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Dr. Seuss at work on a drawing of The
Grinch for "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" (1957)
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- And to Think That
I Saw It on Mulberry Street New York: Beginner Books,
Vanguard Press, Random House, 1937 1983 B-Extra
1
- The 500 Hats of
Bartholomew Cubbins New York: Beginner Books, Vanguard
Press, Random House, 1938 1984 B-Extra 2
- The King's Stilts New
York: Random House, 1939
- The Seven Lady Godivas
New York: Random House, 1939
- Horton Hatches the Egg
New York: Random House, 1940
- McElligot's Pool New
York: Random House, 1947. Caldecott Honor Book
- Thidwick the
Big-Hearted Moose New York: Random House, 1948
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Bartholomew and the Oobleck New York: Random House,
1949. Caldecott Honor Book
- If I Ran the Zoo New
York: Random House, 1950. Caldecott Honor Book
- Scrambled Eggs Super!
New York: Random House, 1953
- Horton Hears a Who!
New York: Random House, 1954
- On Beyond Zebra! New
York: Random House, 1955
- If I Ran the Circus
New York: Random House, 1956
- How the Grinch Stole
Christmas! New York: Random House, 1957
- The Cat in the Hat New
York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1957 1985
B-1
- The Cat in the Hat
Comes Back New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1958
1986 B-2
- Yertle the Turtle and
Other Stories New York: Random House, 1958
- Happy Birthday to You!
New York: Random House, 1959
- One Fish Two Fish Red
Fish Blue Fish New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1960
1988 B-13
- Green Eggs and Ham New
York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1960 1988
B-16
- The Sneetches and
Other Stories New York: Random House, 1961
- Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
New York: Random House, 1962
- Dr. Seuss's ABC New
York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1963 1991
B-30
- Hop on Pop New York:
Beginner Books, Random House, 1963 1991 B-29
- Fox in Socks New York:
Beginner Books, Random House, 1965 1993 B-38
- I Had Trouble in
Getting to Solla Sollew New York: Random House,
1965
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The Eye Book New York: Bright & Early Books,
Random House, 1968 1996 BE-1
- The Cat in the Hat
Song Book New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1967 1994
B-Extra 3
- The Foot Book New
York: Bright & Early Books, Random House, 1968 1996
BE-1
- I Can Lick 30 Tigers
Today! and Other Stories New York: Random House,
1969
- My Book about ME New
York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1970 - Roy McKie 1995
B-Extra 4
- I Can Draw It Myself
New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1970 1996 B-Extra
5
- Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can
You?: Dr. Seuss's Book of Wonderful Noises! New York:
Bright & Early Books, Random House, 1970 1996
BE-7
- The Lorax New York:
Random House, 1971. National Council for the Social Studies
Notable Children's Trade Book / Social Studies
- Marvin K. Mooney Will
You Please Go Now! New York: Bright & Early Books,
Random House, 1972 1997 BE-13
- Did I Ever Tell You
How Lucky You Are? New York: Random House 1973
- The Shape of Me and
Other Stuff New York: Bright & Early Books, Random
House, 1973 1997 BE-16
- There's a Wocket in My
Pocket! New York: Bright & Early Books, Random House,
1974 1997 BE-18
- Great Day for Up! New
York: Bright & Early Books, Random House, 1974 -
(Pictures by Quentin Blake) 1998 BE-19
- Oh, the Thinks You Can
Think! New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1975. (Story
and Pictures by Dr. Seuss) 1996 B-62
- The Cat's Quizzer New
York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1976 1993
B-63
- I Can Read with My
Eyes Shut! New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1978
1996 B-64
- Oh Say Can You Say?
New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1979 1996
B-65
- Hunches in Bunches New
York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1982 1996 B-Extra
6
- The Butter Battle Book
New York: Random House, 1984
- You're Only Old Once!
: A Book for Obsolete Children New York: Random House,
1986.
- I Am NOT Going to Get
Up Today! New York: Random House, 1987 - (illustrated by
James Stevenson) 1996 B-74
- Oh, the Places You'll
Go! New York: Random House, 1990
- Daisy-Head Mayzie New
York: Beginner Books, Random House 1995 1997 B-Extra
7
- Hooray for
Diffendoofer Day! New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. By Dr.
