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Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as the beloved Dr. Seuss, was born in 1904 on Howard Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Ted's father, Theodor Robert, and grandfather were brewmasters in the city. His mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, often soothed her children to sleep by "chanting" rhymes remembered from her youth. Ted credited his mother with both his ability and desire to create the rhymes for which he became so well known.  When he graduated from Dartmouth College his classmates voted him the student "least likely to succeed"!  How wrong they were! 

All About Dr. Seuss

National Memorial

For further Seuss resources, click on the following links:

 http://www.seussville.com/seussentennial/

 http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/seussbiocomp.html

 http://www.surfnetkids.com/seuss.htm


In addition to the many beloved books by Dr. Seuss owned by the Burlington Public Library, we also have several biographies.  Two of the newest are:

Krull, Kathleen.  The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss 

Cohen, Charles D.  The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing But the Seuss: a Visual Biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel 

 

Bibliography of Theodor Seuss Geisel

1930s
1937      And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
1938      The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
1939      The King's Stilts
1940      The Seven Lady Godivas

1940s
1940      Horton Hatches The Egg
1947      McElligot's Pool
1948      Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose
1949      Bartholomew and the Oobleck

1950s
1950      If I Ran the Zoo
1953      Scrambled Eggs Super!
1954      Horton Hears a Who!
1955      On Beyond Zebra!
1956      If I Ran the Circus
1957      The Cat in the Hat
1957      How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1958      Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
1958      The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
1959      Happy Birthday to You!

1960s
1960      One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
1960      Green Eggs and Ham
1961      The Sneetches and Other Stories
1961      Ten Apples Up on Top!
1962      Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
1963      Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book
1963      Hop on Pop
1965      Fox in Socks
1965      I Wish that I Had Duck Feet
1966      Come Over to My House
1967      The Cat in the Hat Songbook
1968      The Foot Book
1968      The Eye Book
1969      I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories
1969      My Book About Me

1970s
1970      I Can Draw It Myself by Me, Myself
1970      Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
1971      The Lorax
1971      I Can Write! A Book by Me, Myself
1972      In a People House
1972      Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
1973      Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
1973      Shape of Me and Other Stuff
1973      The Pop-up Mice of Mr. Brice
1974      Wacky Wednesday
1974      There's a Wocket in My Pocket!
1974      Great Day for Up!
1975      Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
1975      Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?
1975      Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo!
1976      The Cat's Quizzer: Are You Smarter than the Cat in the Hat?
1976      Hooper Humperdink... ? Not Him!
1977      Please Try to Remember the First of Octember!
1978      I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
1979      Oh, Say Can You Say?

1980s
1980      Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet
1981      The Tooth Book
1982      Hunches in Bunches
1984      The Butter Battle Book
1986      You're Only Old Once!

1990s
1990      Oh, the Places You'll Go!
1994      Daisy Head Mayzie
1998      Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!