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cupcake cooks’ cap
date of completion
cupcake cooks’ cap Among the headgear
cited within a tongue-twister—in Oh Say Can
You Say
Curious Crandalls Sleepwalkers described
as going out nightly “with assorted-sized
candles” on their heads—in Dr. Seuss’s
Sleep Book
curly hair Feature cited with regard to the
first tiger the Cat in the Hat dismisses from
contention—in “I Can Lick 30 Tigers
Today!,” as part of I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today!
and Other Stories
curly nose, long Among the various kinds
and descriptions of fish (“With a long curly
nose”) Marco speculates he might catch—in
McElligot’s Pool
curtain Place wherein, the narrator says, he
sometimes feels “quite certain” a creature
called Jertain is present—in There’s a Wocket
in My Pocket!
customer Shoe-store patron with whose
shoe Mr. McGrew departed when called to
Mayzie McGrew’s school—in Daisy-Head
Mayzie
Dad 1: Among the words featured for use
as part of a phrase or sentence—in Hop on
Pop 2: Designation of Marco’s father—in
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
3: Form of the Once-ler’s belligerently
addressing the Lorax—in The Lorax See
also: father; Father of . . .
Da-Dake Place where, it is suggested, one
might think of spending “a day”—in Oh, the
Thinks You Can Think!
daisy 1: Among the things about which
questions are asked—in The Cat’s Quizzer
2: Flower central to the story’s development
—in Daisy-Head Mayzie
Daisy-Head Mayzie Characterization and
designation of the principal character of the
story—in Daisy-Head Mayzie
Dake, Dr. Physician-uncle (also referred to
as “Uncle Dake” and “Uncle Doctor”) consulted
by Gertrude McFuzz when seeking
“some kind of a pill that will make my tail
grow”—in “Gertrude McFuzz,” as part of
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
dancing 1: Activity central to the subject of
the song—in “My Uncle Terwilliger Waltzes
with Bears,” as part of The Cat in the Hat Song
Book 2: Activity it is said Miss Bonkers at
Diffendoofer School “even teaches frogs”—in
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
Daniel Dog (characterized by Grandpa as
“our country’s first gun-toting spaniel”) said
to have been trained to carry the Yooks’
Kick-a-Poo Kid—in The Butter Battle Book
Dapples One of Lady Mitzi’s aquatic
horses—in The Seven Lady Godivas
Daredevil, Great One of several Circus
McGurkus titles accorded Mr. Sneelock—in
If I Ran the Circus
dark Condition of illumination asked
about, as possibly being one within which
to like and/or eat the food treated of—in
Green Eggs and Ham
darked Seussian rendering of “darkened”
(devised to rhyme with “marked”)—in Oh,
the Places You’ll Go!
date of completion Information to be
entered by the volume’s purported author,
on the lines provided (“I finished writing it
. . .”)—in My Book About Me
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