[Chickensoup]

Me too. Since my brother got them in what must have been about 1960. I cannot tell you how much contempt I have for the public schools which make a big holiday out of Seuss’s birthday.

[nopardons]

I was too old to get those stinkers of a book, thankfully, but did run across children of friends of the family who loved them. Took one look at one or two of them and it was instant HATE!

I was raised on the great fairy tales, Greek& Roman mythology, Bowlerized Shakespeare, Dumas, and the wonders of Victorian/Edwardian children's books. So once I had progeny of my own, my old books ( and the ones that my mother and grandmother had been read to too ) got pulled out for bedtime readings.