Dr. Seuss
Theodore Seuss Geisel was born March, 2 1904 in the almost hometown of Springfield, MA. Seuss was his middle name and he put Dr. in front of it because his father had always wanted him to be a doctor. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. At Oxford he met his future wife Helen Palmer who he wed in 1927. He returned from Europe in 1927, and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both cartoons and humorous articles for them. He was also submitting cartoons to Life, Vanity Fair and Liberty. In May of 1954, Life published a report concerning illiteracy among school children. The report said, among other things, that children were having trouble to read because their books were boring. This inspired Geisel's publisher, and prompted him to send Geisel a list of 400 words he felt were important, asked him to cut
the list to 250 words (the publishers idea of how many words at one time a first grader could absorb), and write a book. Still other authors and illustrators did other children books but they all used the same, scholastically approved word lists, and revolutionized children's beginning reading books. Seuss died in California in 1991, a time of mourning for many of his readers. His books are timeless and more mature audiences best appreciate much of the humor. His illustrations are fascinating in that he really only draws one human face. Some adults developed a disgust to Seuss's books by reading such books as Green Eggs and Ham aloud one too many times. Fables such as Yertle the Turtle became very popular. Twenty-nine publishers rejected the book before it was accepted. At the time of his death in 1991, there was a estimated 200 million copies of his books published in 15 different languages finding their way into the homes and hearts of millions of people around the world. His landscapes are notable for their creation of distance. These references gained notice, and led to a contract to draw comic ads for Flit.
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