tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post621099606568964760..comments2023-11-03T03:52:37.873-05:00Comments on Cognitive Dissidence: Happy Birthday Ted Geisel! Somebody DO Something!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08717747685928127724noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-63626456329645354482013-03-01T14:54:46.290-06:002013-03-01T14:54:46.290-06:00My father taught Children's Lit at Madison and...My father taught Children's Lit at Madison and I grew up with the early & middle period Seuss books. What great morality tales for my youth. A few years ago, when Sen.Bernie Sanders was on the Senate floor for hours in his “almost” a filibuster, I tried to get copies of HORTON HATCHES A WHO and BATHOLOMEW AND THE OBLECK to him so he could read them at the podium during the “children’s hour” -6-5pm.. His grandfatherly manner and voice would have brought sense to the argument in ways only great literature can. Palli <br /><br />My all-time favorite Seuss book is To THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET, the book my father called the greatest American tragedy.<br /><br />Mr. Geisel had dinner at our house once and when he recognized how disappointed I was that he spoke "regular" words, he broke out into a hilarious harangue of Seussian gibberish about little girls who were never satisfied! I was delighted.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com