Book · 2022 · Juvenile Fiction
Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham with 12 Silly Sounds!
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I think it's probably maybe literally the only children's book I could read again and again and never get sick of was Green Eggs and Ham.
What they say about it
- Never gets sick of reading“never get sick of”2
- Written on a bet“wrote on a bet”2
The best things said about it
The one that stands out would be Green Eggs and Ham only in the sense as a book I never got sick of reading.
It is named after the Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham which he wrote on a bet that he couldn't write a children's book using only 50 words.
His editor bet him that he could not do so and that's where Green Eggs and Ham came from.
He wrote Green Eggs and Ham with 49 different words total and it became you know it sold over 10 million copies.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham with 12 Silly Sounds! is a whimsical children's classic featuring rhythmic text and repetitive phrasing. Bruce Handy praised the work on The Book Review, noting it was the singular children's book he could read continuously without ever growing tired of it. Also on The Book Review, Alexandra Alter highlighted it as a personal favorite, while Niels Hoven cited it on The Tim Ferriss Show as an effective early reader book suited for second-grade reading levels. David Epstein discussed on Modern Wisdom that the book originated from a famous bet where Dr. Seuss was challenged to write an entire children's story using only fifty words, a sentiment echoed by Josh Clark on Stuff You Should Know. Conversely, Candace Owens recited lines from the book on Candace to mock political figures recording themselves reading, and Colin Allred mentioned it on Pod Save America while recalling Senator Ted Cruz reading the text during a senate filibuster.
Every mention
Bruce Handy I could read again and again and I think it's probably maybe literally the only children's book I could rea… 2
Recommended
“I could read again and again and I think it's probably maybe literally the only children's book I could read again and again and never get sick of was was green eggs and ham”
Recommended
“okay I mean the one that stands out would be green eggs and ham only in the sense as a book I never got sick of reading”
Alexandra Alter I think I have to go with green eggs and ham 1
Discussed
“I think I have to go with green eggs and ham”
Candace Owens I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam I am. Would you like them in the dark? Would you… 1
Discussed
“I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam I am. Would you like them in the dark? Would you like them in the park? I do not like green eggs and ham.”
Colin Allred trying to you know repeal the Affordable Care Act you know reading green eggs andham 1
Discussed
“trying to you know repeal the Affordable Care Act you know reading green eggs andham”
David Epstein So it is named after the Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham which he wrote on a bet that he couldn't write a… 1
Discussed
“So it is named after the Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham which he wrote on a bet that he couldn't write a children's book using only 50 words.”
Josh Clark and he went take this book green eggs and ham and shove it and shove it and give me my $50 right and that i… 1
Discussed
“and he went take this book green eggs and ham and shove it and shove it and give me my $50 right and that is supposedly true his editor bet him that he could not do so and that's where Green Eggs and Ham came from”
Niels Hoven So think Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, The Elephant and Piggy series. 1
Discussed
“So think Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, The Elephant and Piggy series.”
Sahil Bloom and he wrote green eggs and ham with 49 different words total and it became you know it sold over 10 millio… 1
Discussed
“and he wrote green eggs and ham with 49 different words total and it became you know it sold over 10 million copies”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Critiqued
“and green eggs and butt stuff”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (21: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“yes and there was the Green Eggs and Ham breeding that was much derided at the time”
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“yes and there was the Green Eggs and Ham breeding um that was much derided at the time”
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“well you can always read Green Eggs and Ham over and over again”
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“Did they say like oh just let them punch themselves We're just going to sit back to destroy green eggs and ham And the Senate FL”
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“we're just going to sit back to destroy green eggs and ham”
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“I I don't like green eggs and ham samam I'm just say okay you memorized it by now”
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“and in the chair I am at X and I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them”
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“green eggs and ham green eggs and ham i do not like them”
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“so then suddenly everyone goes and buys the dr seuss books now everybody's cat in the head it up everybody's hammed and greened you know”
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“i will eat them with a mouse and i will eat them here and there say i'll eat them anywhere i do so like green eggs and ham thank you thank you sam”
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“Say I'll eat them anywhere I do. So like green eggs and ham”
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“i remember that video of ted cruz holding the torch leading the people down the hallway screaming this copy of green eggs and ham”
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“dr. Seuss books are racist new study says should kids still read them”
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“Green Eggs and Ham it's still really fun to read but I like reading the Sleep Book with them”
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“He read Green Eggs and Ham on the Senate floor for a section of this because politics is serious business.”
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“when he just voted for a two trillion dollar tax cut he says he wants to protect people with pre-existing conditions when he shut down the government for 16 days in red green eggs and ham to repeal the Affordable Care Act”
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“when he shut down the government for 16 days in red green eggs and ham to repeal the Affordable Care Act”
Speaker Pod Save America Beto O'Rourke full interview | Pod Save America on HBO 2018-10-25 Listen at 7:35
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“like those food chains from the [ __ ] 80s and those dr. Seuss books [ __ ] it was all like cereal and rice and grain at the bottom must get it better have a lot of that”
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“I do not like white supremacist I do not like them in a house I do not like them with a mouse”
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“I mean the one that stands out would be green eggs and ham only in the sense of a book”
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“hey bro you ready for some green eggs in Hampton in DG Dr Seuss is here today”