Well, considering the pretty high star rating average for Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss on Goodreads, I do seem to be amongst the minority here, but especially with regard to the overall quality of Georgeanne Brennan's featured food and beverage ideas, I have definitely been rather massively disappointed, and truth be told also with Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss as a children’s cookbook in general (since in my humble opinion, the vast majority of the recipes Brennan presents are really and truly NOT meant for children to be creating them on their own, since both the ingredients lists and also the cooking directions for Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss are often much too involved and too difficult for basic and as such child-friendly cookery).

Yes, the book cover for Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss definitely looks tempting and the Dr. Seuss illustrations gracing the pages of Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss are certainly and nicely visually fun (and there are also a select few recipe ideas in Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss that both my adult self and my inner child have found potentially appealing and also nicely balanced with regard to nutrition, such as for example the fruit based Glunker Stew and some of the beverage ideas and not to mention that I do appreciate Georgeanne Brennan including a decent number of photographs and that Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss is spiral bound, which certainly does make using this book in the kitchen and for actual cooking purposes much easier).

However, aside from my already mentioned above issues with the level of food/drink preparation difficulty regarding Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss, for me personally (and please note that I am not and never have been a very picky eater), sorry, but most of Georgeanne Brennan's recipes for Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss do not sound not all that appealing to me and in fact are often really rather strange and to the point that I do not think that I would want to even try the majority of them (and that in particular the recipe of a ham coated in cilantro and a fried egg with guacamole over the yolk sounds totally creepy and grotesque, sounds like I want to in fact gag and retch a bit). And combined with the fact that Georgeanne Brennan also has way too much sodium, sugar and fat content in most of her recipes for me, that she also does not bother to consider listing alternative ingredients for children allergic to peanuts, dairy, eggs, wheat etc. or to consider vegan/vegetarian children, yes, this one-sidedness in Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss, I do find hugely and massively problematic and for a 2006 cookbook rather ridiculous and sadly old-fashioned in a very major way.

I liked the fact that the cookbook included so many Seuss quotes, so you could see where the idea for the recipes came from. I also liked all the images from the books. The recipes just weren't that exciting, seemed like the author kind of half-assed them. With all the imagination in Dr. Seuss books, I just thought they couldn't been more interesting. There's only two recipes, Moose Juice/Goose Juice and Sneetch Treats that I would consider making myself. Recommended for ages 5+, 2 stars.

Description: This unique cookbook is inspired by the writings of Dr. Seuss and will motivate young chefs to leaner to cook through these wacky recipes.

Genre: Informational - Cookbook

Intended Audience: 5th - 8th Grade

Curriculum Connection: In Health and PE classes, students are often tasked to keep journals of what they eat as they learn about proper nutrition and food groups. Students are taught to use cookbooks and cook simple meals to figure out what types of things they are eating. This is a unique cookbook for young people that will make them want to try these meals.

Personal Reaction: When looking for an informational book, I ran across this one and had to check stout for myself. Since this is inspired by Dr. Seuss, I like all of the references to his characters and terminology that are unique to Dr. Seuss books. I also enjoyed the fact that each recipe included an excerpt from a Dr. Seuss book that relates to the recipe.

Assessment of Visual Appeal: I looked at the copyright information and the pictures included in the cookbook are art from actual Dr. Seuss books. Seeing familiar characters and images keeps the book authentic as it is inspired by Dr. Seuss. The recipe pictures are silly and appealing to students. I thought it was bright and colorful. I did find some recipes hard to read, however, since some of the pages were very cluttered.

We just made Flapjack Flapper's Flapjacks (only we didn't have bananas, so we put raisins in instead and we didn't have peanuts, so we put Lisa's apricot syrup on instead) and they were awesome! The peanut butter in the batter is a brilliant idea--although I found my pan smoking more than usual, not sure why. The outsides also threatened to burn pretty quickly while leaving the middles undercooked, so I added extra milk to thin the batter. They may just need to be cooked lower and longer than what I did.

I love that they include excerpts from the books and how the recipe photos are frequently juxtaposed with the art--they really did a good job visually. And if our "flapperjack" try this morning is any indication, the recipes are tasty and appealing to kids.

Next time I'm making the flapperjacks with chocolate chips. My 4 yr old turned me down on it this morning (??) in favor of the raisins (she wants to save the choc. chips for cupcakes), but I'm thinking it might just have to be done. Not sure if chocolate syrup on top would be overdoing it, but we could settle for whipped cream....

if you don't like ham......................YOU'RE CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Genre: Informational/ cookbook

Summary: This book is cookbook of Seuss inspired recipes that are as unique and silly as the story it was written for. On each recipe page there is a passage that the idea for the wacky food item came from. This book has gotten mixed reactions but it was a funny and interesting book so even if you never make any of the food it is still fun to read through.

Critique:
A. Creative food items and easy to follow recipes
B. My children and I were able to make the food together and though we haven't been brave enough to try somethings yet,working up the courage is half the fun.
C. This book is filled with unique items like Pink Yink Ink Drink and Ape cakes Grape cakes and the recipes are easy enough that children can help.

Curriculum Connection: You can mix your literature lesson s with science and make one of the recipes together as a class for Dr. Seuss Month.

It's hard to rate a cookbook. Especially when it has nothing in it Ill actually cook.

I bought this book simply because it was Dr. Seuss and that was it. I thought it was funny.

The recipes all sound weird and I don't think I would eat any of them. The only thing that makes them Dr. Seuss related is the custom made bowls and dishes used to display them. They aren't going to look like that when someone else makes them.

This is just a book that's going to sit on my shelf and make people laugh. It's not going to be used for it's intended purpose.

I saw this in the bookstore and couldn't pass it up. My kids love helping me in the kitchen and this cookbook is perfect for them. The recipe titles come right out of the Dr. Seuss books and will certainly make cooking more fun.

awsome gotta try it

I think the author was very creative, trying to come up with recipes for Dr Seuss's nonsense foods. But I also feel she misstepped on some (I would have done a beef or pork roast for Who-roast-beast, not a chicken). Not a bad cookbook exactly, but it wasn't quite as fun as I was hoping, either.

I like this book because it was the first book that I have read when I was starting to read. All my favorite teachers has read this to me when I was younger and that was hoe I fell in love with this book. I sometimes read this to my little cousin because he is also in love. In this book a man bugs this person about this trying to eat green eggs and ham because he thinks it is very delicious.

Delightful book with yummy recipes! The kids will love helping out with these recipes based upon Dr. Seuss books. Simple, easy-to-follow directions and cool pictures add to the appeal. This is one way to spend family time together or share with any little person you love!