theodor seuss geisel
Born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts
Nicknamed Ted
Attended Dartmouth College
Wrote for the school's magazine and newspaper
Changed his name to Dr. Seuss to seem more important
and to think that i saw it on mulberry street
Published in 1936
Written when Dr. Seuss was on a ship
The story has the rhythm of the ship's engine
boring books
In the 1950s kids thought books in general were boring because they used plain words
Dr. Seuss was asked to write a book using less than 250 words
Therefore Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat
And he started the beginner books division of Random House Publishing
interesting books
Dr. Seuss captivated children by his fun use of rhyming words
He created many new words to make his books more interesting like Zubble-wumps and ooey-gooey green Ooblecks
His fun and amusing rhymes and words caught the attention of children and made them want to read.
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Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) half-length portrait, seate...the bet
Bennett Cerf was Seuss' publisher
Cerf bet Seuss fifty dollars that he could not write a book with fifty words in it
Seuss won that bet by writing the book Green Eggs and Ham
messages
The Lorax is a book about "people who harm the environment and leave nothing behind" (Seuss)
Horton Hears a Who is about the importance of every life
Seuss wrote this in response to his visit to Hiroshima after the nuclear bomb
The Butter Battle Book is about the silly nuclear arms race
the legacy
A musician and a girls face!
He won an Emmy Award for the show How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss wrote 44 childrens
books which have sold more
than 100 million copies
Dr. Seuss died on 9-24-91