1. Dr. Seuss What would we do without him?

2. One of the most famous authors of all time. Dr. Seuss!

3. Dr. Seuss was born in 1904. He died when he was 87 in 1991. If he was still alive, he would have 104 candles on his cake.

4. Dr. Seuss ’ s real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel. His friends called him Ted, or Mr. Geisel. Seuss was his middle name. The doctor part he made up!

5. Ted wrote with another name … Theo LeSieg. LeSieg is Ted ’ s real last name … spelled backwards!!! LeSieg = Geisel

6. Ted drew cartoons for his college newspaper. He was the class clown, a practical Joker. He was voted the least likely to succeed in his class.

7. After college Ted Geisel went into advertising in New York City. He got a job making ads for a company that made bug spray.

8. Dr. Seuss thought of his first children’s book in 1936 while on a vacation. The sound of the ship’s engine helped him with the rhyme of his first book. Can you guess which one ?

9. This is Dr. Seuss ’ s first book. Forty three different book companies didn ’ t like it! Finally a friend who was a book publisher decided to give it a try. Now it is famous.

10. The next books he wrote were: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins The King ’ s Stilts Bartholomew and the Oobleck.

11. One day Dr. Seuss was sitting in his office with the windows open. A breeze lifted a piece of paper with an elephant sketched on it and laid it down on another drawing of a tree. “ All I had to do was figure out what that elephant was doing in that tree. ” That story became …

13. Dr. Seuss kept writing. He wrote: McElligot ’ s Pool, Thidwick the Big Hearted Moose How the Grinch Stole Christmas

14. One of Dr. Seuss ’ s friends called him and said he should write a funny book with easy words in it, for kids who were learning to read.

15. It took Dr. Seuss 9 months and he used only 220 easy words. Everybody loved it! That book was …

16. A friend gave Ted another challenge. Could Dr. Seuss write a book with only 50 different words in it? Dr. Seuss said, “ It was the only book I wrote that still makes me laugh. ” And that one is …….

17. In a survey, kids said this was one of their favorite books. It has sold more copies than any Other… over 6,000,000

18. Dr. Seuss also wrote this famous book. When he was a boy his father worked as a zookeeper at the zoo that was near his house.

19. Dr. Seuss also created a book company to make BEGINNER BOOKS that used pictures and words to help kids learn to read! Anytime you see this icon … you know the book is from Dr. Seuss ’ s book company!

20. Dr. Seuss is different from many writers because most of his books rhyme. To make his rhymes, he would often make up new words, like the Sneetches, the Lorax, and Zizzer-zazzer-zuzz.

21. Dr. Seuss’s books were fun to read and they taught kids about life too.

22. A person’s a person, no matter how small! Horton Hears a Who! Dr. Seuss helps us care about others.

23. Come on! Open your mouth and sound off at the sky. Shout loud at the top of your voice, I AM I !!!!! ME! I am I! And I may not know why, But I know that I like it. Three cheers!! I AM I !!! Dr. Seuss teaches us to care for ourselves.

24. Dr. Seuss teaches us to be true to ourselves. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself Any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy Who’ll decide where to go.

25. Dr. Seuss teaches us to be fair and to treat people equally. I know up on top you are seeing great sights, But down at the bottom we, too, have rights. And the turtles, of course All the turtles are free As turtles, and maybe, all creatures should be. Yertle the Turtle

26. Some are fast. And some are slow. Not one of them Is like another. Don’t ask why. Go ask your mother. Dr. Seuss teaches us about our differences.

27. Messages about getting along, and pollution.

28. This book was made from a movie Dr. Seuss wrote. Many of his books were turned into made- for -TV specials.

29. All together Dr. Seuss wrote 44 different books. They have been published in 20 different languages. More than 100 million copies have been sold all over the world.

30. Dr. Seuss was writing a book when he died at the age of 87. His wife and his friends finished his last book for him. Daisy-Head Mayzie

31. In 1997, schools all over the United States chose March 2 as a day to celebrate reading and Dr. Seuss ’ s birthday.

32. Special readers share great stories.

33. We ’ ll dress up like the Cat in the Hat !

34. You can eat green eggs and ham on March 2 nd !

35. The more that you read, The more things you will know, The more that you learn, The more places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss