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Exploring the Legacy of Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss What would we do without him?

Updated by Mrs. Held, March 2015 • Based on slideshow by Karen E. DeFrank • Library Media Specialist • Glassboro, New Jersey • 2004 • With lots of help from Tony Pope in Rome, Georgia

One of the most famous authors of all times isDr. Seuss!

He died in 1991 when he was 87 years old.If he were still living, he would have 111 candles on his birthday cake this year. Dr. Seuss was born in 1904 in Springfield, MA.

You can visit the National Dr. Seuss Memorial Sculpture Garden at the Springfield Museums.http://www.catinthehat.org/

Mrs. Held visited the National Dr. Seuss Memorial Sculpture Garden at the Springfield Museums.

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!

Ted also wrote under another pen-name or pseudonym…Theo LeSieg. LeSieg is Ted’s real last name… spelled backwards!!! LeSieg = Geisel

When Ted went to college, he drew cartoons for the school newspaper. He was the class clown, a practical joker, and was voted the least likely to succeed in his class.

After college and travel,Ted Geisel went into the advertising business in New York City. Life was t

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Dr. Seuss

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Who was Dr. Seuss?

Dr. Seuss was born on March 2, 1904 in the state of Massachusetts. His real name was Theodor (Ted) Seuss Geisel. Dr. Seuss was his “pen” name

*Maybe he used Seuss because it was his middle name as well as his mother’s maiden name and added the “Dr. just for fun!

Ted attended Dartmouth College after graduating from high school. In college he wrote stories for the college’s humor magazine and discovered he had a talent for drawing. In college he also met his wife, Helen.

The first book he wrote for children was called And To Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street. He wrote this book in 1937.

The Cat in the Hat is his most famous book. He wrote it as a school reader and it was instantly loved by teachers as well as children.

Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham after a friend bet him he couldn’t write a book using only 50 words!

Another of Dr. Seuss’ most famous stories is a holiday book called How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Dr. Seuss loved to write stories with a rhyming pattern. If he needed to, he would make up a word to help him rhyme his story. This makes his stories fun to read!

Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated many wonderful children’s books throughout his life. He died at age 87 in 1991.

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