You must not hop on pop!

Today is the last of my easy reader book list of 10.  It includes two of my favorites!

Seuss, Dr. (1963) Hop On Pop. New York, NY: Random House

As you read through this book, you’ll discover many little scenes full of rhyming words.  You’ll see people playing ball on a wall, a thing that sings, Mr. Brown fly out of town, and much more.

        As it says on the cover this book is “the simplest Seuss for youngest use”.  The book is all about small words, rhyming those words, and demonstrating their use in a humorous way.  It is a very fun book to read, and very fun book to listen to.  My daughters loved this book so much that some of her first words were “Hop Pop”.

Stone, J. (1971) the Monster at the end of this Book. New York, NY: Western Publishing Company

As Grover comes to greet you on the cover, he suddenly realizes the title of this book.  From that point forward he begs you not to turn the page any more so you don’t get to the end of the book.  He tries doing things like tying the pages together and building a brick wall to stop you, but to no avail.  Eventually you arrive at the end of the book and both find out the monster is, of course, Grover himself.

This was my absolute favorite book as a child. Some of my earliest memories are of my father reading this to me.  In due turn, I have followed his tradition with my own children.  This book is funny, interactive, and stars a familiar sesame street character.  I may be a bit biased, but I think it’s a book for every library.