About The Author ! [Read It]
Theodor Seuss Geisel, or as known as Dr. Suess, was born in 1904 on Howard Street in Springfield, Massachusetts.
From his mother chanting rhymes from when he was young. He was inspired and with both his ability and desire, create the rhymes which he become well known for. The influence of his memories can and may be seen throughout his work. The drawings of Horton the Elephant wandering along streams in the Jungle, for example, represent the watercourses in Springfield's Forest Park. The truck that was driven by Sylvester McMonkey McBean in The Sneetches could be the know tractor that Ted saw when he was young on the streets of Springfield. And also the first children's book he made, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, is filled with Springfield imagery.
When Ted was a teenager, he had left his hometown and attended Dartmouth College, where he had became an editor-in-chief of the Jack-O-Latern Dartmouth's humor magezine. Although, afterwards, there was consequences served when his role of editor endedwhen he and his friends were caught throughing a drinking party. Which was ofcourse against school policy. But he continued to contribute the magezine and always signed, "Seuss".
To please his father, he tried his best to become a college professor. He went to Oxford University in England after graduation. However, Ted's academic studies bored him. Instead he toured Europe. But Oxford did provide Ted an oppurtunity at meeting a class mate, Helen Palmer, who not only became his first wife, but also a children's author and book editor.
After retuning to the US, Ted went to pursue a career as a cartoonist. The Saturday Evening Post were one of the ones that published some of his early pieces. As World War II approached, Ted's focus changed and he began to contribute political cartoons to PM magazine. Ted served with Frank Capra's Signal Corps (US Army) making training movies. And it was here that he was introduced to the art of animation and developed a series of animation training films. Which was featuring a trainee called Private Snafu.
With the release of The Cat in the Hat, Ted became the defintive children's book author and illustrator.
The a tragedy happened. Ted's first wife died in 1967. Afterwards, Ted married an old friend named Audrey Stone Geisel. Who was not only influeces his later books but she now guards the legacy as [resident of Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
At the time of his death on September 24, 1991, Ted had written and illustrated 44 children books. Such as alltime favorites:Green Eggs and Ham, Oh, the Places You'll Go, Fox In Socks, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. His books were translated into more than 15 languages. And over 200 million copues had found their way into hearts and homes around the world.