In Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss tells a wonderfully convoluted story while sticking to a simple list of 50 words...(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, Sam-I-am, say, see, so, thank, that, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, and you). Just 50 words, but he takes the reader on such a trip with those 50 words. The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham were statements that books easy enough for kids to learn to read with didn't need to be boring. The language...simple. The stories...fantastical. Compelling enough that I still recommend the book to adults learning English as a Second Lanuage.
There is a ton to write about Dr. Seuss and Green Eggs and Ham, but Wikipedia has most of the bases covered.
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