Seuss with some help from Jack Prelutsky & Lane Smith
(posthumous)
- My Many Colored Days
New York : Alfred A. Knopf: Distributed by Random
House, 1996. by Dr. Seuss, paintings by Steve Johnson with
Lou Fancher (posthumous)
- Gerald McBoing-Boing
New York: Random House, 2000 (posthumous)
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Biograhpy of Dr. Seuss:
Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 –
September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist best
known for his classic children's books under the pen name
Dr. Seuss, including The Cat in the Hat, Green
Eggs and Ham, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. His books have
become staples for many children and their parents. Among Dr.
Seuss' trademarks were his rhyming text and his outlandish
creatures. He wrote and illustrated 44 children's books. Many
of his books have been adapted into short animated programs.
His books The Cat in the Hat, The Grinch and
Horton Hears a Who! have been adapted into feature
films, and the musical Seussical is an adaption of all his
books.
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904 in
Springfield, Massachusetts[1] to Henrietta Seuss and Theodor
Robert Geisel.[2] He had two sisters, Marnie and
Henrietta, who died from pneumonia just before the age of
two. He attended Fremont Intermediate School from age 12
to age 14. His father was a parks superintendent in charge
of Forest Park (Springfield), a large park that included a
zoo and was located three blocks from a library. Both
Geisel's father and grandfather were brewmasters in
Springfield, which may have influenced his views on
Prohibition. As a freshman member of the Dartmouth College
class of 1925, he became a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He
also joined the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern,
eventually rising to the rank of editor-in-chief. (He took
over the post from his close friend, author Norman
MacLean.) However, after Geisel was caught throwing a
drinking party (and thereby violating Prohibition), the
school insisted that he resign from all extracurricular
activities. In order to continue his work on the
Jack-O-Lantern without the administration's
knowledge, Geisel began signing his work with the pen name
"Seuss" (which was both his middle name and his mother's
maiden name). His first work signed as "Dr. Seuss"
appeared after he graduated, six months into his work for
humor magazine The Judge where his weekly feature
Birdsies and Beasties appeared.[3] The family, having
immigrated from Germany, would have pronounced their name
as "zoice", the standard pronunciation in German
(according to census, Geisel's mother was born in
Massachusetts, and it was her parents who were the
immigrants). Alexander Liang, who served with Geisel on
the staff of the Jack-O- Lantern and was later a
professor at Dartmouth, illustrated this point.
Though Geisel himself has been quoted as saying
"Seuss -- rhymes with voice", the name is
almost universally pronounced in English with an initial
s sound and rhyming with "juice".[4] Geisel also used the pen name
Theo. LeSieg (Geisel spelled backwards) for books
he wrote but others illustrated.
He entered Lincoln College, Oxford, intending to earn a Ph.D
in literature. At Oxford he met his future wife Helen Palmer;
he married her in 1927, and returned to the United States
without earning the degree. The "Dr." in his pen name is an
acknowledgment of his father's unfulfilled hopes that Seuss
would earn a doctorate at Oxford.
He began submitting humorous articles and illustrations to
Judge, The Saturday Evening Post, Life,
Vanity Fair, and Liberty. One notable
"Technocracy Number" made fun of the Technocracy movement and
featured satirical rhymes at the expense of Frederick Soddy. He
became nationally famous from his advertisements for Flit, a
common insecticide at the time. His slogan, "Quick, Henry, the
Flit!" became a popular catch phrase. Geisel supported himself
and his wife through the Great Depression by drawing
advertising for General Electric, NBC, Standard Oil, and many
other companies. He also wrote and drew a short-lived comic
strip called Hejji in 1935.[3]
In 1937, while Seuss was returning from an ocean voyage to
Europe, the rhythm of the ship's engines inspired the poem that
became his first book, And to Think That I Saw It on
Mulberry Street. Seuss wrote three more children's books
before World War II (see list of works below), two of which
are, atypically for him, in prose.
As World War II began, Dr. Seuss turned to political
cartoons, drawing over 400 in two years as editorial cartoonist
for the left-wing New York City daily newspaper, PM. Dr.
