The Day I Met Dr. Seuss

by Anne Emerick

Title: The Day I Met Dr. Seuss
Author: Anne Emerick
Cover Illustrator: Nikolai Popov
Genre: Historical Fiction, Children's eBooks
Publisher: Aboon Books
Publication Date: 2012
eBook: available in Kindle Format

 Synopsis 

The Day I Met Dr. Seuss is a short, rhyming story about an imaginary child's journey to meet the real Dr. Seuss. Based on author Anne Emerick's wish to meet Dr. Seuss, this historical fiction poem continues the rhyming tradition done so exquisitely by Dr. Seuss.

Little Annie McGee wants, more than anything else, to meet Dr. Seuss and find out what makes him special as both a writer and a man. She wants to learn about how he comes up with his ideas, and how he makes them unique.

Annie journeys far to where Dr. Seuss lives, meets several of his friends and neighbors, along with his secretary, Claudia Prescott. Finally, after despairing of ever meeting the great man - Annie's wish is finally granted when she meets Ted Geisel - who is, of course, the real Dr. Seuss!

Readers will enjoy spotting the many subtle references to Dr Seuss's books, and the special homage to that wily Bartholomew and his fantastic hats!

Comments 

This ebook  is a fun, quick read, that captures the rhyming cadences of Dr. Seuss. It would make a great read-aloud for any age or grade level. This story would be especially timely for teachers who are celebrating Read Across America Day on March 2 - a day that celebrates both reading and the birthday of Dr. Seuss.

This book would also make a great introduction to an author study on Dr. Seuss. Emerick begins with an explanation of why she wrote this story - how she really tried to contact Dr. Seuss, and her trepidation about writing a fictional story based on a real person. She details her correspondence with Dr. Seuss's secretary, and the green lights she got as she planned the book.

Emerick also includes a great deal of factual information about Dr. Seuss at the end of the story.  This is a valuable addition to the book, and will be very useful for teachers and parents who want to use this story to introduce one of our great writers to their children.

 About the Author 

Anne Emerick is a New York based author. In addition to The Day I Met Dr. Seuss, she has written the following:

• Smelly Ellie: Second Place Sister
• Mattie Monster is NOT Tired
• Poster Girl
• The No Work Spanish Audio Series  

You can read more about how Anne became a best selling author on her blog, Self Publishing, Children's Books and Me.

Anne Emerick never did get to meet Dr. Seuss - but her wish to do so inspired this book.

Book source

This is an unsolicited review of The Day I Met Dr. Seuss. I obtained my copy from Amazon.com.

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