{"id":42724,"date":"2013-02-25T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=42724"},"modified":"2013-02-25T08:33:46","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T13:33:46","slug":"celebrate-dr-seuss-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=42724","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Dr. Seuss Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bookstore hosts party in honor of author\u2019s birth anniversary<\/p>\n<p>(Hamilton, NY &#8211; Feb. 2013) The Colgate Bookstore will host a Dr. Seuss Party from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 2, in the Class of 2003 Events Room (third floor) at 3 Utica St. The celebration is free and open to children of all ages, although the stories and activities are mainly geared toward ages 3-8.<\/p>\n<p>The fun will begin as special guests the Cat in the Hat and Things 1 and 2 present a dramatic reading of a Dr. Seuss story and then pose for photos. Children will then make a Seuss-themed craft and play a choice of party games. Cupcakes will be served as a snack and every child who attends will receive a balloon and party favors.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Seuss is the pen name of beloved children\u2019s author Theodore Seuss Geisel, who was born on March 2, 1904. He wrote 46 children\u2019s books, including the best-selling Green Eggs &amp; Ham, The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Geisel&#8217;s birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative created by the National Education Association to promote reading to children.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call <a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/catinthehat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42725\" alt=\"catinthehat\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/catinthehat-213x300.jpg\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/catinthehat-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/catinthehat-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/catinthehat.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>228.6944.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bookstore hosts party in honor of author\u2019s birth anniversary (Hamilton, NY &#8211; Feb. 2013) The Colgate Bookstore will host a Dr. Seuss Party from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 2, in the Class of 2003 Events Room (third floor) at 3 Utica St. The celebration is free and open to children of all ages, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[4597,8643],"class_list":["post-42724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libraries","tag-colgate-bookstore","tag-hamilton-ny-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}