Dr. Seuss

            This is a great children’s biography about Theodor Seuss Geisel, who was known as Ted to friends and known as Dr. Seuss by millions.  This biography is a very easily read book that has a lot of information about Dr. Seuss, whose full pen name is Dr. Theophrastus Seuss.  This book explains how Dr. Seuss got his name, how he became a beloved children’s book author, and highlight many of his books and accomplishments. 

            This autobiography explains that Ted Geisel went to school at Dartmouth and Oxford to become a teacher.  After talking to his soon to be wife Helen Palmer, Ted decided to follow his passion of illustrating and writing.  He sent his first book, “And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street”, to twenty-seven different publishers and we rejected by all of them.  Just when Ted was about to give up hope on becoming an author a friend, who just happen to be an editor at Vanguard Press, published the book.  Dr. Seuss was an instant star. 

            The biography discusses Teds work in the army during World War II.  Ted worked on political cartoons and to crate education films for the army.  During his carrier Ted won different awards such as the multiple Peabody Awards, two Academy Awards, was nomination for the Caldecott Award, two Emmy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize.

            Ted and his publisher also founded Beginner Books, which is an easy reader series.  The first book Ted wrote for this series was “The Cat in the Hat”.  This is why on the cover of each of the Beginner Books is a picture of The Cat in Hat. 

            This books only takes a few minutes to read, but is packed full of information.  I was so fascinated by the life of Ted Geisel, the man known as Dr. Seuss that I read this book three times after getting home from the library.  I would strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in Dr. Seuss, any teacher doing an author study on Dr. Seuss, or anyone interested in a good book.