Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, and lived until September 24, 1991, and was an American children’s author and cartoonist.
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He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss His work includes many of the most popular children’s books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.
Geisel adopted the name “Dr. Seuss” as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College and as a graduate student at Lincoln College, Oxford. He left Oxford in 1927 to begin his career as an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair, Life, and various other publications.
He also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, most notably for FLIT and Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for the New York newspaper PM.
He published his first children’s book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street in 1937. During World War II, he took a brief hiatus from children’s literature to illustrate political cartoons, and he also worked in the animation and film department of the United States Army where he wrote, produced, or animated many productions including Design for Death, which later won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.
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What is Dr. Seuss best known for?
Theodor Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss, the author and illustrator of such children’s books as “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham,” is born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904.
What are 5 books Dr. Seuss wrote?
5 Dr. Seuss Books are (“Green Eggs and Ham”, “The Cat in the Hat”, “Go, Dog. Go!”, “The Foot Book“, “Mr. Brown Can Moo!
Who owns Dr. Seuss’s book rights?
Seuss Enterprises owns the trademarks and copyrights of author Dr. Seuss’ publications. Dr. Seuss authored and published 47 books that are widely distributed and contains characteristics such as simple rhyming and repetitive language, with characters that are recognizable to children
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