I was never introduced to Dr Seuss as a child, but whilst looking for some new books for my 2 year old daughter I took some time to read about him. I watched an animated short of this film on youtube and I introduced it to my daughter. She instantly loved it and although she is still a bit too young to get the moral of the story, I do keep reminding her about it everytime I try to get her to eat something new.

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'Green Eggs and Ham' tells the story of Sam, or as he is referred to in the book "Sam-I-am" and an unnamed grumpy character. Throughout the book Sam tries to get the unnamed character to try green eggs and ham, to which the unnamed character usually turns his nose up at it. Sam is persistant and chases the unnamed character all over the place and in a number of situations(in a car, in a tree, on a boat, on a train etc) to try and get him to eat the undesirable looking dish. The book culminates in the unnamed character trying green eggs and ham just to prove that he doesn't like it and also to get Sam off his back, only to find despite it looking unpleasant, he actually likes it. The story is written in a nice rhyming style.

After introducing my daughter to the animation, I decided to buy the book for her and it became an instant hit with her, although she does get a bit scared when I do my loudest annoying voice, when speaking the unnamed characters part.

The book was originally published in 1960 and for a story that is 52 years old, the moral of the story remains unchanged. When I read about this book, before buying it I found that the whole book only uses 50 words, this was due to a bet Dr Seuss had with his publisher that after completing 'The Cat in the Hat' with 225 words, he could not write a book using so few words. The book is also written in simple vocabulary so eventually your young child will be able to read it. I only wish I hadn't left it so late to get into Dr Seuss, as I love his books now and I know I would have loved them as a child.