30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!

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30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!

Choose 2 options . REQUIRED: State in your post the options you used.

Option 1: In 1960 Bennett Cerf bet Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss's real name) $50 that he couldn't write an entire book using only fifty words. The result was Green Eggs and Ham. Cerf never paid the $50 from the bet.

The first book I remember reading myself was Green Eggs and Ham. The love of his books set me off on a reading journey for a lifetime.

Read a book by an author with first and last initials of DR. Initials must be in that order.


Option 2: Dr. Seuss also published books under the name of Theo LeSieg. My favorite book under this name was Wacky Wednesday. I knew exactly where it was on the shelves at the library. My mom would groan every time I found it because she knew she would be reading it over and over and over again with me.

Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word can be found in WACKY WEDNESDAY. Ignore subtitles. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the target phrase.

Option 3: Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904.
Read a book first published in March of any year.

Option 4: Thursday, April 22 is Earth Day. Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty. I was introduced to The Lorax when my children were little. They were born in 1994 thru 2004.

Read a book first published between 1994 and 2004, inclusive.

[Tess]

Reserved

[Tess]

Reserved

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This thread is now open!

[TraceyL]

For option one, does the first initial have to be D and the second initial R, or can it be RD as well?

[Tess]

It has to be D as first and R as second

[Joanne]

I am right in assuming if there is a middle initial that would not work

Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague David K. Randall

[Tess]

Joanne wrote: "I am right in assuming if there is a middle initial that would not work

Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague [author:David K. Randall|58..."

This would work.

[Stacey]

Would this be acceptable for Option 1?
Shifter Planet by D.B. Reynolds

[Tess]

Stacey wrote: "Would this be acceptable for Option 1?
Shifter Planet by D.B. Reynolds"

Yes

[Robin P]

For Option 3, first published in March, I am looking at
Something to Hide

The publication info says Published April 1st 1996 by St. Martin's Press (first published March 1996)

Does this count? It's odd that there isn't an entry for the March edition but for some reason, that original date is specifically mentioned.

[Tess]

Robin P wrote: "For Option 3, first published in March, I am looking at
Something to Hide

The publication info says Published April 1st 1996 by St. Martin's Press (first published March 1996)

Doe..."

This works.

[Robin P]

Great, thanks!