“I meant what I said and I said what I meant. Ten Facts are faithful one-hundred percent!” ― Dr. Seuss, Horton Hatches the Egg.
- Dr Seuss (pen name), or Theodor Seuss Geisel (full name) was a writer, illustrator, poet and cartoonist.
- As well as Dr Seuss, Seuss also wrote under pen names of Theo Leseig and Rosetta Stone.
- Dr Seuss was born on 2nd March, 1904 and died at the age of 87 on 24th September, 1991 due to throat cancer.
- Dr Seuss wrote over 60 books, 46 of them children books.
- Dr Seuss was a perfectionist, meaning he could spend a whole year on a single book.
Dr Seuss
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- Dr Seuss was married to his first wife, Helen Palmer in 1927, a fellow author and never had children of his own.
- In 1943 Dr Seuss joined the army as a captain, and was the commander of the Animation Department.
- In 2009 alone, Dr Seuss’ books 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 sold 409, 068 copies – which were more copies sold than most of newly published children books at that time.
- Dr Seuss used the pen name Theo Lesieg when he wrote a book but didn’t illustrate it.
- Much of Dr Seuss’ work, including some of his children’s books, had a more political theme.
Bibliography:
Dr Seuss 30 October 2012, Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss>
