Like most parents, I could probably recite a handful of childrenâs books from memory. I have Go, Dog, Go! and all of the Janice Dean Freddy the Frogcaster books seared into my brain, and when Iâm old and gray, Iâll be able to hit play and bring them back. Several Dr. Seuss classics are in there too: Cat in the Hat and Fox in Socks are two of them. Iâll be honest: They drive me nuts. But they drive me nuts for the same reasons my children want to hear them over and over, and why I acquiesce; the silly rhymes that drive me up the wall are teaching my children literacy skills.