Customer Reviews

Green Eggs and Ham and Other Servings of Dr. Seuss (Unabridged)

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1 star:		(2)

 

 

My son (4 1/2 yrs) asks to listen to this every time we get in the car. The narration is wonderful, with a soothing rhythmic quality. Our favorite is the Jason Alexander's rousing version of Green Eggs & Ham, and his reading of the ABC's (there's a sneeze at the letter "K" which threw my 22 month old into hysterics. I've never seen a baby laugh so hard. To this day it makes him to laugh every time). David Hyde Pierce is great at the tongue twisters, which is why I guess most of those stories are read by him. The Michael McKeaon ones are a little weak, however we don't currently have the books that he reads, so it just may be that we're not familiar with those stories. These stories seem to make whatever ride we're going on that much shorter. There's also been many times when we've arrived at our destination & my oldest son will ask to stay in the car until the story is over.

And as for the other reviewer saying this CD is as boring as an insurance seminar.....I currently am going to school for my insurance license & I can assure you the CD is most certainly not boring. The insurance classes on the other hand......

This is a terrific audio CD of our Dr. Seuss favorites. My sons love to read along in the car and at home. The celebrity readings are great to listen to. Even my husband and I listen in the car, long after the kids have dozed off. Don't miss out on this collection. Well worth it!

If you've wearied of Green Eggs and Ham and Sam-I-Am, and would rather not Hop on Pop, you'll be grateful for this CD set with lively readings of the kid-favorites by familiar voices like Jason Alexander, David Hyde Pierce, and Michael McKean. For young readers, pair them up with the books to follow along and VOILA! Instant Readers! this year is Dr. Seuss's 100th birthday!

My two-year-old son and I have a lot of fun listening to some of our favorite stories in the car, but the performances are a little lackluster. I think Jason Alexander puts the most into his performances, but David Hyde Pierce and Michael McKean are just okay. In fact, since they are the only three voices on the cd, I get a little tired of them. But overall, the cd is enjoyable.

I don't know why a previous reviewer found this boring. It's true that ABC lacks much in the way of narrative, but my kids (3 and 5) still seem to love it. The title story, read by Jason Alexander, is great. That one can get a little monotonous to read, but he really sells it. When I read Green Eggs and Ham now, I imitate some of his phrasing of the lines.

These stories are so boring on the CD. Some of the books selected do not work well on a CD and read so straight through it was painful. Where is the lilt in the voice and the bounce that makes Seuss fun? I am not happy this is just sitting in our collection now.

Don't buy this. Read the books with the little ones in your life and keep Seuss interesting!

Great cd. The whole family loves it! We listen to it on car rides and in the house during storytime

I had high hopes for this based on Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat and Other Favorites. That set is absolutely wonderful with amazing voice talent. These readers, however, aren't as good, but that makes sense since the actors used (David Hyde Pierce, Jason Alexander, Michael McKean) while entertaining on tv, don't compare talent-wise to Dustin Hoffman, Walter Matthau, John Lithgow, Billy Crystal, etc.

My advice is to pass on this set and get the other. If you already have it and your kids want more Seuss, be prepared that this set isn't as good.

Dr. Seuss breaks down the limitation of the norm with the book Green Eggs and Ham. He takes the unreal and applies learn strategies to it. I gave this book five stars because it gets the job done. This book introduces rhyming words and site word recognition. I would recommend this book for all students that seem to have a problem with identifying site words and rhyming sounds. The controversy of the green eggs and ham keeps it interesting which makes it fun to read.

I purchased this and "The Cat in The Hat" CD and they are the B-E-S-T thing I've picked up in a long time. My son loves reading and being read to, esp. Dr. Seuss, and these come in handy after I've read the 10th... 12th... 14th book with him that day. He plays these at least 3x every day. The voices (all well known actors) are very well suited to the stories they read and give a great alternative style to "mom's". Plus with 2 CDs in each collection my son never gets bored.