Green Eggs and Ham
08/12/1960 AD published
By 2001 it had become the fourth-best selling English-language children's hardcover book yet written.
As of 2014 the book has sold 8 million copies. In 1999 the National Education Association (NEA) conducted an online survey of children and teachers, seeking the 100 most popular children's books. The children ranked Green Eggs and Ham third, just above another Dr. Seuss book, The Cat in the Hat.
The teachers ranked it fourth. Teachers ranked it fourth again in a 2007 NEA poll.
Scholastic Parent & Child magazine placed it #7 among the "100 Greatest Books for Kids" in 2012.
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. Seuss books on the list.
The book has become sufficiently ingrained in the cultural consciousness that U.S. District Court Judge James Muirhead referenced Green Eggs and Ham in his September 21, 2007, court ruling after receiving an egg in the mail from prisoner Charles Jay Wolff who was protesting against the prison diet. Muirhead ordered the egg destroyed and rendered his judgment in the style of Seuss.
Senator Ted Cruz read the book on the floor of the United States Senate during his filibuster over the funding of Obamacare.
Musician will.i.am has stated that his moniker is inspired by the story.
Lattitude: 32.84° N
Longitude: 117.2769° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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