+ Theodor SEUSS Geisel The man behind the pen By: Monique Sims

+ Life Born March 2, 1904 Died September 24, 1991 Lived through: Sinking of Titanic, Prohibition, World War 1 and 2, Cold War Springfield, MA Came from wealthy family (Family owned Brewery) Critical and cold father, encouraging loving mother, older sister Married twice Never had children of his own

+ Social/Emotional/Cognitive Characteristics Overexcitabilities Imaginational Creativity Intellectual Curiosity Awareness/alertn ess Emotional Empathy Emotional Intensity Underachievement “Logical-nonsense” Enjoyed learning Creative writing Cartooning Superior language skills Sense of Humor Failure Avoidance Self-doubt Perfectionism Multipotentiality Film making Political Cartoonist Advertisement Children’s/Adult books

+ Eminence Three Oscars Two Emmys Three Caldecott Honor Awards At least 9 Honorable Doctorates 47 Children’s Books Innumerable Political Cartoons And many, many more

+ Interesting Facts Most of the Political Cartoons he wrote were related to Prohibition A lot of his Political Cartoons poked fun at different races (no race spared) Didn't write his first children’s book until 1937 The Cat in the Hat is his most famous book and it drastically increased the sales of all previous books Cheated on his wife while she was dying Came up with the Pseudonym Dr. Seuss after being banned from writing at Dartmouth because of being caught with Alcohol during prohibition Dropped out of Oxford Last book written: Oh, the placed you’ll Go! Published 1990