First Memory of Children’s Book

The first memory of a book that was read to me would be Dr. Seuss “Green Eggs and Ham”. This book was very popular in my pre-k class especially during story time. I remember this book having a red hardcover back. My teacher would read it to us and pass it around so everyone could touch it. The colors in this book made it interesting to see as a child. Also, the words made it hard for me to imagine someone actually eating green eggs. Then, one day when my teacher was reading the book my classmates and I had the opportunity of trying green eggs. There were so many students against the idea of eating something green. My teacher explained to us that the flavor of the eggs would still be the same. So, I tried them and went home telling my mom that they were so delicious.

Another memory of reading this book was exploring more of Dr. Seuss books. My pre-k class read other books by him as well. I really enjoyed “Oh the Places You’ll Go” and “One fish two fish red fish blue fish” these two books were exciting and colorful as well. My mother worked at a daycare and would babysit a lot of my younger cousins and I always remembered her reading Dr. Seuss books. I feel like Dr. Seuss books made me enjoy reading books. His stories were so unique and adventurous that I wanted to read them over and over again. The memory of these books lead me and my siblings to making up fantasy games for us to play outside. It also made reading fun and we took several trips to the library.  Overall, reading was entertaining and memorable because of Dr. Seuss books for me as a child.