Gracious

(dedicated to my son and people who love children’s story books, poems, and illustrations) He wrote humorous words He drew lovely pictures He told social opinions He created funny creatures He invented new words He also drew cartoons A friend published his books He became one of successful writers He was born in Springfield In Massachusetts, a nice field Nineteen zero four, March second From Dartmouth College, he graduated A year studying literature, he spent At Oxford University in England In the year nineteen twenty-seven He returned to his homeland His books sometimes seriously dealt With protecting environment subjects Also about life and society in equality And the activity with responsibility He wrote books for the children He had a strong desire to help children He decided to write story books Those were easy to read by kids He used rhyming words too Bump, jump; two, do Fish, wish; play, day Fight, night; sunny, funny He used simple sentences We play all day We fight all night How that bump make us jump! He used less than two hundred and twenty-five words This was an estimate number of words A child, six-year-old Should be able to read Sam-I-am Green Eggs and Ham Thing One, Thing Two Little Candy-Lou Who How the Grinch Stole Christmas Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories The Lorax, and Fox in Socks Those books were an immediate success The children loved them Their parents loved them Many adults in east and west Say about the stories they like best He won the Pulitzer Prize He had been writing children books At that time for almost fifty years He also wrote meaningful books for adults His influences remain Through books he illustrated Millions of copies have been Spread and sold worldwide In nineteen ninety-one, he died He was eighty-seven years old His books already helped The way children learned to read The National Education Association Calls every child in America To celebrate reading action In Red Across America The Post Office has honored With a new picture stamp In the lovable picture The Cat in the Hat feature He was as great as Charles Perrault The Brothers Grimm Hans Christian Andersen He was as brilliant as Carlo Collodi Johanna Spyri Lewis Carroll He was as original as John Amos Comenius Oscar Wilde L. Frank Baum He was as prolific as E. Nesbit Beatrix Potter Laura Ingalls Wilder He was as extraordinary as Arthur Ransome Hugh Lofting Dodie Smith He was as simple as Enid Blyton C. S. Lewis Jean de Brunhoff He was as excellent as Erich Kästner E. B. White Antoine de Saint Exupéry He was as famous as Robert L. May Georges Prosper Remi Astrid Lindgren He was as creative as Leo Lionni Roald Dahl Beverly Cleary He was as astonishing as Shel Silverstein Lois Lowry Judy Blume He was as innovative as Jane Yolen Sharon Creech Jacqueline Wilson He was as explorative as Charles Ghigna Philip Pullman Laura Numeroff He was as caring as Christopher Paul Curtis Rene Villanueva Kate DiCamillo He was as flexible as J. K. Rowling Eoin Colfer Lemony Snicket He was as daring as Mark Twain Philip Pullman Mark Haddon He was as splendid as Selma Lagerlöf Isaac Bashevis Singer Alexey Tolstoy He was as superb as Carl Sandburg Daisy Ashford Lewis Carroll Sir, these below sentences Are made for admiration of you Maybe not as good and profound as Sentences are ever made by you But please, believe me, Sir The children will love them Because they are inspired by the dear And are made deeply for them I exactly agree To plant a green tree I surely believe Kindness I will receive In morning I clean floor In evening I open door So my all friends can play They may run around everyday How many interesting games In parks, schools, and homes We can play happily together too How I wish we had something to do! (inspired by Doctor Seuss’ children story books)