Charnock Elementary Celebrates Dr. Seuss

Today, in celebration of Dr. Seuss, Charnock Road Elementary hosted its 5th annual Read Across Charnock. This is an event where teachers and volunteers take time to read Dr. Seuss books to groups of students in their classrooms. LA SCORES' own David Joseph participated in this event. "Dr. Seuss bridges generational gaps. It's fun to share books that I had growing up with students and see that they continue to be exciting," says David. Volunteers were escorted to classrooms by members of the student council and read out-loud old classics like The Cat in the Hat Comes Back and You're Only Old Once. Afterward, they enjoyed snacks and refreshments with the student council. Read Across America is a nationally observed event to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday, which was on Tuesday, March 2nd.




Fun Facts About Dr. Seuss:

• He was born Theodore Seuss Geisel on March 2, 1904
  
• His parents were German immigrants who owned a brewery
• In college, he was editor-in-chief of a humor magazine, but when he got caught violating rules of the prohibition, he was forced to resign. However, he continued writing for the magazine under the name "Seuss"
• During WWII he joined the US Army as commander of the Animation Department of the First Motion Picture Unit
• In response to the rising level of childhood illiteracy in 1954, an editor from Houghton Mifflin created a list of about 350 words he thought first-graders should be able to read. He challenged Dr. Seuss to pick 250 words from that list and write a book that "children can't put down" using only those words. The resulting book was called The Cat in the Hat.
• UCSD's Geisel Library is named after Dr. Seuss

Read the Wikipedia article on Dr. Seuss