Reread: 6 October 2019
Reread: 6 October 2018
Reread: 6 October 2017
Read: 6 October 2016

“I am what I am!
That’s a great thing to be!
If I say so myself,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME”

This is a grown-ups' book in disguise.

Yes, I know it looks like a children’s book.

It has excellent illustrations, it rhymes and it describes how they celebrate birthdays in a far away land.

However, it has so many hidden messages which will make any adult smile and feel happy for being born.

I actually know many grown-ups who have bought this book for their grown-up friends.

And yes it is important for every person from 1 year old to 101 years old to read things like:

n  “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive … who is you-er than you!”n

It makes you feel unique; it makes you feel important, exceptional, extraordinary.
Just for being YOU.

Highly recommended, if it is your birthday.

Fantastic book for kids! So imaginative and creative. Easy read that children will find delightful!

Dr. Seuss is always brilliant! His stories and rhymes are fun and entertaining! Some of my all time favorites!! Such a great way to entertain children and get them interested in reading!

shout out to mrs winslow

"Today you are you! that is truer than true! there is no one alive who is you-er than you! shout loud, i am lucky to be what i am! Thank goodness i'm not just a clam or a ham or a dusty old jar of sour gooseberry jam! I am what i am! that's a great thing to be! If i say so myself, happy birthday to me!"

The strangest version of Happy Birthday I ever heard of.

Well, strange in a funny sense. I am grateful Indian schools aren't that much into Dr. Seuss.
It's awkward enough standing in front when the whole class sings the traditional version. You're clueless as to whether you shall smile, clap along with them, lip-sync replacing the you with an I.

Or perhaps do this.

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" If you'd never been born, well what would you be?
You might be a fish! Or a toad in a tree!
You might be a door knob! Or three baked potatoes!
You might be a bag full of hard green tomatoes!
Or worse than all that... why, you might be a
WASN'T!
A Wasn't has no fun at all. No, she doesn't.
A Wasn't just isn't. She just isn't present.
But you... you ARE YOU! And now, isn't that pleasant! "
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I surely don't want to be a WASN'T !



n  My admiration grows towards you, Dr. Seuss.n

This book was special to me. One I will always remember because...

"If you'd never been born, well what would you be?
You might be a fish! Or a toad in a tree!
You might be a door knob! Or three baked potatoes!
You might be a bag full of hard green tomatoes!
Or worse than all that... why, you might be a
WASN'T!
A Wasn't has no fun at all. No, she doesn't.
A Wasn't just isn't. She just isn't present.
But you... you ARE YOU! And now, isn't that pleasant!"

Happy Birthday! You are a you....

Happy Birthday to You! (My Kindle Review)

Such a fun and whimsical book perfect for children to read on their special day as we follow a feathery journey of a boy and bird. It also shares its message of relishing on why birthdays are important to us and why we were brought here. A (100%/Outstanding)

In the memory of Dr. Seuss birthday .. Happy Birthday to You!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz79J...

I got this for my girlfriend's 21st birthday and it was the best possible book to give. It was amazing fun to read together and be happy and silly. It is such a creative book, and has become a classic for me.

I loved this book. My parents gave it to0 me for my 6th birthday.

"Happy Birthday to You!" by Dr. Seuss is typical of the more mediocre Seuss books, "Wacky" and endlessly droning, tedious to read.

You're going to the birthday party of a 4 year old you don't know really well, but you know he likes books and his parents are nerds. This seems like a great gift, right? That's how we received it. My four year old stopped opening presents to lavish attention on several books he received and had to be prodded gently to return to what he was doing. After present opening, he and the other baby nerds there pestered adults to read the brand new books. They paid rapt attention to all of them... and wandered away while I was reading this book.

We've cracked it open a few times to give it another go and just... no.

The text goes on and on, relentless. There's nothing for a little kid to really latch on to, nothing to hold their interest. Some wacky-named city has birthday rituals involving made up food and etc and... who cares? The rhythm and rhymes are sing-song-y and often forced.

I guess there's naked butts in it, too, but we didn't even get that far. Naked butts might have saved the book a bit if they only came earlier. My kid can identify with naked butts.

I think a lot of people give Seuss high ratings automatically because of his reputation or because of nostalgia, but he released some stinkers. There's way better Seuss books, stock up on those instead.

n  Must-read book for kids in their birthdays!n


n  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYBODY!n

n  And all of this beautiful zumming and humming.n

n  And plumbing and strumming and drumming and comming…n

n  All of it, all of it,n

n  Al lis for you!n

Charming tale about the celebration of your birthday, that I am sure any kid would be thrilled and excited to read when they are indeed celebrating their own birthdays.

A popular (and demanded) story to be read in kindergartens and primary schools everywhere when a lucky one is celerating his/her birthday.

Sadly, it lacks of any other narrative purpose or reading value, so it's kinda one of the weakest books of Dr. Seuss...

...but definitely a worthy and amusing reading for kids in their birthdays, since indeed it's a great choice for such dates in the calendar.