Dr. Seuss

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Dr. Seuss

• Suzanne Skaff

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Question 1

• Dr. Seuss wrote 43 books
• True
• False

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Question 1 Incorrect!

• Seuss did not write 43 books.
• Go back to question 1 and try again!

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Question 1 Correct!

• Seuss wrote 46 books!

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List of Novels
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History of Dr. Seuss
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Interesting Facts

• Seuss, who was born on March 2, 1904, in
  Springfield, Massachusetts, graduated from
  Dartmouth College, where he was editor of the
  school's humor magazine, and studied at Oxford
  University. There he met Helen Palmer, his first
  wife and the person who encouraged him to become
  a professional illustrator. Back in America,
  Geisel worked as a cartoonist for a variety of
  magazines and in advertising.

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More Facts

• The first children's book that Seuss wrote and
  illustrated, "And to Think That I Saw It On
  Mulberry Street," was rejected by over two dozen
  publishers before making it into print in 1937.
  Seuss first bestseller, "The Cat in the Hat,"
  was published in 1957. The story of a mischievous
  cat in a tall striped hat came about after his
  publisher asked him to produce a book using 220
  new-reader vocabulary words that could serve as
  an entertaining alternative to the school reading
  primers children found boring.

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Moral of The Story

• Today you are You, that is truer than true.
  There is no one alive who is Youer than You.
• Dr. Seuss

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Have a Wonderful Day!