Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Theodor Geisel

IS

Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss is an author who wrote a lot of books kids love

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?

Thank you Dr. Seuss!