Theodore Seuss GeiselTheodore Seuss GeiselTheodore Seuss GeiselTheodore Seuss Geisel

ImportantImportant LessonsLessons ofof hishis LifeLife

• Take time to enjoy life • Be happy with what life gives

you • Follow what you like and make

the most of it• Find a way to voice your opinion • Find what will bring release of

stress in times of need and anxiety

• You should walk your own path in life

• Whatever you do, do it to perfection

Important Important People/Times in LifePeople/Times in Life

• Father• Mother• Edward Smith• Oxford• Helen Palmer• Audrey Stone• Bennett Cerf and Bob

Berenstain • WWI and WWII

AccomplishmentsAccomplishments• 8 honorary Doctorates• Met 7 presidents, 3

before he was a well known author

• At least three academy awards

• Pulitzer prize winner• Wrote about 58 books

TriviaTrivia

• Claustrophobic• Fear of Public

speaking• Propaganda artist• Invented

Infantograph• Collected hats

FactsFacts onon Dr. Seuss’Dr. Seuss’ BooksBooks

Number of Books by Dr. Seuss per Decade

4 4

10

17

15

7

1

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

Decade

Num

ber

of B

ooks

Number of Books

Dr. Seuss Books Written Per Decade

DecadePublished Number of Books

1930s 4

1940s 4

1950s 10

1960s 17

1970s 15

1980s 7

1990s 1

Total 58

Dr. SeussDr. SeussDr. Seuss

WritingLiteracy Artist

Children’s StoriesAdult Books Beginning Books PaintingsCartoons

Activist

Political Cartoons Letters