Seuss found Dick and Jane books and their mode of teaching insanely boring on account of the fact that they are insanely boring. That is, children would read a word time and time and time and time… and time again until they figured out what it meant, how to pronounce it, and how to use it in a given context-assuming they care enough to continue reading afterward. These books centered on the belief that memorization was the end-all-be-all of acquiring language skills. Back in the pre-personal computer dark age we know as the 1950s, children books such as Dick and Jane were all the rage. Perhaps a little history is in order (don’t worry we’ll be brief). With this book, and others in the Beginner Books series, he made teaching while reading seem like a fine art. But here's the thing: Seuss is that master at this. Granted, such a claim may not seem like a big deal today, and you could argue the same for any children’s book ever written. Phonics, reading skills, language acquisition, the foundation for a lifelong love of reading-take your pick.
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