Cal State Los Angeles volunteers wearing red-and- white stripped stovepipe hats celebrated the 110th anniversary of Dr. Seuss' birth on Friday by reading "Green Eggs and Ham" and other books to children at a Los Angeles school.
The reading of the book created by Theodore Geisel—who wrote under the pseudonym Dr. Suess—took place at Huntington Drive Elementary School as part of the National Education Association's Read Across America program and the Educational Participation in Communities (EPIC) program at Cal State Los Angeles, according to organizers.
"Dr. Seuss has contributed so much to American literature, so the educational activities that have been planned for the children are themed by stories and characters," said Victoria Mosqueda, interim director of the EPIC Program at Cal State Los Angeles.
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The event is meant to motivate the children to read.
For more information about the Read Across America program, visit nea.org/readacross and readacrossamerica.org.
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