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Stop That Ball!
Stop That Ball! | Marshall McClintock, Mike McClintlock
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Back in 1957, Theodor Geisel responded to an article in Life magazine that lamented the use of boring reading primers in schools. Using the pseudonym of "Dr. Seuss" (Seuss was Geisel's middle name) and only two hundred twenty-three words, Geisel created a replacement for those dull primers: "The Cat in the Hat." The instant success of the book prompted Geisel and his wife to found Beginner Books, and Geisel wrote many popular books in this series, including "Hop on Pop, " "Fox in Socks, " and "Green Eggs and Ham." Other favorite titles in this series are "Go, Dog, Go!" and "Are You My Mother?" by P. D. Eastman, "A Fly Went By, " by Mike McClintock, and "Put Me in the Zoo, " by Robert Lopshire. These affordable hardcover books combine large print, easy vocabulary, and large, bright illustrations in stories kids will want to read again and again. Grades 1 - Grades 2.
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Stop That Ball! | Marshall McClintock, Mike McClintlock
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I‘m halfway through a 900+ page book but wanted to share something today. For his Freshman Honors English class, my younger son had to bring to class a favorite childhood book. After some hunting in the basement, I found a book that was a favorite of mine from childhood and his too. We had to read this book to him over and over again. We loved the rhymes and the silly places that the ball went before coming home and then going on another journey!

rretzler If you have kids, is there a book that survived the years like this one did? Or even if you don‘t have kids, is there one that stands out from childhood? 5y
Deifio I loved McBroom and his wonderful One-Acre Farm. Such a fun book. I will definitely read it to my kids when they're old enough for it. 5y
rretzler @Deifio I had to look that one up - I think I was a little old for it, but it looks like a really fun book! 5y
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