Today Third Graders viewed a new side of our old friend, Dr. Suess (whose birthday is celebrated this week). My Suessian experts recalled that Suess stories tend to have colorful pictures, made up words and characters and RHYME! Today, we shared one of Suess’ less familiar stories for older readers, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. Bartholomew Cubbins is plagued by hats—when he takes one off to show respect for his King, Derwin, a new one appears. This continues to happen, and of course, the King is outraged and calls for his hat experts, wise men and magicians to help rid the kingdom of the constantly appearing hats. With a surprise ending, and humor abound, this story delights students and adults of all ages. We concluded with book browsing and check out. Happy Reading!
