Green Eggs and Ham

The book I have chosen to read for this week is a picture book for children. The book is famously written by Dr. Suess with the title of "Green Eggs and Ham".

This hilarious book tells the story of Sam-I-Am's relentless pursuit of a grumpy individual who refuses to eat a plate of green eggs and ham.

As anyone who know, Dr. Suess style of writing includes unique illustrations, funny rhyme and some wacky humour. With the word 'NOT' being used 84 times (yes, i actually counted them), for children this would provide an excitement and interest in reading the book.

The moral of the story is not to judge something before you have tried it. Also, sometimes things are not nearly as bad as we imagine them to be.

Spoiler Alert: in the end, the grumpy individual actually tries them to prove to Sam-I-Am that he does not like them, and finds he does actually like eating green eggs and ham.

Green Eggs and Ham is a useful book especially in the early years to encourage children to try different things whether it be food or a different game, because they may end up liking it! It also teaches children about the art of rhyming words which later can be looked into with more focus on the words that rhyme, like house and mouse, fox and box.