Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Theodor Geisel IS Dr. Seuss

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 Father was a zoo keeper

AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET was his first published children’s book. It was written in 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.

Did you know that? Dr. Seuss also wrote books under the name Theodore Lesieg. He used this name when he wrote the story but someone else illustrated the book. ( Lesieg = Geisel backwards)

Did you know that? NERD ?Dr. Seuss probably invented the word NERD ? The first recorded use of the word is in the book If I Ran the Zoo 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

Thank you Dr. Seuss!