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TM & ® 1963, renewed 1991 by Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.R All rights reserved under

International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United

States by Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by RandomHouse of Canada Limited, Toronto.

This title was originally cataloged by the Library of Congress as follows:

Seuss, Dr. Dr. Seuss’s ABC.

New York, Beginner Books; distributed by Random House © 1963.

63 p. col. illus. 24 cm. (Beginner books, B-30)

I. Title. Dr. Seuss pseud, of Theodor Seuss Geisel. PZ8.3.G276Dm 63-17261

ISBN: 0-394-80030-3 (trade) ISBN: 0-394-90030-8 (lib. bdg.)

Manufactured in the United States of America 1 14

Beginner Books

Public Library San Mateo, CA

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What begins with A?

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Aunt Annie’s alligator

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Barber

baby

bubbles

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What begins with C?

Camel on the ceiling

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BIG Dlittle d

David Donald Doodreamed

a dozen doughnuts

and

a duck-dog, too.

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ABODEear

egg

elephant

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Four fluffy feathers

on a

Fiffer-feffer-feff.

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ABCDEF

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Goat

girl

googoo goggles

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Hungry horse.

Hay.

Hen in a hat.

Hooray !

Hooray !

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itchy.

So am I.

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BIG Jlittle j

What begins with j ?

Jerry Jordan’s

jelly jar

and jam

begin that way.

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Kitten. Kangaroo.

Kick a kettle.

Kite

and a

king’s kerchoo.

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BIG Llittle 1

Little Lola Lopp.

Left leg.

Lazy lion

licks a lollipop.

BIG Mlittle m

Many mumbling mice

are making

midnight music

in the moonlight . . .

mighty nice

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BIG Nlittle n

What begins with those?

Nine new neckties

and a nightshirt

and a nose.

is very useful.

You use it when you say:

“Oscar’s only ostrich

oiled

an orange owl today.”

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Painting pink pajamas.

Policeman in a pail.

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Peter Pepper’s puppy.

And nowPapa’s in the pail.

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BIG Qlittle q

What begins with Q ?

The quick

Queen of Quincy

and her

quacking quacker-oo.

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BIG Rlittle r

Rosy Robin Ross.

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Rosy’s going riding

on her

red rhinoceros.

little s

Silly Sammy Slick

sipped six sodas

and got

sick sick sick.

What begins with T ?

Ten tired turtles

on a tuttle-tuttle tree.

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What begins with U ?

Uncle Ubb’s umbrella

and his

underwear, too.

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Vera Violet Vinn

is

very

very

very awful

on her violin.

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Willy Waterloo

washes Warren Wiggins

who is

washing Waldo Woo.

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is very useful

if your name is

Nixie Knox.

It also

comes in handy

spelling ax

and extra fox.

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Young Yolanda Yorgenson

is yelling on his back.

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What begins with Z ?

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I am a

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San MateoPublic Library

The Beginner Book Story

“Ten years ago, Dr. Seuss took 220words, rhymed them, and turned

out THE CAT IN THE HAT, a little

volume of absurdity that workedlike a karate chop on the wearylittle world of Dick, Jane and Spot.”

—Ellen Goodman, The Detroit FreePress, Nov. 1966

From this magically right beginning

came the concept of Beginner Books,

exacting blends of words and pic-

tures that encourage children to

read — all by themselves. Hailed byelementary educators and remedial

reading specialists, these enor-mously popular books are now used

in schools and libraries throughout

the English-speaking world.

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