Daniel Broadway's Personal Blog

Celebrated writer and winner of the Pulitzer Award, the late Dr.Seuss is best known for his collection of children’s books. Some of his most notable works include Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. But Dr.Seuss was more than just a writer of children’s stories. He was also a man of superior intelligence who used the medium of children’s stories to express profound truths. His book, Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!, is one such timeless example. The book, Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!, is a distinctive piece that plays on the word ‘thinks’.

The author equates ‘thinks’ with ‘things’ and through pictures illustrates that images one conjures up can actually be reproduced on paper. But are these images in consonance with the real world or not? Certainly something to chew on! The book is also a favorite with an organization that advocates the belief that children’s tender minds are more receptive than we think. Playing, they maintain, is instinctive to a child’s nature so why not make it instructional as well. Hence their philosophy – grow up learning and playing. The book comes in handy when thoughts and imagery are being explored with children. The institution is called growuplearning.com and all parents of young children are encouraged to drop by and visit their site.

Another from Dr.Seuss’s collected works that growuplearning.com likes to patronize is the famed, Scrambled Eggs Super! A delightful story about a young boy who likes to make scrambled eggs from eggs of exotic, outlandish feathered creatures, and not the mundane hen. This little chef and his friend search high and low for atypical birds and their bizarre adventures, coupled with illustrations of their findings and the rhyming verse (the entire story is narrated in poetry form), never fail to thrill children, parents and teachers alike. Small wonder then that both these books are a must-have for growing children and that is why growuplearning.com has chosen to make the most of these publications. Sign up with them, if you have little children at home. Parents and children can grow (up) together!