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Oh Say Can You Say?

First published
1979
Reading stage
Early readers & short stories

Reading this with your child

This 1979 Dr. Seuss book turns reading aloud into a game with its tongue-twisters. It's best for shared reading with someone who doesn't mind trying the same phrase again to get it right.

For sharing or taking turns; please note that not all of these are phonics-based decodable books.

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Publication history & sources

This book is in the Publishers Weekly historical bestseller survey. Inclusion in that survey documents its cumulative popularity, but does not establish a specific sales rank within the 1970s.

Publication record for Oh Say Can You Say?

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