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Children’s books: 10 great Dr Seuss quotes

When it comes to reading to small children, there is nothing better than a picture book that rhymes. And when it comes to picture books that rhyme, there is nothing better than Dr Seuss.

We have scads of his titles in our house, but at the moment How the Grinch Stole Christmas is the book of choice. We read it most nights. We enact it frequently (my younger daughter plays the role of little Cindy Lou Who beautifully, despite being unable to call her anything other than Cindy Woo-Hoo). The moments that invariably produce the most glee are the Grinch’s dastardly actions as he denudes the first little house on the square of Christmas paraphernalia. “He stuffed them in bags. Then the Grinch, very nimbly, / Stuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimbley!” My kids are delighted – delighted! – by the idea of a chimbley. It gets them every time.

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