NEW YORK — Dr. Seuss has a gift for you — so long as you have been born on March 2.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises, which final 12 months provided 10,000 free copies of “The Cat in the Hat” to infants born on March 2, will develop the provide this 12 months to anybody with that birthday. Dr. Seuss, born Theodor Geisel, was born on that day in 1904. His books, similar to “Green Eggs and Ham” and “The Cat in the Hat,” stay standard a long time after his 1991 loss of life.
These born on March 2 who register at SeussPledge.com can select to have a customized guide despatched to them or reward their free copy to kids in underserved communities.
“The expansion of the Birthday Pledge allows us to bring Dr. Seuss books to many more readers because, ‘The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go,’” mentioned Susan Brandt, president and CEO of Dr. Seuss Enterprises in a press release.
Books donated for the pledge will likely be co-funded by Dr. Seuss’s longtime publishing associate, Random Home Youngsters’s Books. The inside of every guide will embody a customized message that commemorates the recipient’s Seussian birthday and encourages them to learn on daily basis
The provide is on a first-come, first-served foundation, capped at 20,000 copies. Entrants should be a minimum of 18 and authorized residents of the 50 states or Washington, D.C.