9 Best Dr. Seuss Books Still Worth Reading Today

Using Dr. Seuss's trademark rhymes and silliness, Sam-I-Am tries to convince a friend to eat green eggs and ham, suggesting that he try them in various places and circumstances to make them more appealing. The fun, simple story offers a great lesson for kids about the importance of trying new things.

Kelly R said:  Dr. Seuss wrote this classic when he was bet that he couldn't pen a book with 50 or fewer unique words, and it went on to become his most successful.

The story of the dapper cat who turned a brother and sister's rainy afternoon into a zany adventure. Dr. Seuss wrote this one for kids learning to read as an entertaining alternative to the boring reading primers that children were using (sorry, Dick and Jane).

This classic Dr. Seuss beginner book uses simple words and playful rhymes to introduce children to the fundamentals of reading. It features short, easy-to-read sentences and silly scenarios designed to build confidence in early readers.

Kelly R said:  The tricky tongue twisters and made-up words in Dr. Seuss books make some of them pretty difficult to read, even for adults! Not so with Hop on Pop, which focuses on short and simple beginning reader-friendly verse while still keeping all of the delightfully silly fun.

A boy wakes up to find a shoe on the wall, and his day only gets wackier from there. This silly Dr. Seuss book invites readers to search and find all the wacky things on each page, making it fun, interactive book to read aloud with kids.

Alexandra F. said:  All four of my kids have loved this book, and it is my favorite of all the Dr. Seuss books as well. I've read it over and over again with all of my kids, because they just love to look for and find all the wacky things happening on each page. I read it aloud to my daughter's first grade class, too, and it was a huge hit!

This classic Dr. Seuss book is filled with playful rhymes and whimsical illustrations that introduce young readers to basic concepts like colors and counting through a series of fantastical creatures and scenarios.

An escalating arms race between the Yooks and the Zooks, two groups divided by their differing preferences for how to butter their bread, serves as an allegory for the Cold War and the dangers of unchecked conflict.

This playful counting book by Dr. Seuss has three friends competing to balance an increasing number of apples on their heads.

Silly and energetic alphabet book uses rhymes and vibrant illustrations to introduce children to the letters of the alphabet with zany Dr. Seuss characters.

A collection of Dr. Seuss fables that use whimsical characters to explore themes of greed, vanity and pride.