Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Written by the famous Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go! is a wonderful book that can be applied to anyone's life. I was first given this book after graduating high school, and as I read it I new that the journey ahead was going to be quite adventurous.

This book tells the reader how they will reach dark and troubling times, yet they will succeed as long as they put their mind to it. One of my favorite lines from this book, written in poetic form, states, "And will you succed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed)."

This is a motivated book for readers young and old, and I highly recommend it! As for the illustrations, they are marvelous and colorful. They depict low points in life with dark and gloomy illustrations, but always followed by happier and colorful pictures.

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss is a silly nonsense book of rhyming. Any person who has picked up this book will always remember it with its illustrations and made up creatures that has a simple flowing rhyming pattern.

Some of the illustrations in this book are actually taken from other Dr. Seuss books as well. I found that the fish are similar to the pet goldfish in The Cat in the Hat book.

This book would be great for teaching young readers about poetry and rhyme schemes, but serves little other purpose than that and pure entertainment.

The Lorax

Written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss, The Lorax is another unforgettable children's book. In this story the Once-ler comes to land filled with different sorts of trees and shrubbery. The Once-ler then decides to cut down one of these trees. Upon doing so, the Lorax comes out to warn the Once-ler to not cut down any more trees.

The Once-ler disregards the Lorax and continues cutting down the plants. After nearly no time at all, all the trees and plants are gone and the air is filled with pollution and smog.

This book is a great way to deliver the message of being "green" and to take care of our environment. At the end, a boy is told to plant his own "Truffula" seed so to grow it into a "Truffula" tree.

The illustrations are powerful and colorful as they depict the wonderful land and trees and how they are destroyed and the land polluted over time by the Once-ler.