Green Eggs and Ham

Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 72 pages Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; 1st edition (August 12, 1960) Language: English

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss is an awesome children's book, especially for the beginning reader.  It was first published on August 12th, 1960 and as of 2001, according to Publishers Weekly, it is the fourth best-selling children's book of all time (in English). The unique attribute about this book is that it was written using only 50 words.  There are two main characters whose story is told through a rhyming, rhythmic dialogue and pertains to the consumption of green eggs and ham.  It's a great story for parents who want their children to eat their vegetables. Green Eggs and Ham is a Seuss Beginner Book and is written in very simple vocabulary for beginning readers (although apparently US District Court Judge James Muirhead appreciates it as well because he cited the book in a court ruling about prison diet).