My father used to read me Dr. Seuss’ “Hop on Pop” and it’s the book I first remember recognizing words in. Thus, it’s the first book I ever read! I hadn’t looked at it since I was a kid but I bought a board book version for our son so I could read it to him. He loves it and actually asks for it in baby babble: “hob bob pob?”. In the book there’s a drawing of “Red, Ned, Ted and Ed in Bed.” I’ve decided that “Ted” is actually a self portrait of the author, Theodor Seuss Geisel. I’m sure I’m right because he looks like an actual human instead of a typical Seuss character and, well, his name was “Ted”, so of course it’s him. Perhaps this is common knowledge amongst Seuss fans. Now that I’ve noticed this neat self reference, the book is even more fun.