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It's hard to improve on Dr. Seuss Noun 1. Dr. Seuss - United States writer of children's books (1904-1991) Geisel, Theodor Seuss Geisel , but Jen Larsen just had to try: Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. (That's right!) There are games to be won. (Yes, lots of Duck wins!) Larsen, the University of Oregon's newly hired women's lacrosse Women's lacrosse is a popular version of lacrosse, a team sport of Native American origin played with netted sticks that are used to throw, catch and shoot a small rubber ball into the opponent's goal. coach, is better at coaching strategy than making rhyme. But she's plenty gung-ho about both - which helps explain why she greeted Willakenzie Elementary School elementary school: see school. students Tuesday wearing the Cat in the Hat's trademark striped stovepipe hat A tall silk hat with a brim, worn commonly as an item of formal dress by gentlemen in the late 1800's. See also: Stovepipe . But Larsen's hat was Duck green and gold, not the wily cat's usual red and white. "It just happened to pop on my head," she said of the hat, which belongs to a Willakenzie student. "It was really very fitting." Larsen was among hundreds of coaches, athletes, actors, politicians and others who fanned out to schools across the country for Read Across America - an annual event sponsored by the National Education Association. Guest readers ranged from "American Idol" stars Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken to Las Vegas showgirls who traded their feathered finery for the hat of the Cat - and, presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. , some additional clothing. The celebration, in its seventh year, held special significance this time around: It was, after all, a "Seussentennial" - the 100th birthday of Theodor Geisel, the man behind the pen of Dr. Seuss. Larsen, raised on "Green Eggs and Ham" and "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish," is a lifelong fan of the good doctor. She had no trouble engaging a classroom of fourth- and fifth-graders about such favorite Seussian tales as "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" - a classic that's been made into a movie twice. "Jim Carrey is funny, but isn't the cartoon version better?" she asked, drawing a spirited chorus of yeas and nays YEAS AND NAYS. The list of members of a legislative body voting in the affirmative and negative of a proposition is so called. 2. The constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. . Fifth-grader Megan Dougherty, who painted Cat in the Hat whiskers See metal whiskers. on her face, shouted on behalf of the cartoon version. She said she's been a Dr. Seuss fan since she can remember. "When I was in kindergarten, I used to love to read `Hop on Pop,' ' she said. "It was really the only book I could read, and I memorized it all." Teacher Rich Howorth, showing off his own cat whiskers, said kids don't outgrow outgrow verb To change the relationship with a condition or structure by dint of ↑ age or size; while children outgrow clothing, and certain behaviors, they rarely outgrow diseases–eg, asthma Dr. Seuss as they do, say, Barney the Dinosaur. "They just love the language and the art and the story," said Howorth, who confesses a literary soft spot for Horton, Dr. Seuss' elephant of egg-hatching fame. Willakenzie's guest readers also included UO athletics academic adviser Reggie Jordan, who read "If I Ran the Zoo" to younger students in the library. But Larsen, reading to older kids about to enter middle school, opted for "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" - a book she wasn't familiar with until a friend gave her a copy as a college graduation gift. "It's just a wonderful book about life that shows you can do anything even with all the bumps and bruises that come along the way," she said. After all, it's important to remember at any age that You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself Any direction you choose! KIDS' TOP 10 BOOKS 1. "Harry Potter" series by J.K. Rowling 2. "Goosebumps" series by R.L. Stine 3. "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss 4. "The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss 5. "Arthur" series by Marc Brown 6. "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White 7. "Shiloh" trilogy by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 8. "Hatchet hatchet: see tomahawk. " by Gary Paulsen 9. "Holes" by Louis Sachar 10. "The Giver" by Lois Lowry - National Education Association CAPTION(S): Painted with a Cat in the Hat nose and whiskers, Megan Dougherty, 10, (center) joins Willakenzie Elementary classmates Classmates can refer to either:
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