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Seuss Facts• Born March 2, 1904, Springfield
Massachusetts• Full Name: Theodor Seuss Geisel• Occupation: Writer, Cartoonist,
Advertising Department of Standard Oil• Died September 24, 1991• Wrote 44 books• Father was a zoo keeper• Biography of Dr. Seuss—The boy on
Fairfield Street : how Ted Geisel grew up to become Dr. Seuss by Kathleen Krull
• And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937-his first book)
• Green Eggs and Ham• The Foot Book• Fox in Socks•How the Grinch Stole Christmas•And many more…
AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET was his first published children’s book.
It was written in 1937. The book was rejected 28 times before it was published.
In 1960, Bennett Cerf (President of Random House Publishing Co.)
bet Dr. Seuss $50 that he
could not write an entire
book using only fifty words.
The result was Green Eggs
and Ham. Cerf never paid
the $50 bet that he lost.
The LoraxThe Lorax was
challenged in the Laytonville, California, school district because it "criminalizes the forestry industry." The Lorax illustrates the results of clear-cutting forests.
Did you know that?• The Cat in the Hat has only 223 words?• Dr. Seuss won 2 Emmy awards, 1
Peabody Award, and 3 Academy Awards• There is no E at the end of Theodor in
his name• He served in the Signal Corps in WWII—
making cartoon training movies for soldiers
• His books have been translated into over 20 languages, and into Braille
Did you know that?• Dr. Seuss also wrote books under the
name Theodore Leseig • (Lesieg = Geisel backwards)
Did you know that?
• Dr. Seuss probably invented the word
NERDNERD??• The first recorded use
of the word is in the book If I Ran the Zoo
And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo
And Bring Back an IT-KUTCH a PREEP and a PROO a NERKLE a NERD and a SEERSUCKER, too! From If I Ran The Zoo, © 1950, Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss LOVED Rhyming• Hop on Pop• The Cat in the Hat• Horton Hatches the Egg• If I Ran the Zoo• The 500 Hats of
Bartholomew Cubbins• The Butter Battle Book• The Lorax• One Fish, Two Fish
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! was
written in 1990 for adult audiences.
This best seller
was also the last book Dr. Seuss would ever write.
Dr. Seuss died in 1991 and his hometown of
Springfield, Massachusetts built a sculpture garden to
honor him.
Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden, Springfield,
MA The Lorax
Dr. Seuss and the Cat in the Hat
Max and the Grinch
Dr. Seuss Quiz1. What is the real name of Dr. Seuss?
2. What was the first published Dr. Seuss book and
what year was it written?
3. Which book was written on a $50 bet?
4. For whom was Oh, the Places You’ll Go! written?
5. What is the title of the last Dr. Seuss book ever
written?
6. Did I Saw It on Mulberry Street get published right away?