March 02, 1904 December 04,1991 Springfield, Massachusetts Children’s Books

Hop on Pop Hand-pulled Lithograph on Archival paper Dr. Seuss hated when his works were called “Whimsical.”

Horton Hears A Who Hand-pulled lithograph on Archival paper Sometimes Dr. Seuss didn’t choose his colors, the publishers told him what they had available.

The Cat In The Hat (A Game That I Call Up-Up-Up With A Fish) Hand-pulled lithograph on archival paper Horton Hears a Who, Yertle the Turtle, The Sneetches, The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, and The Butter Battle Book were also political statements.

Economic Situation Clarified Hand-pulled Serigraph on Paper A Plethora of Cats Hand-pulled serigraph on canvas And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street was his first book.

Relaxed In Spite Of It Hand-Pulled Serigraph on Coventry Rag Paper And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street was rejected 27 times before publishing.

Tower of Babel Hand-pulled Serigraph on Archival Panel Houghton Mifflin and Random House asked Dr. Seuss to write a children’s primer using 220 new-reader vocabulary words; the end result was The Cat in the Hat.

Two Horned Drouberhannis Hand-painted cast resin sculpture Andulovian Grackler Hand-painted cast resin sculpture Dr. Seuss got the horns and beaks from his Dad who worked at a zoo.

Dr. Seuss invented the word ‘Nerd.’

Dr. Seuss also worked on Political films during WWII where he met animator Chuck Jones (How the Grinch stole Christmas, Bugs Bunny)

Dr. Seuss made many valuable contributions to Art, not only with his children’s books but with his other works.

1.When you look at book illustrations, do you look at them as ART ? Why or Why not ? 2. Are Dr. Seuss's advertisements and political cartoons ART? Why or Why not? 3.Why do you think that Dr. Seuss’s Sculpture pieces are not as well known as his illustrations? 4. Pretend that you have to describe your favorite piece of art by Dr. Seuss, that you saw in this presentation, to a friend. How would you describe it without saying the title? (Hint: what colors are used? What is the image of? Where are the characters located in the picture?)