Observing the birthday of Dr. Seuss, the famed children’s author, many school sites in the Escalon Unified School District set aside a few hours or an entire day in the past week for some ‘reading is fundamental’ time. Here, second grade students at Dent Elementary settle in for some page turning. Shown, from left, Sebastian Rodriguez, Jacob Cavanaugh, Brenna Gray and Alora Strach enjoy the Dr. Seuss books.