Who likes green eggs ‘n’ Who-Cakes?

Those of us who enjoy reading — really, really love to read — have every bit as much appetite for books as we do for food.

Hard to believe, maybe, but true. In fact, when a person is “all by their lonesome,” to use an old family expression, food is vastly improved by a good book.

And a good book is vastly improved by its audience. Say you’ve got a cuddly little snugglebug on your lap. Better yet, two of them tucked up together. And you’re reading those ageless classics, “Are You My Mother?” and “Go, Dog. Go!” Hard to beat that for a twice-or-thrice-daily dose of delicious.

And then, of course, no reading session could possibly be considered complete without at least one run-through of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.”

We’re on our third copy of each of those, plus other old gotta-reads, and have now included, to name a few, newcomers “But Not The Hippotamus,” “Snuggle Puppy” and the like.

We started with sons Morgan and Murray, happily continued with grandsons Keegan and Conner, and here we are again, lucky, lucky, lucky, reading to our third grandson, Tanner the Toddler.

And never mind that all of us except T-the-T can quote verbatim from these books by now. Read ragged, baby-, puppy- and kitten-chewed, then replaced with new copies, they’re still going strong in the must-read category. Time-honored favorites, truly.

Something, you’ll admit, that cannot always be said for certain old former food faves.

And we haven’t even touched on the Dr. Seuss books yet! Since our itty-bitty hands-down favorite was then and still remains “Horton Hears A Who!” it’s always surprised me that “Green Eggs &Ham” seems to capture the popular vote with kids.

Must be something about the “green eggs” that grabs their imagination.

So imagine taking a little Who-er or Green-Egger out to breakfast and watching the food from their favorite books come to life. Right there on their very own plate.

Yes, we’re talking Who-Cakes, a colorful stack of shortcake pancakes in various shapes and sizes, covered with boysenberry and blueberry glaze, rainbow chocolate chips and a pink lollipop.

Then there’s the Mayor’s Breakfast, where little kids get a helping of those legendary “green eggs and ham,” in the form of eggs scrambled with spinach, ham strips, hash browns and a choice of Who-Cakes or buttermilk pancakes.

And, standing by Horton’s motto that “a person’s a person, no matter how small,” Jo-jo’s Kid’s Breakfast is specially designed for smaller eaters. It features a smaller stack of Who-Cakes, one scrambled “green” egg and a ham strip.

What say we gather up our little Seuss-ers (or, if there are none hippity-hop-bopping around the house, borrow some) and treat them to one of these special breakfasts at an IHOP family restaurant.

Let’s not drag our feet on this possibility, though — these Seuss-inspired dishes are only available for a limited time — from right now through April 20.

For more info (great pics of these Seuss specials) and IHOP locations, go to www.ihop.com.

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