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Life and career
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Theodor Robert and Henrietta (Seuss) Geisel. Mulberry Street in Springfield, made famous in Dr. Seuss' first children's book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street! College
Geisel Attended Dartmouth College as a member of the Class of 1925.
While at Dartmouth, Geisel was caught drinking gin with nine friends in his room. To continue work on the Jack -O-Lantern without the administration's knowledge, Geisel began signing his work with the pen name "Seuss". Essomarine
Geisel gained a significant public profile through a program for boat motor lubricants produced by Standard Oil under the brand name Essomarine. He later recounted That Harry Bruno, Ted Cook, and Verne worked with him for Carrier exhibits at the National Motor Boat Show called the Seuss Navy. Geisel drew up a Certificate of Commission for visitors in 1936. That summer Geisel released a second volume of Secrets. At that year's boat show Geisel Navigamarama Provided the exhibit and the Sea Lawyers Gazette.
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Theodor Robert and Henrietta (Seuss) Geisel. Mulberry Street in Springfield, made famous in Dr. Seuss' first children's book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street! College
Geisel Attended Dartmouth College as a member of the Class of 1925.
While at Dartmouth, Geisel was caught drinking gin with nine friends in his room. To continue work on the Jack -O-Lantern without the administration's knowledge, Geisel began signing his work with the pen name "Seuss". Essomarine
Geisel gained a significant public profile through a program for boat motor lubricants produced by Standard Oil under the brand name Essomarine. He later recounted That Harry Bruno, Ted Cook, and Verne worked with him for Carrier exhibits at the National Motor Boat Show called the Seuss Navy. Geisel drew up a Certificate of Commission for visitors in 1936. That summer Geisel released a second volume of Secrets. At that year's boat show Geisel Navigamarama Provided the exhibit and the Sea Lawyers Gazette.
World War II-era work
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"The Goldbrick", Private Snafu episode written by Geisel, 1943
As World War II began, Geisel turned to political cartoons, drawing over 400 in two years as editorial cartoonist for the left-Leaning New York City daily newspaper, PM. Geisel's political cartoons, later published in Dr. Seuss Goes to War, denounced Hitler and Mussolini and were highly critical of non-interventionists ("isolationists"), most Notably Charles Lindbergh, WHO opposed U.S. entry into the war. In 1942, Geisel turned his energies to direct support of the U.S. war effort. Later years
After the war, Geisel and his wife moved to La Jolla, California. The movie was a critical and financial failure, and Geisel never Attempted another feature film. Spaulding challenged Geisel to "bring back a book children can not put down." In 2009 Green Eggs and Ham sold 540.366 copies, The Cat in the Hat sold 452.258 copies, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960) sold 409.068 copies, outselling the majority of newly published children's books.
Geisel went on to write many other children's books, both in his new simplified-vocabulary manner (sold as Beginner Books) and in his older, more elaborate style. Geisel married Dimond on June 21, of 1968. Though he devoted most of his life to writing children's books, Geisel had no children of his own.
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"The Goldbrick", Private Snafu episode written by Geisel, 1943
As World War II began, Geisel turned to political cartoons, drawing over 400 in two years as editorial cartoonist for the left-Leaning New York City daily newspaper, PM. Geisel's political cartoons, later published in Dr. Seuss Goes to War, denounced Hitler and Mussolini and were highly critical of non-interventionists ("isolationists"), most Notably Charles Lindbergh, WHO opposed U.S. entry into the war. In 1942, Geisel turned his energies to direct support of the U.S. war effort. Later years
After the war, Geisel and his wife moved to La Jolla, California. The movie was a critical and financial failure, and Geisel never Attempted another feature film. Spaulding challenged Geisel to "bring back a book children can not put down." In 2009 Green Eggs and Ham sold 540.366 copies, The Cat in the Hat sold 452.258 copies, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960) sold 409.068 copies, outselling the majority of newly published children's books.
Geisel went on to write many other children's books, both in his new simplified-vocabulary manner (sold as Beginner Books) and in his older, more elaborate style. Geisel married Dimond on June 21, of 1968. Though he devoted most of his life to writing children's books, Geisel had no children of his own.
Further information: Dr. Seuss bibliography
Over the course of his long career, Geisel wrote over 60 books. In 2000, Publishers Weekly compiled a list of the best-selling children's books of all time; of the top 100 hardcover books, 16 were written by Geisel, Including Green Eggs and Ham, at number 4, The Cat in the Hat, at number 9, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, at number 13. The first adaptation of one of Geisel's works was a cartoon version of Horton hatches the Egg, animated at Warner Bros. in 1942. In 1966, Geisel authorized the eminent cartoon artist Chuck Jones, his friend and former colleague from the war, to make a cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; Geisel was credited as a co-producer, along with Jones, under his real name, "Ted Geisel." in 1970, and produced an adaptation of The Cat in the Hat in 1971.
Geisel Himself the special called "the most faithful adaptation of his work." A television film titled In Search of Dr. Seuss, released in 1994, adapted many of Seuss's stories. It uses both live action and animated versions versions of the characters and stories featured; however, merely the animated portions were edited (and, in some cases, re-dubbed as well) versions of previous animated television specials.
Audrey Geisel was vocal in her dislike of the film, especially the casting of Myers as the Cat in the Hat, and Stated That there would be no further live-action adaptations of Geisel's books. However, an animated CGI feature film adaptation of Horton Hears a Who! Four television series have been adapted from Geisel's work. Geisel's books and characters are also featured in Seuss Landing, one of many islands at the Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Florida.
Over the course of his long career, Geisel wrote over 60 books. In 2000, Publishers Weekly compiled a list of the best-selling children's books of all time; of the top 100 hardcover books, 16 were written by Geisel, Including Green Eggs and Ham, at number 4, The Cat in the Hat, at number 9, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, at number 13. The first adaptation of one of Geisel's works was a cartoon version of Horton hatches the Egg, animated at Warner Bros. in 1942. In 1966, Geisel authorized the eminent cartoon artist Chuck Jones, his friend and former colleague from the war, to make a cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; Geisel was credited as a co-producer, along with Jones, under his real name, "Ted Geisel." in 1970, and produced an adaptation of The Cat in the Hat in 1971.
Geisel Himself the special called "the most faithful adaptation of his work." A television film titled In Search of Dr. Seuss, released in 1994, adapted many of Seuss's stories. It uses both live action and animated versions versions of the characters and stories featured; however, merely the animated portions were edited (and, in some cases, re-dubbed as well) versions of previous animated television specials.
Audrey Geisel was vocal in her dislike of the film, especially the casting of Myers as the Cat in the Hat, and Stated That there would be no further live-action adaptations of Geisel's books. However, an animated CGI feature film adaptation of Horton Hears a Who! Four television series have been adapted from Geisel's work. Geisel's books and characters are also featured in Seuss Landing, one of many islands at the Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Florida.