
Interesting tid-bit for today:
After Dr. Suess wrote "The Cat in the Hat", which used just 225 words, his editor bet him that he couldn't write a book using 50 words or less. Not one
to back down from a challenge, Mr. Geisel (Dr. Suess) started writing and came up with "Green Eggs and Ham" -- which uses exactly 50 words.
The 50 words, by the way, are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could,
dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you.
Such a classic book - and only 50 words! I have it in our classroom right now if you want to check it out. (Remind me to ask you in class tomorrow for the story about Dr. Suess and you will get extra credit if you know. See, it pays to check the blog!)