Oh The Places You'll Go

For my last outside reading book, I chose a Dr. Seuss classic, Oh The Places You'll Go. This book has been one of my favorites for years, as I was reintroduced to it after my high school graduation. I have always been a Dr. Seuss fan as his rhyming and silly picture and characters make for the most fun reading. This book pretty much tells you than you can go anywhere and do anything that you want to. It opens the world to your own imagination. Here is an excerpt from the first few pages, "Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to great places! You're off and away./ You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go." This books dares you to dream and push the limits to the endless possibilities life throws at you. Now this book is not quite as silly as all of the rest of Seuss' books, but is more of one to teach kids to look to the stars and actually pursue their dreams. My favorite line of the book is, "So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that, life's a great balancing act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left." Dr. Seuss stories have always been favorites of mine, and they will be for many years to come. My kids are going to grow up on his books, just as I did. Seuss gave kids a new outlook on reading. He made books fun and his books are the ones that made me want to be some sort of writer. This books will always be with me and whenever I doubt myself, I just turn to Seuss, "And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.) Kid, you'll move mountains! So be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea, you're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So, get on your way!"