Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

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Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and published by Random House on September 12, 1973.

An unrelated poem by Seuss titled "Did I Ever Tell You..?" was published in Redbook magazine in February 1956.^[a][1]

Plot

The text consists of a series of descriptive poems, fictively told to an unnamed listener by a wise old man. The man describes a variety of whimsically wretched characters and unfortunate situations, in comparison with which the listener might be considered exceptionally fortunate.

Adaptations

An audio version by John Cleese was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 1994.^[2][3]

Notes

References

Further reading

Rosenburg, Alyssa (2021). "The Great Dr. Seuss Hysteria of 2021 shows how silly and unimaginative adults can be". The Washington Post.

"Current Issue: Representations of Education in Youth Literature". Research on Diversity in Youth Literature | St. Catherine University, Feb. 2019, https://sophia.stkate.edu/rdyl/.

Elizabeth "Scout" Blum, Dr. Seuss's The Lorax: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective, Environmental History, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 789–792, https://doi.org/10.1093/envhis/emab057

Mgr. Jana Hegerová, Mgr. Jana. "Dr. Seuss's Books in Schools". Popularity of Dr. Seuss and the Use of His Books in Language Classes, edited by Alena Dobrovolná.