The pre-K through 2nd-grade students at PS 158 in East New York, Brooklyn, had never been to a birthday party quite like the one they attended at their school on March 2 — a celebration of Theodor Seuss Geisel’s birthday as part of the annual nationwide Read Across America event. There were party hats and birthday cake, just like most other parties, but at this party there were Dr. Seuss stories that came to life and were acted out in costume. Prekindergartners brought the socks they had created in art class and reveled in the rhyming words for the “Fox in Socks” story. Librarian Jacqueline Charlton had arranged for the kindergartners to sample pieces of green apple following a reading of “Green Eggs and Ham.” It was strangely quiet when 1st-graders were asked what would happen if their houses were left in a mess as they were in “The Cat in the Hat,” while 2nd-graders were left wondering what to do about the pink ring the cat left in the bathtub in the sequel, “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.” Teacher Darlene Cotton declared the party a huge success. “The children loved seeing the stories acted out,” she said. And at the end of each group’s special Dr. Seuss adventure, the students pledged to read every day — which Charlton said seemed likely considering the long lines at the library for books.