''Come over to My House'' is a 1966 children's book written by

Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel (;"Seuss"
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. The name "Theo. LeSieg" was a pen name of Theodor Geisel, who is more commonly known by another pen name, Dr. Seuss. The illustrations portray the various styles of homes that kids from around the world live in along with Seuss's recognizable verse. Throughout the book they also cover what kids eat, how they sleep (Japanese wooden pillows), play (sledding on pine needles), and even clean-up afterwards (Polynesian hot spring). The book was the 44th in the

Beginner Books Beginner Books is the Random House imprint for young children ages 3–9, co-founded by Phyllis Cerf with Ted Geisel, more often known as Dr. Seuss, and his wife Helen Palmer Geisel. Their first book was Dr. Seuss's ''The Cat in the Hat'' (19 ...

series, in between B-43: ''You Will Live Under the Sea'' (1966) by F. & M. Phleger and B-45: '' Babar Loses His Crown'' (1967), by

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Reception

In 2017, Maria Botelho of the ''

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'' criticized the book's images, despite the fact that Dr. Seuss did not illustrate it. Botelho wrote, "in

he book He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...

the white male protagonist travels from one stereotype about people’s dress and housing to another across the globe".

References

1966 children's books Books by Dr. Seuss Random House books {{Dr. Seuss