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Destroy that egg! Today! Today! Today I say! Without delay!”Ĩ.

I will not take them soft or scrambled/Despite an argument well-rambled. District Court Judge James Muirhead wrote. Writing in rhyme, the judge ordered the egg destroyed: “I do not like eggs in the file,” U.S. A federal judge used “Green Eggs and Ham” as an inspiration in a 2007 court order after receiving a hard-boiled egg in the mail from an inmate protesting his diet in prison. A number of famous chefs have been inspired to create recipes for green eggs and ham, including Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray and Paula Deen.ħ. It’s unclear if Cruz’s endorsement made much change in book sales: The book was not one of the top 100 “ movers and shakers” on Amazon’s 24-hour sales gainers rankings on Wednesday morning.Ħ. 8 on the classic children’s book list as of 11 a.m. On, the hardcover book was ranked 732nd on the all books best-seller list, and the Kindle edition was No. Seuss’s editor bet him after “The Cat in the Hat,” which used 225 words, that he couldn’t write a book using fewer.ĥ. “Green Eggs and Ham” uses only 50 different words. ( Also on POLITICO: Ted Cruz’s marathon talk)Ĥ. Seuss is a pen name: His real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel. 4 on Publishers Weekly’s 2001 list of all-time best-selling children’s books.ģ. “Green Eggs and Ham” was published by Random House in 1960.Ģ. Seuss used the word ‘contraceptive’ in a draft of one of his books to grab the attention of his publisher.1. Seuss book Oh, the Places You’ll Go sells around 200,000 copies each year

The popular slang ‘nerd’ was first recorded in Dr.

Seuss’ first book was rejected by as many as 27 publishers

The author added the prefix ‘Dr.’ to his pen name simply because his father wanted him to study medicine.

However, he did have two step-children from his second wife’s first marriage Seuss does have not have any descendant since he did not have biological children. But the author preferred to it to be pronounced as ‘Soo-se’ to have it rhyme with ‘Goose’, as in Mother Goose 'Seuss' is a German word pronounced as ‘Zoice’.

'Seuss' is touted to be one of the most mispronounced names among all other writers’ names.