Theodor S. Geisel "probably the best-loved and certainly the best-selling children's book writer of all time" Robert Wilson of the New York Times Book Review

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Publisher: Random House Year: 1990 Genre: Poetry Summary: “Advice in rhyme for proceeding in life; weathering fear, loneliness, and confusion; and being in charge of your actions”

The life of Dr. Seuss Born March 2, 1904 in Springfield, MA German family Attended Dartmouth College “Dr. Seuss” Attended Oxford for his P.H.D. however he did not finish because he wanted to pursue drawing Dartmouth and Princeton awarded Geisel honorary degrees Married Helen Palmer in 1927 unable to have children

Worked in advertising for Holly Sugar, NBC, Ford, General Electric, Standard Oil, and many others 1937: And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street 1940s: Political Cartoons October 23, 1967: Helen past away June 21, 1968: Married Audrey Stone Dimond wrote 46 children’s books Oh, The Places You’ll Go! was published in 1990 Died September 24, 1991

His work And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Vanguard (New York, NY), The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, Vanguard (New York, NY), The Seven Lady Godivas, Random House (New York, NY), 1939, reprinted, The King's Stilts, Random House (New York, NY), Horton Hatches the Egg, Random House (New York, NY), McElligot's Pool, Random House (New York, NY), Thidwick, the Big-hearted Moose, Random House (New York, NY), Bartholomew and the Oobleck, Random House (New York, NY), If I Ran the Zoo, Random House (New York, NY), Scrambled Eggs Super! (also see below), Random House (New York, NY), 1953.

work continued The Sneetches and Other Stories, Random House (New York, NY), Horton Hears a Who! (also see below), Random House (New York, NY), On Beyond Zebra, Random House (New York, NY), If I Ran the Circus, Random House (New York, NY), Signs of Civilization! (booklet), La Jolla Town Council (La Jolla, CA), The Cat in the Hat (also see below), Random House (New York, NY), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also see below), Random House (New York, NY), The Cat in the Hat Comes Back!, Beginner Books (New York, NY), Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, Random House (New York, NY), Happy Birthday to You!, Random House (New York, NY), 1959, revised as Happy Birthday to You!: A Pop-Up Book, paper engineering by William Wolff, 2003

work continued One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Random House (New York, NY), Green Eggs and Ham, Beginner Books (New York, NY), 1960, adapted by Aristides Ruiz as Green Eggs and Ham: With Fabulous Flaps and Peel-off Stickers, Random House (New York, NY), Dr. Seuss' Sleep Book, Random House (New York, NY), Hop on Pop, Beginner Books (New York, NY), 1963, revised as a board book, Dr. Seuss' ABC, Beginner Books (New York, NY), (With Philip D. Eastman) The Cat in the Hat Dictionary, by the Cat Himself, Beginner Books (New York, NY), Fox in Socks, Beginner Books (New York, NY), I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew, Random House (New York, NY), Dr. Seuss' Lost World Revisited: A Forward-Looking Backward Glance (nonfiction), Award Books (New York, NY), The Cat in the Hat Songbook, Random House (New York, NY), 1967.

work continued The Foot Book, Random House (New York, NY), 1968, adapted as a lift-the-flap book, I Can Lick Thirty Tigers Today! and Other Stories, Random House (New York, NY), My Book about Me, by Me Myself, I Wrote It! I Drew It! With a Little Help from My Friends Dr. Seuss and Roy McKie, illustrated by Roy McKie, Beginner Books (New York, NY), Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, Random House (New York, NY), I Can Draw It Myself, Random House (New York, NY), The Lorax, Random House (New York, NY), Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now?, Random House (New York, NY), Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?, Random House (New York, NY), The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, Random House (New York, NY), Great Day for Up!, illustrated by Quentin Blake, Beginner Books (New York, NY), 1974.

work continued There's a Wocket in My Pocket!, Random House (New York, NY), Dr. Seuss Storytime (includes Horton Hears a Who), Random House (New York, NY), Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!, Random House (New York, NY), The Cat's Quizzer, Random House (New York, NY), I Can Read with My Eyes Shut, Random House (New York, NY), Oh Say Can You Say?, Beginner Books (New York, NY), The Dr. Seuss Storybook (includes Scrambled Eggs Super!), HarperCollins (New York, NY), Hunches in Bunches, Random House (New York, NY), The Butter Battle Book (also see below), Random House (New York, NY), You're Only Old Once, Random House (New York, NY), 1986.

work continued The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough: Early Writings and Cartoons by Dr. Seuss, edited by Richard Marschall, Morrow (New York, NY), I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!, illustrated by James Stevenson, Beginner Books (New York, NY), Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Random House (New York, NY), 1990, revised as Oh, the Places You'll Pop-Up!, paper engineering by William Wolff, Six by Seuss (includes And To Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street), Random House (New York, NY), Daisy-Head Mayzie, Random House (New York, NY), My Many Colored Days, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, Knopf (New York, NY), What Was I Scared Of?, Random House (New York, NY), A Hatful of Seuss (includes The Sneetches and Other Stories), Random House (New York, NY), Seuss-isms: Wise and Witty Prescriptions for Living from the Good Doctor, Random House (New York, NY), Can You Speak Gink?, illustrated by Josie Yee, Random House (New York, NY), 1997.

work continued 1 2 3, a Wubbulous Countdown, illustrated by Josie Yee, Random House (New York, NY), The Birthday Moose, illustrated by the Thompson Bros., Random House (New York, NY), The Big Brag, Random House (New York, NY), (With Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith) Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!, Knopf (New York, NY), The Grinch Pops Up, Random House (New York, NY), How Do You Do?: By Thing One and Thing Two (As Told to the Cat in the Hat), illustrated by Christopher Moroney, Random House (New York, NY), Gerald McBoing-Boing Sound Book, Random House (New York, NY), Your Favorite Seuss, compiled by Janet Schulman and Cathy Goldmsith, Random House (New York, NY), 2004.

His Trends rhyming invents words uses alliteration invents animals sequences (ex. illustrates big to small) makes up places bright colors usually white children diversity through animals onomatopoeia