In the book a creature named Sam-I-Am tries to get another creature to eat an unusual meal, green eggs and ham.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

During tough times -- I mean we are in a recession right now -- this is like affordable luxury.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

"I want a grandchild.I'll be seventy in July, and I just -- whether they get married or not, I want a grandchild."

VOA: special.2011.05.23

Marcelo D2 has performed with famous American hip-hop artists such as will-i-am from the Black Eyed Peas.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

As I watched the fierce-looking creatures, I failed to hear twenty full-grown Martians coming from behind me.

VOA: special.2011.07.16

The Seattle P-I was one hundred forty-six years old -- the oldest daily newspaper in Washington state.

VOA: special.2009.03.21

"Well,I hope you answered them right." "Oh,I did. When he asked me your height, I said five-foot-ten."

VOA: special.2009.10.11

He said: "When I saw hard-working people suffering under debts, sickness and worries, I knew there was plenty to make up songs about."

VOA: special.2010.06.13

I said good-bye and left. "The man who almost had an accident was one of my servants.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

A calf is a young cow. A young female cow, especially one that has not yet had a calf, is called a heifer: H-E-I-F-E-R.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

And this I did for seven long nights -- but I found the eye always closed;

VOA: special.2009.05.16

"Momma says--I mean Momma thinks maybe I should go to her house to have the baby.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

And they like to look at the pictures of unusual creatures such as the Cat in the Hat, Thing One,Thing Two, Little Cindy-Lou Who,and Sam-I-Am.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

"My whole life,I'm like, I'm Mexican and I'm really -- I'm a proud Mexican-American and I swear I was an Aztec princess in my past life.

VOA: special.2010.09.13