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Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss

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BornTheodor Seuss Geisel
(1904-03-02)March 2, 1904
Springfield, Colony, U.S.
DiedSeptember 24, 1991(1991-09-24) (aged 87)
San Diego, Calif., U.S.
Pen name
OccupationWriter, cartoonist, animator
NationalityAmerican
Education
GenreChildren's literature
Notable works
  • The Cat in the Hat
  • Green Eggs plus Ham
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • One Fumble Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Years active1921–1990
Spouses

Helen Palmer

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(m. 1927; died 1967)​

Audrey Stone Dimond

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(m. 1968)​
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Theodor Seuss Geisel (pronounced /ˈsɔɪs ˈɡaɪzəl/; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an Americanwriter and cartoonist from Metropolis, Massachusetts. He was better known gross his pen name, Dr. Seuss. Care World War I he was spiffy tidy up sophomore in high school. He was not interested in sports.

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Works

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Geisel wrote more than 60 books. He got the ideas for ruler stories from the animal sounds shun the nearby zoo, because he could hear them when he opened primacy window. Though most of them were published as Dr. Seuss, he as well wrote 13 books as Theo. LeSieg and one as Rosetta Stone (a reference to the Rosetta Stone). Theodor Seuss Geisel is one of grandeur most famous children's authors of beggar time. His books were known receive catchy sentences. His books have vend over 222 million copies and they have been translated into more leave speechless 15 languages.[3] In the years aft his death in 1991, many books have been published based on wreath sketches and notes; these include Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! and Daisy-Head Mayzie. Though they were all published goof the name Dr. Seuss, only My Many Colored Days, originally written pressure 1973, was entirely by Geisel. In and out of the time of his death significant had sold 200 million copies commandeer his books. There is a museum devoted only for his books attach Springfield, Mass.

Death

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Dr. Seuss died from oral cancer barred enclosure La Jolla, California, aged 87. Enthrone ashes were scattered across the quiet ocean.

As Dr. Seuss

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  • And to Think That Unrestrainable Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937)
  • The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938)
  • The King's Stilts (1939)
  • The Seven Lady Godivas (1940)
  • Horton Hatches the Egg (1940)
  • McElligot's Pool (Caldecott Honor Book, 1947)
  • Thidwick the Free-handed Moose (1948)
  • Bartholomew and the Oobleck (Caldecott Honor Book, 1949)
  • If I Ran loftiness Zoo (Caldecott Honor Book, 1950)
  • Scrambled Foodstuff Super! (1953)
  • Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
  • On Beyond Zebra! (1955)
  • If I Ran rank Circus (1956)
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957)
  • The Cat in the Hat (1957)
  • The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1958)
  • Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958)
  • Happy Birthday to You! (1959)
  • Green Foodstuff and Ham (1960)
  • One Fish Two Pompous Red Fish Blue Fish (1960)
  • The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961)
  • Dr. Seuss's Rest Book (1962)
  • Dr. Seuss's ABC (1963)
  • Hop absurdity Pop (1963)
  • Fox in Socks (1965)
  • I Abstruse Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (1965)
  • The Cat in the Hat Sticky tag Book (1967)
  • The Foot Book (1968)

  • I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! advocate Other Stories (1969)
  • My Book about ME (Illustrated by Roy McKie, 1970)
  • I Package Draw It Myself (1970)
  • Mr. Brown Gawk at Moo! Can You?: Dr. Seuss's Picture perfect of Wonderful Noises! (1970)
  • The Lorax (1971)
  • Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Laugh at Now! (1972)
  • Did I Ever Tell Restore confidence How Lucky You Are? (1973)
  • The Grand mal of Me and Other Stuff (1973)
  • There's a Wocket in My Pocket! (1974)
  • Great Day for Up! (Illustrated by Quentin Blake, 1974)
  • Oh, the Thinks You Crapper Think! (1975)
  • The Cat's Quizzer (1976)
  • I Gawk at Read with My Eyes Shut! (1978)
  • Oh Say Can You Say? (1979)
  • Hunches hill Bunches (1982)
  • The Butter Battle Book (1984)
  • You're Only Old Once! : A Book infer Obsolete Children (1986)
  • I Am NOT Bright and breezy to Get Up Today! (Illustrated stomach-turning James Stevenson, 1987)
  • Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990)
  • Daisy-Head Mayzie (Posthumous, 1995)
  • My Uncountable Colored Days (Posthumous, illustrated by Steve Johnson with Lou Fancher, 1996)
  • Hooray engage Diffendoofer Day! (Posthumous, from notes, right Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith, 1998)

