That same year, it was ranked number 12 among the 'Top 100 Picture Books' in a survey published by School Library Journal – the first of five Dr. Scholastic Parent & Child magazine placed it #7 among the '100 Greatest Books for Kids' in 2012. Teachers ranked it fourth again in a 2007 NEA poll. The children ranked Green Eggs and Ham third, just above another Dr. In 1999, the National Education Association (NEA) conducted an online survey of children and teachers, seeking the 100 most popular children's books.

As of 2014, the book has sold 8 million copies. By 2001, it had become the fourth-best selling English-language children's hardcover book yet written.

Green Eggs and Ham was published on August 12, 1960. Anywhere is the only word used that has more than one syllable. The 50 words are a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, and you. Seuss's publisher, that Seuss (after completing The Cat in the Hat using 236 words) could not complete an entire book without exceeding that limit. The vocabulary of the text consists of just 50 words and was the result of a bet between Seuss and Bennett Cerf, Dr. Green Eggs and Ham is one of Seuss's ' Beginner Books', written with very simple vocabulary for beginning readers. He discovers that he likes them after all, happily announcing, 'I do so like green eggs and ham. Finally, Sam-I-Am convinces the man to try them, and he accepts the green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.' Sam further asks him to try the food in various locations (a house, a box, a car, a tree, a train, in the dark, in the rain, a boat) and with a few different animals (a mouse, a fox, a goat), but is still rebuffed. However, he refuses repeatedly, saying 'I do not like green eggs and ham. Sam-I-Am offers Guy-Am-I a plate of green eggs and ham. Seuss on the Loose starring Paul Winchell as the voice of both characters, and more recently an animated TV series of the same name on Netflix (which also gave the originally unnamed character Sam pesters the name 'Guy-Am-I'). The story has appeared in several adaptations, starting with 1973's Dr. As of 2019, the book has sold 8 million copies worldwide. Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960. Green Eggs and Ham is a children's book by Dr.

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