Fox in Socks

Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 62 pages Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (January 12, 1965) Language: English

Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss was first published in 1965 and tells a story similar to that of Green Eggs and Ham.  It features two characters, Fox and Knox, who speak in elaborately rhyming tongue-twisters.  One character is stubborn and wants to be left alone, while the other is persistent in their endeavor to the point of being obnoxious.  "This Fox is a tricky fox.  He'll try to get your tongue in trouble," warned Dr. Seuss. The story begins by introducing the main characters and a few of the main props (socks, box, fox).  Then follows a few more combinations (chicks. bricks , blocks and clocks) as Fox begins to describe the scene around them and challenges Knox to a tongue-twister duel. Fox:  "Here's an easy game to play.  Here's an easy thing to say... New socks.  Two socks.  Whose socks?  Sue's socks...." In one of Seuss' best, we are compelled to read this story aloud simply to witness how our tongues trip over themselves trying to complete the story.  Try reading it to your kids and you are bound to get a laugh from the ridiculous rhyming rhetoric. Or you could try this, but you might hurt yourself: