It took 4 years to publish "The Giving Tree"
Shel Silverstein struggled to publish "The Giving Tree". The book’s somber themes made it a hard sell. One editor at Simon & Schuster...
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"The Giving Tree" is subject to various interpretations
"The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein centers on the relationship between a tree and a boy throughout the stages of his life. In each...
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Dr. Seuss got his first book rejected over 20 times
Dr. Seuss got the idea for his first work, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street", from listening to the rhythmic sound of a...
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Children learn a lot from repeating readings
Just as you didn’t learn the names of everyone in your neighborhood or parish overnight, children also need repeated readings to learn....
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Children benefit from read aloud until 13
Although reading aloud to young children has obvious benefits for little ones (especially pre-literacy), it does not mean you should stop...
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"Dr Seuss" is one of the most mispronounced of all writers’ names
It should actually be pronounced like "joice", so "Zoyce" rather than "Zeus". As well as using the name Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel...
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