Children born on March 2 can get a free book for Dr. Seuss Day: Here’s to request a book
Babies born on Saturday can get a free book thanks to Dr. Seuss’s birthday.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced in February that it was honoring the author’s legacy by giving a free, personalized copy of “The Cat in the Hat” to every baby born in the US on Dr. Seuss Day this year.
The holiday is celebrated annually on March 2 to honor Theodor “Ted” Seuss Geisel, who was born on this day in 1904. Saturday will mark Geisel’s 120th birthday.
The beloved children’s book author wrote classics that are still present in classrooms and homes across America, including the classic “Cat in the Hat” (1957), “Green Eggs and Ham” (1960) and “Oh the Places You’ll Go!” (1990).
Dr. Seuss Day coincides with Read Across America Day , established by the National Education Association (NEA) in 1998. Both celebrations are an effort to make reading fun More for families and children.
Here’s what you need to know about free book giveaways.
Phụ huynh có con sinh ngày 2/3/2024 có thể truy cập SeussPledge.com để đăng ký và nhận sách miễn phí cho con.
Theo các quy tắc được đăng trên trang web, cha mẹ hoặc người giám hộ hợp pháp có 90 ngày để nhận sách miễn phí của con họ trên cơ sở ai đến trước được phục vụ trước với giới hạn 10.000 cuốn sách. Người đăng ký phải cung cấp bằng chứng hình ảnh về ngày sinh của trẻ để nhận một cuốn sách miễn phí cho mỗi trẻ em cho mỗi người / hộ gia đình.
Bên trong cuốn sách, cha mẹ sẽ tìm thấy một thông điệp được cá nhân hóa “kỷ niệm sinh nhật Seussian của đứa trẻ”, Tiến sĩ Seuss Enterprises cho biết trong một thông cáo, và điều đó “khuyến khích cha mẹ đọc cho con mình mỗi ngày”.
“Helping ensure all children have easy access to books and literacy programs has always been one of Dr. Seuss’s core missions,” Susan Brandt, CEO & President of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, said in the release. “This pledge is an opportunity for us to honor this storied legacy and call attention to this noble cause.”
On top of the free book, Dr. Seuss Enterprises has made free resources available for teachers and parents as they are celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday. The resources can be found at Seussville.com.
‘The Cat in the Hat’: ‘Somewhere in between offensive and inoffensive’
‘Cat and the Hat,’ Dr. Seuss books controversy
The expansive and long-beloved collection of Dr. Seuss books has taken a cultural hit in recent years on racial insensitivity grounds, with six titles pulled by the Seuss gatekeepers in 2021, USA TODAY previously reported. The books pulled were:
“And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” (1937)
“McElligot’s Pool” (1947)
“If I Ran the Zoo” (1950)
“Scrambled Eggs Super!” (1953)
“On Beyond Zebra!” (1955)
“The Cat’s Quizzer” (1976)
As for “The Cat in the Hat,” “the cat is somewhere in between offensive and inoffensive,” Philip Nel, Kansas State University professor of English and author of “ Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature and the Need for Diverse Books ,” previously told USA TODAY.
Nel said that telling aspects of the cat clearly are derived from racist blackface performers popular a century ago – performers, who, like the cat, often wore white gloves and neckwear.
But Geisel also went out of his way during his long career to write stories that celebrated diversity.
Never-before-seen sketches by Dr. Seuss have been added to new books written and illustrated by an inclusive group of authors and artists, the AP reported.
The new line includes original stories matched with unpublished illustrations selected from archives at the University of California San Diego, Dr. Seuss Enterprises said in a statement.
The new line of Dr. Seuss books is expected to hit shelves this spring, according to a release by Penguin Random House.
Contributing: Marco della Cava, USA TODAY; Associated Press
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