9 Seuss Dictionary - JohnThurlow.com

Count, Audio . . .
Creek, Bumble-Tub
Count, Audio-Telly-o-Tally-o Means cited
as being that of determining the number of
sleepers—in Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book
Count, Who’s-Asleep Tally of sleepers
(also called Who’s-Asleep-Score), as provided
by the narrator—in Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book
counting room Area within King Derwin’s
palace where Bartholomew Cubbins receives
“five hundred pieces of gold in a bag” for
“the most beautiful hat that had ever been
seen in the Kingdom of Didd”—in The 500
Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
country of residence Among the things
about which information is to be provided
by the volume’s purported author—in My
Book About Me
County of Keck Place from which the news
of the yawning bug “By the name of Van
Vleck” was received—in Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book
Coventry Place that is the setting of the
story—in The Seven Lady Godivas
Coventry, Earl of all Formal title of Lord
Godiva—in The Seven Lady Godivas
cow and cows 1: Among the animals Ned
complains about having in his bed—in One
Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish 2: Among
the means of conveyance (“go / by cow”)
suggested for departure—in Marvin K. Mooney
Will You Please Go Now! 3: Among the things
King Yertle declares have come, as his throne
is progressively elevated, within his domain
—in “Yertle the Turtle,” as part of Yertle the
Turtle and Other Stories 4: Animal about
which is asked, “Did you ever milk / this
kind of cow”—in One Fish Two Fish Red
Fish Blue Fish 5: Animal involved in Miss
Bonkers’ undertaking to show Diffendoofer
School students “how / To tell a cactus from
a cow”—in Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
6: Among the animals said to be “getting
stuck” to other animals by the oobleck—in
Bartholomew and the Oobleck 7: Among the
things Mr. Brown “can go like,” making the
sound “moo”—in Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can
You See also: partly a cow
cracks Among the words featured as part
of a tongue-twisting sentence—in Oh Say Can
You Say
cranberries Produce Bartholomew Cubbins
“carried a basket of . . . to sell at the market”
—in The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Crandalls, Curious Sleepwalkers described
as going out nightly “with assorted-sized
candles” on their heads—in Dr. Seuss’s
Sleep Book
Cranes, South-West-Facing Birds (about
which it is said that one, “when she’s guarding
her nest, / Will always stand facing precisely
South West”) eggs of which were
secured by Peter T. Hooper—in Scrambled
Eggs Super!
craving 1: Emotion of King Yertle, with
respect to the elevation of his throne, central
to the story’s development—in “Yertle the
Turtle,” as part of Yertle the Turtle and Other
Stories 2: Emotion of Gertrude McFuzz,
with respect to the nature of her tail, central
to the story’s development—in “Gertrude
McFuzz,” as part of Yertle the Turtle and Other
Stories
Creek, Bumble-Tub Waterway members
of the Bumble-Tub Club are said to “go
dreaming down” nightly (“Except for one
night, every third or fourth week . . .”)—in
Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book
• 30 •