Green Eggs and Ham

( 107 )
Pick Up In Store

Pick Up in Store

Reserve and pick up in 60 minutes at your local store

Hardcover
$8.99
BN.com price
Marketplace (New and Used)
from
$0.01
$8.99 List Price (Save 100%)
Usually ships within 1-2 business days
All (609)  
Used (581)  
New (28)  
Close
Sort by
Page 1 of 61
Showing 1 – 10 of 609 (61 pages)
$0.01
(Save 100%)
Goodwill Industries South Florida
Seller since 2012

Feedback rating:

(32)

Condition:

New — never opened or used in original packaging.

Like New — packaging may have been opened. A "Like New" item is suitable to give as a gift.

Very Good — may have minor signs of wear on packaging but item works perfectly and has no damage.

Good — item is in good condition but packaging may have signs of shelf wear/aging or torn packaging. All specific defects should be noted in the Comments section associated with each item.

Acceptable — item is in working order but may show signs of wear such as scratches or torn packaging. All specific defects should be noted in the Comments section associated with each item.

Used — An item that has been opened and may show signs of wear. All specific defects should be noted in the Comments section associated with each item.

Refurbished — A used item that has been renewed or updated and verified to be in proper working condition. Not necessarily completed by the original manufacturer.

Good
Sorry, CD missing. Used - Good

Ships from: Fort Lauderdale, FL

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$0.99
(Save 89%)
LOOK AT A BOOK OH
Seller since 2007

Feedback rating:

(5242)

Condition: Good
1960 Hardcover Good: Typical used book. All pages and cover intact (including dust cover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and ... highlighting. Occasionally these may be former library books. Overall you will be surprised at how good our used books are. We just want to remind you that this is a used book. Read more Show Less

Ships from: Miamisburg, OH

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$0.99
(Save 89%)
Hungry Bookworm ca
Seller since 2007

Feedback rating:

(2538)

Condition: Good
1960 Library Binding Good A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The ... spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. Read more Show Less

Ships from: Los Angeles, CA

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$0.99
(Save 89%)
ShopGoodwillNLA
Seller since 2009

Feedback rating:

(138)

Condition: Good
1960 Hardcover Good The copies are used. All copies in readable condtion may show signs of wear and folds at corners. The books binding shows little or no wear. All pages are ... crisp with very few pages turned down. No highlighting or ink marks inside book. May contain personalized gift greeting. Thank You for shopping with Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana. Your purchase supports our mission " Improving people's lives through the power of work." Read more Show Less

Ships from: Shreveport, LA

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$0.99
(Save 89%)
Goodwill_Grand_Rapids
Seller since 2011

Feedback rating:

(24)

Condition: Good
1960 Hardcover Good Personal dedication on inside of front cover. The average used book with all pages present. Books with loose bindings, highlighting, cocked spine, torn dust ... jackets, can fall into this category. Read more Show Less

Ships from: Grandville, MI

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$0.99
(Save 89%)
Hungry Bookworm ca
Seller since 2007

Feedback rating:

(2538)

Condition: Good
1960 Library Binding Good A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The ... spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. Read more Show Less

Ships from: Los Angeles, CA

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$0.99
(Save 89%)
BridgePointe Books
Seller since 2011

Feedback rating:

(26)

Condition: Good
1960 Hardcover Good

Ships from: Clarksville, IN

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$0.99
(Save 89%)
Thrift It
Seller since 2009

Feedback rating:

(777)

Condition: Good
Acceptable Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and may have creases.

Ships from: Washington, DC

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$0.99
(Save 89%)
SuperFlyBooks AZ
Seller since 2008

Feedback rating:

(377)

Condition: Good
1960 Hard cover 50th Anniversary Party ed. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 72 p. Contains: Illustrations. I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Book (Cloth). Intended for ... a juvenile audience. Read more Show Less

Ships from: Phoenix, AZ

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
$0.99
(Save 89%)
Alibris NV
Seller since 2005

Feedback rating:

(18867)

Condition: Very Good
1960-08-12 Hardcover 50th Anniversary Very Good Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 72 p. Contains: Illustrations.

