By Monty Siekerman
It’s Dr. Seuss Week at Ada Elementary. Here, kindergarten children Lily Muniz and Drew Griffin don Cat in the Hat hats at the school library on Monday.

Dr. Seuss, America’s Poet Laureate of Nonsense, was born March 2, 1904, so Ada Elementary annually has a week-long celebration this time of year in honor of his birthday.

Monday was Hat Day, Tuesday is Character Day, the next day is Wacky Wednesday, Thursday is Fox in Crazy Socks Day, and, finally, Friday celebrates Oh, the Places You’ll Go.

Dr. Seuss (actually Theodore Seuss Geisel) began writing and illustrating books because he was worried that children were not learning to read. How successful was he in reaching children?

More than 600 million copies of his 60 books have been sold. He said he wanted to write and illustrate books that make people think and imagine. Dr. Seuss died in 1991.