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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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.”

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)