Ships from: Sparks, NV

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

  • •Canadian
  • •International
  • •Standard, 48 States
  • •Standard (AK, HI)
  • •Express, 48 States
  • •Express (AK, HI)
Page 1 of 61
Showing 1 – 10 of 609 (61 pages)
Close
Sort by

Overview

Back in 1957, Theodor Geisel responded to an article in Life magazine that lamented the use of boring reading primers in schools. Using the pseudonym of "Dr. Seuss" (Seuss was Geisel's middle name) and only 223 words, Geisel created a replacement for those dull primers: The Cat in the Hat. The instant success of the book prompted Geisel and his wife to found Beginner Books, and Geisel wrote 44 books in this series. These affordable hardcover books combine large print, easy vocabulary, and large, bright illustrations in stories kids will want to read again and again. Grades 1 - Grades 2.

... See more details below
Note: Kids' Club Eligible. See More Details.
Sending request ...

More About This Book

Overview

Back in 1957, Theodor Geisel responded to an article in Life magazine that lamented the use of boring reading primers in schools. Using the pseudonym of "Dr. Seuss" (Seuss was Geisel's middle name) and only 223 words, Geisel created a replacement for those dull primers: The Cat in the Hat. The instant success of the book prompted Geisel and his wife to found Beginner Books, and Geisel wrote 44 books in this series. These affordable hardcover books combine large print, easy vocabulary, and large, bright illustrations in stories kids will want to read again and again. Grades 1 - Grades 2.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780394800165
  • Publisher: Random House Children's Books
  • Publication date: 8/28/1960
  • Edition number: 50
  • Pages: 72
  • Sales rank: 428
  • Age range: 3 - 5 Years
  • Lexile: 30L (what's this?)
  • Series: Beginner Books(R) Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.69 (w) x 9.29 (h) x 0.48 (d)

Meet the Author

Dr. Seuss
It’s difficult to imagine the children’s book landscape without Dr. Seuss, who is, almost half a century after The Cat in the Hat, the best-recognized children’s book writer in the country. But until Dr. Seuss -- a.k.a. Theodor Seuss Geisel -- reinvented the genre with his colorful and exuberant Sneetches, Grinches, Zaxes, and Zooks, children’s books were often little more than literal-minded lessons and cautionary tales intended to transform young readers into productive citizens.

Biography

Now that generations of readers have been reared on The Cat in the Hat and Fox in Socks, it's easy to forget how colorless most children's books were before Dr. Seuss reinvented the genre. When the editorial cartoonist Theodor Seuss Geisel wrote And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street in 1936, the book was turned down by 27 publishers, many of whom said it was "too different." Geisel was about to burn his manuscript when it was rescued and published, under the pen name Dr. Seuss, by a college classmate.

Over the next two decades, Geisel concocted such delightfully loopy tales as The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins and Horton Hears a Who. Most of his books earned excellent reviews, and three received Caldecott Honor Awards. But it was the 1957 publication of The Cat in the Hat that catapulted Geisel to celebrity.

Rudolf Flesch's book Why Johnny Can't Read, along with a related Life magazine article, had recently charged that children's primers were too pallid and bland to inspire an interest in reading. The Cat in the Hat, written with 220 words from a first-grade vocabulary list, "worked like a karate chop on the weary little world of Dick, Jane and Spot," as Ellen Goodman wrote in The Detroit Free Press. With its vivid illustrations, rhyming text and topsy-turvy plot, Geisel's book for beginning readers was anything but bland. It sold nearly a million copies within three years.

Geisel was named president of Beginner Books, a new venture of Random House, where he worked with writers and artists like P.D. Eastman, Michael Frith, Al Perkins, and Roy McKie, some of whom collaborated with him on book projects. For books he wrote but didn't illustrate, Geisel used the pen name Theo LeSieg (LeSieg is Geisel spelled backwards).

As Dr. Seuss, he continued to write bestsellers. Some, like Green Eggs and Ham and the tongue-twisting Fox in Socks, were aimed at beginning readers. Others could be read by older children or read aloud by parents, who were often as captivated as their kids by Geisel's wit and imagination. Geisel's visual style appealed to television and film directors, too: The animator Chuck Jones, who had worked with Geisel on a series of Army training films, brought How the Grinch Stole Christmas! to life as a hugely popular animated TV special in 1966. A live-action movie starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch was released in 2000.

