These 15 favourite Dr Seuss books are sure to be a hit with both kids and adults!
Dr Seuss’s fun, rhyming books are great for beginning readers, and older kids love them too. They are fun to read out loud which is good because your kids will want to read these books over and over and over again!
Update 2020:
In recent years we have become more aware of some problematic themes and racism in some Dr Seuss books.
While Dr Seuss books will always be a nostalgic part of my childhood, and the childhood of so many, I think it is important to acknowledge and learn about the issues in his writing, and to talk about it with our kids. For young children that might mean simply being aware of the issues, and critically looking at the books before you decide to share them with your children, and for older children you can talk about how race and gender is depicted in books. And it’s important to make sure you are reading a wide variety of books and specifically seeking out children’s books that show diverse voices and experiences.
15 of the Best Dr Seuss Books for Kids
We have always loved Dr Seuss books, we own about 25 Seuss books, many of which belonged to my husband when he was a child!
My kids love the rhyming stories, the silly characters, and all the made up words, and I love how easy they are to read out loud and how great they are for beginning readers. With lots of repetitive words, an easy to follow rhythm, and simple rhymes that help kids learn the beginning and ending sounds of words, they are great for pre-readers and beginning readers.
It’s never too early to read to your kids! If you have a baby or toddler these Dr Seuss Board Books are a great option!
This list was compiled with help from my children who all have their favourite Seuss books, and Dr Seuss quotes!
Favourite Dr Seuss Books
Check out our favourite Dr Seuss books for kids.
Please check out these books yourself first to make sure they are a good choice for your children.
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Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book
”Ninety-nine zillion, nine million and two creatures are sleeping? So… How about you?”
This one is a favourite of mine, and a great bedtime read!
There's A Wocket In My Pocket
My kids love all the strange and wonderful creatures in this book! My youngest even dressed up as the boy for book week and we printer a Wocket to put in his pocket!
Wacky Wednesday
I had this book as a child and I loved trying to spot all the 'wacky' things in each picture!
Please Try to Remember the First of Octember!
This one of the less popular Dr Seuss books but my kids all LOVED it! It's so much fun imagining what incredible things you might do on the 'first of Octember'.
Fox in Socks
I think I can just about recite this book from memory I've read it so many times! It's full of lots of fun rhyming tongue twisters that everyone will love trying to say!
Green Eggs and Ham
This another Dr Seuss Book that I can recite from memory, and one I've quoted to my kids when they don't want to eat something!!
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
There are lots of fun creatures and made up nonsense words in this book, the kids will love it!
The Lorax
This classic Dr Seuss story is all about caring for the environment. It's also been made into a really great movie!!
Oh, The Places You'll Go!
This is a long time favourite of many people with a great message about being the best 'you' you can be.
The Sneetches and Other Stories
You need to get this book for the 'other stories'... Too Many Daves is an all time favourite in our house, as is 'What was I scared of?'.
Mr Brown Can Moo Can You?
Mr Brown learns to make all kinds of sounds... tip - this is a loud book, don't read it at bedtime!
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
We love poor old Thidwick who is so generous he ends up with a whole bunch of characters living in his antlers!
What’s your favourite Dr Seuss book or quote?
We are fellow Seuss fans and “Oh! The places you will go” is my absolute favourite.
My favourite quote from Dr Seuss is “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
Oh! Ours is The Foot Book. It’s a favorite for sure!
There is so much to love about Dr Seuss. One of my favourite books is “Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!”
And I love this quote from “I can read with my eyes shut!”:
“The more that you read,
the more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
the more places you’ll go.”
Loved reading your favourite quotes Kate!
Dr Seuss books remind me of my childhood. I have been seeing all sorts of Dr Seuss books in the shops recently, and I hadn’t heard of half of them. I guess our collection when I was a kid was rather small. I love Hop on Pop, Fox in Socks, and Green Eggs and Ham.
Oooh now I must find some more Seuss books :D
We obviously don’t have enough!
I do like the Seuss books and my favourite line is:
“And you’re lucky, indeed, you don’t ride a camel.
To ride on a camel you sit on a wamel.
A wamel, you know, is a sort of a saddle
held on by a button that’s known as a faddle.
And boy! If your old wamel-faddle gets loose,
I’m telling you , Duckie, you’re gone like a goose.”
from Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are.
I haven’t read Horton Hears a Who, but I’ve heard its a bit chauvinistic – the Mayor has 96 daughters and 1 son and its all about the son saving the town etc…
The Lorax is my favorite book. Happy TT.
My kids love the one about feet.
Seus is a true life coach. I have held “I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew” as a guide to life for a long, long time. having read your quotes I might have to re read some others agian