The two adorable girls in my kindergarten tutoring group selected this
title for read aloud. Dr. Seuss dos a wonderful job of building phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, and capturing children's imaginations through those uniquely-Seuss illustrations. The picture of the "thing" with 11 fingers led to a rather enlightening discussion:
Me: "Count the fingers..."
Girls: "Eww! He has eleven fingers!"
Me: "Do you have eleven fingers?"
Girl 1: "No, five."
Me: "Count your fingers."
*Girls Counting*
Girl 1 "Woah! *shared looks of wonder and awe* I have 10 fingers!"
You learn something new everyday you read.
Reading Level from Lexile: 180L