ever miss this gem! Love Dr. Seuss!

I never enjoyed Dr. Seuss books. They never 'spoke' to me. Just a bunch of silly rhymes and ok illustrations. However, they seem to have inspired the sort of devotion in some people the endless trolls I get on The Lorax that I have for the original pre-Disney A.A. Milne Winnie The Pooh books but I don't troll those who don't like them. This book was no exception. What fans call 'whimsical', I call 'cutsie' and sugary-sweet and very unappealing. Perhaps that is why Disney books are so popular in ...

"It's opener therein the wide open air.Out there things can happenand frequently doto people as brainyand footsy as you.And then things start to happen,don't worry. Don't stew.Just go right along.You'll start happening too."-Dr. Seuss I had never read this book from cover to cover, but I was familiar with it from quotes used in speeches and publications. The dean of our college read us a passage to close the graduation ceremony, and even then I did not appreciate how appropriate that passage ...

This is my All-Time-Number-One-Favorite children's book.Period.I've read it to my kids so many times over the years that you'd think I'd be immune to it by now.But I'm not.I still get all EMOTIONAL when I read it. Which, normally, would make me run in the opposite direction.But.OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!Yo'll be on your way up!You'll be seeing great sights!You'll join the high flierswho soar to great heights.Yep. That's exactly what I want for my young'uns!Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the ...

Written for children from age 1 to 100. Embrace new adventures and changes in your life!