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Ten Apples Up on Top: 02/01/11

cover art (Link goes to Powells)Although I was a huge Dr. Seuss fan as a child, I missed Ten Apples Up on Top until my son started reading it. I probably missed it because he originally published it under his Theo LeSieg pseudonym. My son first discovered the edited board book version and the graduated to the full version in first grade. He in turn read it to his sister so now both children love it.

Ten Apples Up on Top is the story of three rollerskating friends, a lion, a dog and a tiger and their competition to see who can balance to most apples up on top. As they add more apples their rollerskating adventures become sillier and more extreme, highlighting the absurdity of balancing apples on one's head.

What I love abut Ten Apples Up on Top is that it's fun to read aloud but easy enough for early readers to handle by themselves. That means we can either join together on the couch for family story time or Sean or Harriet can read the book to themselves. Sometimes they even read it to me.

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Comment #1: Wednesday, February, 2, 2011 at 13:22:45

Jeane

We have this book in our house. I read it over and over as a child and now it's one of my kid's favorites as well.



Comment #2: Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 23:13:32

Pussreboots

I somehow completely missed the book during my own childhood!

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