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This week, we're looking for book suggestions for Read Across America Week. Warminster Library’s reference assistant JT Trader offers some selections that celebrate the life and work of Dr. Seuss.  All titles are available either at Warminster Library or in the Bucks County Free Library system. Want to suggest a list? Submit your idea in the comment box.

1. The Seuss, the Whole Seuss and Nothing But the Seuss: A Visual Biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel

Amazon.com: “Charles D. Cohen serves up a "visual biography" that's part lovingly illustrated coffee table book and part insightful analysis of a creative mind and the various historical and cultural forces that shaped it. Cohen richly illustrates his compelling tribute with key, telling artifacts from his own massive collection.”

2. Theodor SEUSS Geisel

Publisher’s Weekly: “On a tour of Geisel's prolific career, Donald Pease analyzes the appeal and impact of Geisel's game-changing children's books clearly and succinctly; the intricacies of Geisel's tumultuous personal life provide a sobering counterpart.”

3. The Boy on Fairfield Street

Amazon.com: “Kathleen Krull's engaging picture-book biography of Ted Geisel, the real Dr. Seuss, takes us from his early childhood on Fairfield Street in Springfield, Massachusetts, to the time when he's 22 years old in Greenwich Village and just starting to think he might make a go of it as a person who draws flying cows.”

4. Dr. Seuss: Young Author and Artist

Amazon.com reader reviews: “Kathleen Kudlinski does a wonderful job of telling Seuss' life story in a way that is interesting and neither glosses over difficult topics nor scares the young reader with them. The illustrative scenes from his family and work life are well chosen and give a good sense of the run of his career and shifts over time.”

5. “Of course, there are all the wonderful books by the author,” says Trader. “There are plenty of copies in Bucks County Free Library. A wonderful one for adults to share with a very young reader is Mr. Brown Can Moo. Can You? And the ever delightful Cat in the Hat titles, naturally.”