1. ROMP Project Dr. Sherry By: Stephen Waters
Dr. Seuss
ROMP Project
Dr. Sherry
By: Stephen Waters

2. Who is Dr. Seuss? Real Name: Theodore Seuss Geisel
Born: March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts
Pen Name: Dr. Seuss
Occupation: American Writer and Cartoonist

3. School Life Attended Springfield’s Classical High School
Studied at Dartmouth College (US)
Then went to Oxford University (UK)
Met his first wife

4. Where did “Dr. Seuss” come from?
At Dartmouth
Wrote for College Humor Magazine
Caught drinking in his room
Violated National Prohibition Laws
Dean forced him to resign from extracurricular activities (college humor magazine)
Started signing his work with “Seuss”
Eventually added “Dr.” himself after he graduated

5. Love Life Met Helen Palmer while studying at Oxford University
Married in 1927
No children
Wrote and illustrated children’s books as well
Helen passed away October 23, 1967

6. Re-married in 1968 to Audrey Stone Dimond
She had 2 daughters from a previous marriage
Lea and Lark
Became Ted’s step daughters
Audrey is still alive today

7. How He Started
Started submitting humorous articles and illustrations to magazines
The Saturday Evening Post published his first cartoon under the name Seuss
Then became nationally famous from his advertisements for Flit
“Quick, Henry, the Flit!” was a very popular catchphrase
He made his money from drawling advertisements

8. His work Published 44 Children’s books
Imaginative characters, rhyme, and abstract ideas
Translated into more then 15 languages
Over 200 million copies
Devoted 53 years of his life to creating entertaining and instructive books for kids
Loved to write with a rhyming pattern
If he had to he would make up words to help his stories rhyme

9. Inspiration
Did not like being interviewed, or asked about his inspiration
His love for Children
Family
Mom sung him lullabies
Wives Helen and Audrey
Drew on walls to express his feelings

10. First Book And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Publishers in 1937 were not easy
Presented manuscript to 27 publishing houses
All 27 rejected him
Ran into old friend from Dartmouth
Vanguard Press Published the book
Well received by librarians and reviewers

11. Adaptations Many of animated films How the Grinch stole Christmas
The Cat in the Hat
Horton Hears a Who!

12. Death Theodore Seuss Geisel passed away on September 24, 1991 Age 87
Cremated, his ashes were scattered
“You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way!”
“The best slogan I can think of to leave with the U.S.A. would be: ‘We can and we’ve got to do better than this.”

13. Honors UCSD’s University Library was renamed to Geisel Library
Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden
California Hall of Fame
Two Academy awards
Two Emmy awards
Peabody award
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
Pulitzer Prize
NEA’s Read Across America Day

14. Who Takes Over When He’s Gone?
In 1993 Dr. Seuss Enterprises (DSE) was founded by Audrey his widow
Protect and monitor the use of Dr. Seuss’s characters
Many DSE projects
Audrey oversees each project, considering Ted’s wishes and dreams
“He liked to have things as visual and complete as it could be Had he been able to stay even longer than he did, he would have moved right into new ways of communicating.”

15. All 44 Children’s Books
And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (1937) The 500 Hats Of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938) The King's Stilts (1939) Horton Hatches the Egg (1940) McElligot's Pool (1947) Thidwick The Big-Hearted Moose (1948) Bartholomew And The Oobleck (1949) If I Ran the Zoo (1950) Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953) Horton Hears A Who! (1954) On Beyond Zebra (1955) If I Ran The Circus (1956) The Cat in the Hat (1957) How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) Yertle The Turtle And Other Stories (1958) The Cat In The Hat Comes Back! (1958) Happy Birthday To You! (1959) Green Eggs And Ham (1960) One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960) The Sneetches And Other Stories (1961) Dr Seuss's Sleep Book (1962) Dr Seuss's ABC (1963) Hop on Pop (1963) Fox In Socks (1965)
I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sollew (1965) The Cat in the Hat Song Book (1967) The Foot Book (1968) I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories (1969) My Book About Me (1969) I Can Draw It Myself (1970) Mr Brown Can Moo! Can You? (1970) The Lorax (1971) Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (1972) Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973) The Shape Of Me And Other Stuff (1973) Great Day For Up (1974) There's a Wocket in my Pocket! (1974) Oh, The Thinks You Can Think! (1975) I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978) Oh Say Can You Say? (1979) Hunches In Bunches (1982) The Butter Battle Book (1984) You're Only Old Once! (1986) I am Not Going to Get Up Today (1987) Oh, The Places You'll Go! (1990)