You’ve probably heard of “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham,” but you might not know that Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated more than 60 children's books over his lifetime.

As former teacher Rasmussen met with Dawn Schindeldecker’s fifth grade class, she told the students all Dr. Seuss books teach a valuable lesson. Rasmussen read, of course, “The Cat in the Hat ...