Many Dr. Seuss stories have serious undertones: The Butter Battle Book, for example, parodies the nuclear arms race. But whether he was teaching vocabulary words or values, Geisel never wrote plodding lesson books. All his stories are animated by a lively sense of visual and verbal play. At the time of his death in 1991, his books had sold more than 200 million copies. Bennett Cerf, Geisel's publisher, liked to say that of all the distinguished authors he had worked with, only one was a genius: Dr. Seuss.

Good To Know

The Cat in the Hat was written at the urging of editor William Spaulding, who insisted that a book for first-graders should have no more than 225 words. Later, Bennett Cerf bet Geisel $50 that he couldn't write a book with just 50 words. Geisel won the bet with Green Eggs and Ham, though to his recollection, Cerf never paid him the $50.

Geisel faced another challenge in 1974, when his friend Art Buchwald dared him to write a political book. Geisel picked up a copy of Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! and a pen, crossed out each mention of the name "Marvin K. Mooney," and replaced it with "Richard M. Nixon." Buchwald reprinted the results in his syndicated column. Nine days later, President Nixon announced his resignation.

The American Heritage Dictionary says the word "nerd" first appeared in print in the Dr. Seuss book If I Ran the Zoo: "And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo / And bring back an It-Kutch a Preep and a Proo / A Nerkle a Nerd and a Seersucker, too!" The word "grinch," after the title character in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, is defined in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as a killjoy or spoilsport.

    1. Also Known As:
      Theodor Seuss Geisel (full name); also: Theo LeSieg, Rosetta Stone
    1. Date of Birth:
      March 2, 1904
    2. Place of Birth:
      Springfield, Massachusetts
    1. Date of Death:
      September 4, 1991
    2. Place of Death:
      La Jolla, California
Customer Reviews
Average Rating 4.5
( 107 )

Rating Distribution

  • ( 90 )
  • ( 9 )
  • ( 5 )
  • ( 1 )
  • ( 2 )
If you've bought this product, tell the world how you liked it.
Write a Review
See All Sort by: Showing 1 – 20 of 107 Customer Reviews

  • Posted September 26, 2011

    great book for children

    I loved this book as a child, my kids loved it when they were small and my grandsons are smitten with it - no childs book collection is complete without "Green Eggs and Ham"

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted August 17, 2011

    this book was great!!!!! awesome!!!!

    the book is kinda wierd becuase he dosen't like the green eggs and ham at the begging but he didn't try it so how could he not like it and when he trys it he ends up liking it so try defferint thing try somthing new.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted January 26, 2012

    more from this reviewer

    Review

    Dr. Seuss presents another perfectly constructed tale in language--this one about understanding differences.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted January 3, 2012

    Great book.

    One of my favorite books when I was a kid. Has excellent rhymes and nice illustrations.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted August 29, 2011

    Great books for students and teachers!

    The book is about different ways and places to eat Green Eggs and Ham. I would not recommend this book to a beginning reader. Parts of the story are confusing, the wording and rhyming makes you stumble, therefore making it difficult to read. Although, this is a good book for you to read to your kids who are ages 5 and up or students who are in 1st-3rd grade. The illustrations and colors that the author used are sure the catch the young readers attention.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted July 25, 2011

    This book is AWESOME!

    My son (Age 7) wrote a review for this book. "I liked this book because it was funny. I liked this book because Sam i Am is funny. One thing from the book that I found interesting was the picture when he was about to try the green eggs and ham."

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted March 15, 2011

    Read This Book, Free 10 pages. All in: greatdiscount.tk

    Read This Book, Free 10 pages.
    All in:
    greatdiscount.tk

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted March 10, 2011

    I Also Recommend:

    Of all ages-You will LOVE this book

    Green Eggs and Ham is an all time Dr. Seuss favorite. It has been read time after time in the classroom, at bedtime, etc. This is a great book for the family, ranging from three year olds to adults!

