Libraries, schools and bookstores across the country today are celebrating Read Across America in honor of what would’ve been Dr. Seuss’ 108th birthday. The Lorax is being released in conjunction as a movie. It’s my favorite of his books and this film strikes me as a corporate cash grab at low-hanging Truffula fruit. Stephen Colbert put it best earlier this week, and in rhyme no less (starts at 1:10).
A lot of other writers share a birthday on March 2, such as John Irving, Tom Wolfe and Peter Straub. And mine is today as well, number twenty-seven.
