Seuss

A boy imagines the rare and wonderful fish he might catch in McElligot's pool.

Pairs of rhyming words are introduced and used in simple sentences, such as ""Day. Play. We play all day. Night. Fight. We fight all night.""

When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.

A collection of tongue twisters that is "an amusing exercise for beginning readers

Tells, in verse, what happens when all ninety-nine zillion nine trillion and three creatures in the world go to sleep.

A story-poem about the activities of such unusual animals as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds. Accompanied by a cassette tape.

This rhyming story describes each day in terms of a particular color which in turn is associated with specific emotions.

The students of Diffendoofer School celebrate their unusual teachers and curriculum, including Miss Fribble who teaches laughing, Miss Bonkers who teaches frogs to dance, and Mr. Katz who builds robotic rats.

A boy wants all of the pets in a pet store but he and his sister can choose only one. End notes discuss Dr. Seuss's pets, his creative process, and the discovery of the manuscript and illustrations for "What Pet Should I Get?"

Mr. Brown is an expert at imitating all sorts of noises.