Harold
the Library Bear celebrates Dr. Seuss Day
Hedgesville, WV – Today Harold the
Library Bear had a special message for everyone:
“Happy
Dr. Seuss Day!” Harold said, a tall, red, striped hat on his head. “Today is
Dr. Seuss’ birthday,” Harold explained to me. “Today, he’d be 111!”
“That’s
REALLY OLD!” Harold exclaimed, “and so are his books. But his books are
different from some other old books, because they’re still really good and fun
to read!”
“I
like reading his really famous books like The
Cat in the Hat, and Green Eggs and
Ham,” Harold said, “but I also like some other ones, like Oh Say Can You Say? – that’s a book of
tongue twisters! – and I think I read I
Am NOT Going to Get up Today every spring when hibernation is over!”
When I asked Harold what he most
liked about Dr. Seuss, and why he was so excited about celebrating his
birthday, he paused for a moment before giving me an answer.
“I think I really like Dr. Seuss
because he wrote really good stories, and he always worked really hard to write
books that kids could read, even if they were just learning! He even drew all
of his own pictures for his books!”
“Did
you know,” Harold asked “the librarian told me that Dr. Seuss wrote some of the
very first books for kids learning to read? He was so good at it that they
named an award after him that they give to the best early reader book every
year!”
“That’s
really cool,” Harold said, “and so is Dr. Seuss! I think everyone should read
his books!”
-Harold
the Library Bear is a bear, so he doesn’t have a phone, but you can leave him a
message at (304)-754-3949 or you can meet him Monday-Saturday in the Children’s
Department of the new Hedgesville Public Library. His column appears every week
on the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Libraries blog.
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