BORN: on howard street, massechusetts in 1904
DIED: on september 24. 1991
ABOUT HIS/HER LIFE:
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as the beloved Dr. Seuss, was born in 1904 on Howard Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. His mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, He credited his mother with both his ability and desire to create the rhymes for which he became so well known. . He and his sister, Marnie, had very happy childhoods.The influence of Ted's memories of Springfield can be seen throughout his work. Drawings of Horton the Elephant along streams in the Jungle of Nool, for example, mirror the watercourses in Springfield's Forest Park from the period. Ted left Springfield as a teenager to attend Dartmouth College, where he became editor-in-chief of the Jack-O-Lantern, Dartmouth's humor magazine. He signed his work by the name of “suess”. This is the first record of the "Seuss" pseudonym, which was both Ted's middle name and his mother's maiden name. His father, wanted him to be a college professor, so Ted went on to Oxford University in England. However, his academic studies bored him, and he decided to tour Europe instead. She was a children’s author and editor. After returning to the United States, Ted began to start a career. He was goanna be a cartoonist. Ted's cartooning during his early career was dedicated to advertising campaigns for Standard Oil. He did this for more than 15 years. Witch he did for more than 15 years. As World War II came near, Ted's focus shifted, he began contributing weekly to the political cartoons night time magazine. He was too old for the draft, but he wanted to contribute to the war effort. Ted served with Frank Capra's Signal Corps (U.S. Army). When he was here he was intreduced to the art of animation. He developed a series of animated training films. He included a trainee called Private Snafu.
While Ted was continuing to contribute to Life, Vanity Fair, Judge and other magazines, Viking Press offered him a contract to illustrate a collection of children's sayings called boners. Although the book was not a commercial success, the illustrations received great reviews. Providing Ted with his first "big break" into children's literature. Getting the first book that he both wrote and illustrated, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, published, however, required a great degree of persistence - it was rejected 27 times before getting accepted and published.
The Cat in the Hat, perhaps the defining book of Ted's career, developed as part of a unique joint venture between Houghton Mifflin. With the release of The Cat in the Hat, Ted became the definitive children's book author and illustrator. He became president of Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
He died on September 24, 1991. Ted had written and illustrated 44 children's books, including such all-time favorites as Green Eggs and Ham, Oh, the Places You'll Go, Fox in Socks, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. His books had been translated into more than 15 languages. Over 200 million copies had found their way into homes and hearts around the world.
ABOUT HIS/HER WORK: The influence of Ted's memories of Springfield can be seen throughout his work. Drawings of Horton the Elephant along streams in the Jungle of Nool, for example, mirror the watercourses in Springfield's Forest Park from the period. In addition to its name, Ted's first children's book, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, is filled with Springfield imagery, including police officers riding red motorcycles, the traditional color of Springfield's famed Indian Motorcycles. he makes up words and creates all sorts of ryimes about every day things! docter suess is the best poet and i think everyone should read his books and poems.
BORN: on howard street, massechusetts in 1904
DIED: on september 24. 1991
ABOUT HIS/HER LIFE:
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as the beloved Dr. Seuss, was born in 1904 on Howard Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. His mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, He credited his mother with both his ability and desire to create the rhymes for which he became so well known.
. He and his sister, Marnie, had very happy childhoods.The influence of Ted's memories of Springfield can be seen throughout his work. Drawings of Horton the Elephant along streams in the Jungle of Nool, for example, mirror the watercourses in Springfield's Forest Park from the period. Ted left Springfield as a teenager to attend Dartmouth College, where he became editor-in-chief of the Jack-O-Lantern, Dartmouth's humor magazine. He signed his work by the name of “suess”. This is the first record of the "Seuss" pseudonym, which was both Ted's middle name and his mother's maiden name.
His father, wanted him to be a college professor, so Ted went on to Oxford University in England. However, his academic studies bored him, and he decided to tour Europe instead. She was a children’s author and editor.
After returning to the United States, Ted began to start a career. He was goanna be a cartoonist. Ted's cartooning during his early career was dedicated to advertising campaigns for Standard Oil. He did this for more than 15 years. Witch he did for more than 15 years. As World War II came near, Ted's focus shifted, he began contributing weekly to the political cartoons night time magazine. He was too old for the draft, but he wanted to contribute to the war effort. Ted served with Frank Capra's Signal Corps (U.S. Army). When he was here he was intreduced to the art of animation. He developed a series of animated training films. He included a trainee called Private Snafu.
While Ted was continuing to contribute to Life, Vanity Fair, Judge and other magazines, Viking Press offered him a contract to illustrate a collection of children's sayings called boners. Although the book was not a commercial success, the illustrations received great reviews. Providing Ted with his first "big break" into children's literature. Getting the first book that he both wrote and illustrated, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, published, however, required a great degree of persistence - it was rejected 27 times before getting accepted and published.
The Cat in the Hat, perhaps the defining book of Ted's career, developed as part of a unique joint venture between Houghton Mifflin. With the release of The Cat in the Hat, Ted became the definitive children's book author and illustrator.
He became president of Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
He died on September 24, 1991. Ted had written and illustrated 44 children's books, including such all-time favorites as Green Eggs and Ham, Oh, the Places You'll Go, Fox in Socks, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. His books had been translated into more than 15 languages. Over 200 million copies had found their way into homes and hearts around the world.
ABOUT HIS/HER WORK:
The influence of Ted's memories of Springfield can be seen throughout his work. Drawings of Horton the Elephant along streams in the Jungle of Nool, for example, mirror the watercourses in Springfield's Forest Park from the period. In addition to its name, Ted's first children's book, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, is filled with Springfield imagery, including police officers riding red motorcycles, the traditional color of Springfield's famed Indian Motorcycles. he makes up words and creates all sorts of ryimes about every day things! docter suess is the best poet and i think everyone should read his books and poems.