Dr. Seuss books teach basics like colors and reading, but also life skills like sharing and tolerance sadly lacking in many of today's adults. (Kate Ter Haar/Flickr)
At SFBay and all the land we stop and pause to thank a man. A man who shaped our early years who raised us right and calmed our fears. His art drew us in but wouldn’t you know it that this gifted artist was also a poet. He taught us to share he taught us to care he taught us that life won’t always be fair. He taught us to try things that we’ve never had he taught us that different doesn’t mean that it’s bad. And of all the joy that he managed to spread the lessons, the credos, the books before bed The thing that stands out and holds up all the while Is how the great Dr. Seuss always got us to smile.
Jesse Garnier is the editor and founder of SFBay. A Mission District native, he also teaches journalism as associate professor at San Francisco State University.