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Dr. Seuss

March 2, 1904 - September 24, 1991

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on in Springfield, Massachusetts to German-American parents. He attended public schools and then went to Dartmouth College, where he became editor of the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern. When he was barred from all extracurricular activities, he continued to write for the paper using the pseudonym "Seuss." After he graduated he became a contributor to the magazine The Judge, and began to sign his work as "Dr. Seuss." He attended Lincoln College, Oxford to earn a D.Phil in literature, but married Helen Palmer in 1927 and returned to the United States without earning the degree. He published humorous articles and illustrations in The Judge, The Saturday Evening Post, Life, Vanity Fair, and Liberty and supported himself and his wife through the Great Depression with commercial illustrations for General Electric, NBC, Standard Oil, and many other companies. He also wrote and drew a short-lived comic strip called Hejji in 1935. In 1937, returning from an ocean voyage to Europe, he wrote his first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. When World War II began, he began to create political cartoons and became an editorial cartoonist for the left-wing New York City newspaper, PM. His political cartoons were later published in Dr. Seuss Goes to War. In 1942, he began producing propaganda posters for the Treasury Department and the War Production Board. In 1943, he joined the Animation Department of the First Motion Picture Unit of the U.S. Army Air Forces, where he wrote propaganda and training films. After the war, he and his wife moved to La Jolla, California. He returning to writing and illustrating children's books. In 1954, Life magazine published an article on the dullness of children's books, and Geisel was inspired to write The Cat in the Hat. In 1967, his wife Helen committed suicide. He married Audrey Stone Dimond in 1968. Geisel died in La Jolla, California in 1991.

Over the course of his career, Geisel wrote over 60 children's books, either under the pseudonym "Dr. Seuss" for the ones he wrote and illustrated himself, "Theo. LeSieg" for books he wrote but others illustrated, or "Rosetta Stone" for Because a Little Bug Went Ka-choo (1975). He also wrote two books for adults: The Seven Lady Godivas; Oh, The Places You'll Go!; and You're Only Old Once.

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  • Cover of: The Cat in the Hat (Beginner Book and Cassette Library/1-Audio Cassette)

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  • Cover of: Green Eggs and Ham (1988)
    First published in 1960 54 editions in 6 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition greeneggsham00seus Cover of edition greeneggsham0000seus_y2l9 Cover of edition greeneggshamwith00seus Cover of edition greeneggsham00seus Cover of edition greeneggsham00geis Cover of edition greeneggshambydr00

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  • Cover of: How the Grinch stole Christmas
    First published in 1957 42 editions in 4 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780375841644 Cover of edition howgrinchstolech00seus Cover of edition howgrinchstolech0000seus Cover of edition howgrinchstolechseu00seus Cover of edition howgrinchstolech00seus_060 Cover of edition wiedergrinchweih00geis

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  • Cover of: Fox in socks
    First published in 1965 31 editions in 3 languages — 8 previewable Cover of edition foxinsocks0000seus_y8g0 Cover of edition foxinsocks0000seus_z7d9 Cover of edition foxinsocksbeginn00drse Cover of edition foxinsocks0000seus_i8f2 Cover of edition foxinsocks1965seus Cover of edition foxinsocks00seus Cover of edition foxinsocks0000seus_a4l6

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  • Cover of: Dr. Seuss's ABC.
    First published in 1960 29 editions in 4 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780007661398 Cover of edition drseussabchb0000seus Cover of edition isbn_9780394900308 Cover of edition drseusssabcseus00seus Cover of edition drseusssabcbegin00drse Cover of edition drseusssabcamazi00seus

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  • Cover of: Hop on Pop
    First published in 1963 26 editions in 3 languages — 9 previewable Cover of edition classiccaseofdrs0000seus Cover of edition hoponpopbeginner00drse Cover of edition hoponpop0000seus_b2n3 Cover of edition hoponpop00seus Cover of edition hoponpop00seus_0 Cover of edition hoponpop0000seus Cover of edition isbn_9780375844836 Cover of edition hoponpopbeginner00seus

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  • Cover of: The cat in the hat comes back
    First published in 1958 26 editions in 4 languages — 8 previewable Cover of edition elgatoconsombrer0000seus Cover of edition catinhatcomesbac0000seus_x2n5 Cover of edition catinhatcomesbac0000seus_i9w1 Cover of edition catinhatcomesbac0000seus Cover of edition catinhatcomesbac00geis Cover of edition catinhatcomes00geis Cover of edition catinhatcomesbac00seus_0

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  • Cover of: Oh, the places you'll go!
    First published in 1990 25 editions in 5 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition ohplacesyoullgo00seus Cover of edition ohplacesyoullgo0000seus Cover of edition ohplacesyoullgo0000seus_s2a9

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  • Cover of: Mr Brown can moo! Can you?
    First published in 1970 25 editions in 2 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition mrbrowncanmoocan0000seus Cover of edition mrbrowncanmoocan1996seus Cover of edition mrbrowncanmoocan00seus Cover of edition mrbrowncanmoocan00seus_0 Cover of edition mrbrowncanmoocanseus00seus

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  • Cover of: One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (Beginner Books(R))

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  • Cover of: The Lorax
    First published in 1911 23 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition lorax0000seus_d3p1 Cover of edition lorax0000seus

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  • Cover of: Thidwick: the big-hearted moose
    First published in 1948 21 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition thidwickbraille00seus Cover of edition thidwickbigheart00seus

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  • Cover of: There's a Wocket in my Pocket!
    First published in 1974 21 editions in 4 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition thereswocketinmy0000seus_d8w1 Cover of edition thereswocketinmy0000seus Cover of edition thereswocketinmy00seus_0 Cover of edition isbn_0375808426 Cover of edition thereswocketinmy0000seus_r0f1

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  • Cover of: And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street

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  • Cover of: Yertle the turtle, and other stories.
    First published in 1958 19 editions in 3 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition yertleturtleothe0000seus Cover of edition yertleturtleothe00seus_0 Cover of edition yertleturtleothe00seus Cover of edition yertleturtleothe0000seus_v2j9

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  • Cover of: The foot book
    First published in 1968 19 editions in 2 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition footbookbrighte00drse Cover of edition footbook00seus Cover of edition footbook00seus Cover of edition footbookdrseusss00seus Cover of edition footbookdrseusss0000seus

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  • Cover of: The 500 hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
    First published in 1938 17 editions in 4 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition 500hatsofbarthol00seus Cover of edition 500hatsofbarthol0000seus Cover of edition isbn_9780007907915 Cover of edition hatsbartholomewc00seus

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  • Cover of: If I Ran the Zoo
    First published in 1950 17 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition ifiranzoo00seus Cover of edition ifiranzoo0000seus Cover of edition ifiranzoo0000seus_x9d1 Cover of edition ifiranzoo00seus_759

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  • Cover of: Horton hears a Who!
    First published in 1954 17 editions in 3 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition hortonescuchaqui0000seus Cover of edition hortonhearswhoseus Cover of edition hortonhearswho0000seus_t2h3 Cover of edition hortonhearswhocl00drse

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  • Cover of: Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
    First published in 1975 16 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition ohthinksyoucanth0000seus Cover of edition ohthinksyoucanth0000seus_v6p7

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February 9, 2022 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
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