The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.

And he, he himself, the Grinch - carved the roast beast.

My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.

They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!

So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!

You can think about red. You can think about pink. You can think up a horse. Oh, the THINKS you can think!

It is fun to have fun.