• Article Photo. Angela Ahrenstein answers a question for Mrs. Newton during Dr. Seuss' birthday.
    Angela Ahrenstein answers a question for Mrs. Newton during Dr. Seuss' birthday.
  • Article Photo. Carleigh Wilson tries green eggs and ham...
    Carleigh Wilson tries green eggs and ham...
  • Article Photo. .. and she liked them.
    .. and she liked them.
  • Article Photo. Kindergarten student Jonathan Mosher took this photo of his classmates on Dr. Seuss's birthday.
    Kindergarten student Jonathan Mosher took this photo of his classmates on Dr. Seuss's birthday.
  • Article Photo. I do like them, said many of the Kindergarten students in Mrs. Newton's class Wednesday.
    I do like them, said many of the Kindergarten students in Mrs. Newton's class Wednesday.
  • Article Photo. Aydin Perez watches Mrs. Newton cook the green eggs and ham.
    Aydin Perez watches Mrs. Newton cook the green eggs and ham.
  • Article Photo. Kalinda Burke tries green eggs and ham for the first time on March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss.
    Kalinda Burke tries green eggs and ham for the first time on March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss.
  • Article Photo. The students also made Lion and Lamb decorations for March; Michael Duffers holds his.
    The students also made Lion and Lamb decorations for March; Michael Duffers holds his.
  • Article Photo. Michael Duffers eats his green eggs and ham.
    Michael Duffers eats his green eggs and ham.
  • Article Photo. Mrs. Newton's Kindergarten students wore PJs and Cat in the Hat hats to celebrate the occasion.
    Mrs. Newton's Kindergarten students wore PJs and Cat in the Hat hats to celebrate the occasion.

     Dr. Seuss (Theodore Gissel) has been dead for nearly 20 years, but he is still teaching children to read. 

    On Read Across America Day, March 2 (Dr. Seuss's birthday), many students spend the day wearing Cat in the Hat hats and eating green eggs and ham.

     That is exactly what the kindergarten students of Mrs. Kim Newton did on Wednesday, March 2. They have been reading Dr. Seuss books all week, Mrs. Newton said. On Wednesday, the children wore red and white paper hats like the one in Dr. Seuss famous book, "The Cat in the Hat." Then they ate green eggs and ham which Mrs. Newton cooked in the classroom at Tilford Elementary. Most of them at the eggs; a few were reluctantly to try them.

     But those who did try them said the same thing that they read in the famous book: "I do like them!"