Seuss' political cartoons, later published in Dr. Seuss Goes
to War, opposed the viciousness of Hitler and Mussolini and
were highly critical of isolationists, most notably Charles
Lindbergh, who opposed American entry into the war. One
cartoon[5] depicted all Japanese
Americans as latent traitors or fifth-columnists, while at
the same time other cartoons deplored the racism at home
against Jews and blacks that harmed the war effort. His
cartoons were strongly supportive of President Roosevelt's
conduct of the war, combining the usual exhortations to
ration and contribute to the war effort with frequent
attacks on Congress (especially the Republican Party),
parts of the press (such as the New York Daily News and
Chicago Tribune), and others for criticism of Roosevelt,
criticism of aid to the Soviet Union, investigation of
suspected Communists, and other offenses that he depicted
as leading to disunity and helping the Nazis,
intentionally or inadvertently. In 1942, Dr. Seuss turned
his energies to direct support of the U.S. war effort.
First, he worked drawing posters for the Treasury
Department and the War Production Board. Then, in 1943, he
joined the Army and was commander of the Animation Dept of
the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army
Air Forces, where he wrote films that included Your Job
in Germany, a 1945 propaganda film about peace in
Europe after World War II, Design for Death, a
study of Japanese culture that won the Academy Award for
Best Documentary in 1947, and the Private Snafu
series of adult army training films. While in the Army, he
was awarded the Legion of Merit. Dr. Seuss' non-military
films from around this time were also well-received;
Gerald McBoing-Boing won the Academy Award for Best
Short Subject (Animated) in 1950.
Despite his numerous awards, Dr. Seuss never won the
Caldecott Medal nor the Newbery. Three of his titles were
chosen as Caldecott runners-up (now referred to as Caldecott
Honor books): McElligot's Pool (1947), Bartholomew
and the Oobleck (1949), and If I Ran the Zoo
(1950).
After the war, Dr. Seuss and his wife moved to La Jolla,
California. Returning to children's books, he wrote what many
consider to be his finest works, including such favorites as
If I Ran the Zoo, (1950), Scrambled Eggs Super!
(1953), On Beyond Zebra! (1955), If I Ran the
Circus (1956), and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
(1957).
At the same time, an important development occurred that
influenced much of Seuss' later work. In May 1954, Life
magazine published a report on illiteracy among school
children, which concluded that children were not learning to
read because their books were boring. Accordingly, Seuss'
publisher made up a list of 400 words he felt were important
and asked Dr. Seuss to cut the list to 250 words and write a
book using only those words. Nine months later, Seuss, using
220 of the words given to him, completed The Cat in the
Hat. This book was a tour de force—it retained the
drawing style, verse rhythms, and all the imaginative power of
Seuss' earlier works, but because of its simplified vocabulary
could be read by beginning readers. A rumor exists, that in
1960, Bennett Cerf bet Dr. Seuss $50 that he couldn't write an
entire book using only fifty words. The result was supposedly
Green Eggs and Ham. The additional rumor that Cerf never
paid Seuss the $50 has never been proven and is most likely
untrue. These books achieved significant international success
and remain very popular.
Dr. Seuss went on to write many other children's books, both
in his new simplified-vocabulary manner (sold as "Beginner
Books") and in his older, more elaborate style. In 1982 Dr.
Seuss wrote "Hunches in Bunches". The Beginner Books were not
easy for Seuss, and reportedly he labored for months crafting
them.
At various times Seuss also wrote books for adults that used
the same style of verse and pictures: The Seven Lady
Godivas; Oh, The Places You'll Go!; and You're
Only Old Once.
During a very difficult illness, Dr. Seuss' wife, Helen
Palmer Geisel committed suicide on October 23, 1967. Seuss
married Audrey Stone Dimond on June 21, 1968. Seuss himself
died, following several years of illness, in La Jolla,
California on September 24, 1991.
In 2002, the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden
opened in his birthplace of Springfield, Massachusetts; it
features sculptures of Dr. Seuss and of many of his
characters.
Though he devoted most of his life to writing children's
books, he never had any children himself.
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Lambiek Comiclopedia. Dr. Seuss.
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Pronouncing German Words in English 2
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Dr. Seuss. "Waiting for the Signal from
Home",[1] PM. February
13 1942: p.nn.
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