NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Seuss has a gift for you — so long as you had been born on March 2.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises, which final yr provided 10,000 free copies of “The Cat in the Hat” to infants born on March 2, will broaden the provide this yr to anybody with that birthday. Dr. Seuss, born Theodor Geisel, was born on that day in 1904. His books, resembling “Green Eggs and Ham” and “The Cat in the Hat,” stay fashionable many years after his 1991 demise.
These born on March 2 who register at SeussPledge.com can select to have a customized e book despatched to them or present 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,’” stated Susan Brandt, president and CEO of Dr. Seuss Enterprises in an announcement.
Books donated for the pledge can be co-funded by Dr. Seuss’s longtime publishing companion, Random Home Youngsters’s Books. The inside of every e book will embody a customized message that commemorates the recipient’s Seussian birthday and encourages them to learn on daily basis
Members should submit their full identify, electronic mail deal with, mailing deal with and cellphone quantity and add proof of a March 2 birthdate.
The provide is on a first-come, first-served foundation, capped at 20,000 copies. Entrants should be at the very least 18 and authorized residents of the 50 states or Washington, D.C.