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted March 6, 2011

    !!!!Get Free Discount (off $10 On BN)! Get form website: greatdiscount.tk

    !!!!Get Free Discount (off $10 On BN)! Get form website: greatdiscount.tk

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted December 8, 2010

    Green eggs and ham

    Green eggs and ham is a beloved book by all ages. From kids to adults the rhyming scheme of the story help reading deployment with funny aspects.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted August 17, 2010

    more from this reviewer

    Wonderful Children's Book

    This is the 1st book I remember reading from my childhood. Before I could read it by myself, my mother made it so exciting! By the few simple words used she could use the inflection in her voice to make me interested. We read the book repeatedly until I could read it on my own. I am not going to say if you read this to your child over and over they will be a GREAT reader but I was inspired to constantly read; and maybe it would work for your child. I read "Gone With The Wind" by age 8. I've not stopped reading and will be "Lordy, Lordy 40" soon.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted June 3, 2010

    I Also Recommend:

    We love green eggs and ham

    I read green eggs and ham almost every night to my children. Its catchy funny and it teaches your children to try knew things

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted May 15, 2010

    Love this book.

    This was always one of my favorites growing up. I am now to happy to be able to share Green Eggs and Ham with my daughter. She absolutely loves the silly pictures and funny words. She likes to sit and flip through the pages on her own almost as much as likes to have us read the book to her. She is one now and I hope she loves this book as much as I did as she gets older. She loves all of the Dr Seuss books but this is one of her favorites. She has us read it over and over again, not wanting to stop. I would probly be really annoyed with any other book.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted April 20, 2010

    I hate Dr. Seuss but my son loves him

    These books drive me crazy and, in my opinion, they're just too long! They go on forever with repetitive verse. What drives me crazy enthralls my two year-old, so I have to keep buying...

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted April 8, 2010

    I do like it Sam I am

    Who doesn't like Green Eggs and Ham!?

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted March 30, 2010

    epic book

    you'll never read anything this good.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted March 25, 2010

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW GREEN EGGS AND HAM

    Book title and author: Green eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
    Title of review: Sam-I-am
    Number of stars (1 to 5): 5

    Introduction: Sam-I-am trys to get the old grump to taste green eggs and ham but the old grump won't


    Description and summary of main points:. Sam-i-am try's every thing in a box, with a fox. In the rain even on a train. Sam-i-am is determined to get the old grump to eat green eggs and ham


    Evaluation: "That Sam-I-am that Sam I-am I do not like that Sam I am" One of Dr. Seuss best and well know books


    Conclusion: Sam-I-am tries to get the old grump to eat green eggs and he goes through a lot of things to get him to eat


    Your final review: 5 out of 5 stars

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted March 13, 2010

    Green Eggs and Ham

    My kids and I love Green Eggs and Ham. It has a good story about trying new foods. The illustrations are wonderful. Dr. Seuss can come up with a rhyme for any word there is. There was a while we had to read it every night for bedtime. I would highly recommend it.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted February 1, 2010

    Book reviews: Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss

    "Green Eggs and Ham" is an entertaining book that will appeal to children and adults as well. Throughout the book, the main character "Sam I Am" tries tirelessly to persuade his friend to eat an odd dish of green eggs and ham.
    Preschool children will enjoy the rhythmic and repetitive flow of the words in the story. This format helps new readers learn to recognize new words and allows them to read along with adults. Throughout the story, "Sam I Am" repeatedly asks "do you like green eggs and ham?" To further entice his friend to eat this bizarre but delicious concoction, he asks his friend questions that rhyme; "Do you like them in a box? Do you like them with a fox?"
    Beyond the obvious educational benefit of helping young children learn to read, this book teaches youngsters a lesson in life; that trying something new can be a good thing. Like "Sam I Am's" friend, children are often opposed to trying something that is unfamiliar to them. Then one day they try it, and to their surprise, they like it. The characters in this book along with the favorable outcome, encourages kids to try new things.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted January 10, 2010

    I Also Recommend:

    Who doesn't like green eggs and ham?

    Fun book! My son loves it and I enjoy reading it to him. Check out the Journey of a Grape, another fun rhyming book for toddlers.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
See All Sort by: Showing 1 – 20 of 107 Customer Reviews
If you find inappropriate content, please report it to Barnes & Noble
Why is this product inappropriate?
Comments (optional)
500 character limit