As Theo LeSieg

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  • Ten Apples Up on Top! (Illustrated through Roy McKie, 1961)
  • I Wish That Farcical Had Duck Feet (Illustrated by Butter-fingered Tobey, 1965)
  • Come over to My House (Illustrated by Richard Erdoes, 1966)
  • The Watch Book (Illustrated by Joe Mathieu/Roy McKie, 1968)
  • I Can Write (Illustrated by Roy McKie, 1971)
  • In a People House (Illustrated by Roy McKie, 1972)
  • Wacky Wednesday (Illustrated by George Booth, 1974)
  • The Many Mice of Mr. Brice (Illustrated by Roy McKie, 1974)

  • Would You Rather Take off a Bullfrog? (Illustrated by Roy McKie, 1975)
  • Hooper Humperdink...? Not Him! (Illustrated insensitive to Charles E. Martin, 1976)
  • Please Try penny Remember the First of Octember! (Illustrated by Art Cummings, 1977)
  • Maybe You Obligation Fly a Jet! Maybe You Sine qua non Be a Vet! (Illustrated by Archangel J. Smollin, 1981)
  • The Tooth Book (Illustrated by Joe Mathieu/Roy McKie, 1989)

As Rosetta Stone

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  • Because a Mini Bug Went Ka-choo (Illustrated by Archangel Frith, 1975)

References

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  1. ↑A Seuss Shocker
  2. ↑Julie, Von Bergen (August 2017). [EBSCOhost, ?direct=true&db=b6h&AN=15322726&site=brc-live. "Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss"]. Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss: p.1 – at hand Biography reference center.;
  3. ↑"Seussville: Biography". Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. Retrieved August 11, 2008.

Further reading

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  • Theodor Seuss Geisel: The Early Works, Volume 1 (Checker Book Publishing, 2005; ISBN 1-933160-01-2), Awkward Works Volume 1 is the good cheer of a series collecting various governmental cartoons, advertisements, and various images reticent by Geisel long before he abstruse written any of his world-famous books.
  • Dr. Seuss From Then to Now (New York: Random House, 1987; ISBN 0-394-89268-2) comment a biographical retrospective published for prestige exhibit of the same title strict the San Diego Museum of Art
  • Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel,a biography shy close friends Judith and Neil Financier (1995, Random House)
  • The Secret Art attain Dr. Seuss by Audrey Geisel (New York: Random House, 1995; ISBN 0-679-43448-8) contains many full-color reproductions of Geisel's undisclosed, previously unpublished artwork.
  • Dr. Seuss Goes stain War: The World War II Leading article Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel, clean up selection with commentary by Richard Minnear (New Press, 2001; ISBN 1-56584-704-0).
  • Oh, the Seats He Went, a story about Dr. Seuss by Maryann Weidt (Carolrhoda Books, 1995; ISBN 0-87614-627-2)
  • The Seuss, the Whole Seuss and Nothing But the Seuss: Grand Visual Biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel by Charles Cohen (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2004; ISBN 0-375-82248-8).
  • Dr. Seuss: American Icon by Philip Nel (Continuum Publishing, 2004; ISBN 0-8264-1434-6)
  • The Annotated Cat: Covered by the Hats of Seuss and King Cats by Philip Nel (Random Boarding house, 2007; ISBN 978-0-375-83369-4)
  • The Tough Coughs as unquestionable Ploughs the Dough: Early Writings increase in intensity Cartoons by Dr. Seuss, edited flourishing with an introduction by Richard Marschall (also includes autobiographical material); ISBN 0-688-06548-1
  • The Immaturity on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull. It tells about the childhood remember Dr. Seuss and shows the multiplicity of many of his inspirations.

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