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Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss . By: Paige Tait. Key Events. He attended Dartmouth College and h e worked hard to become the editor-in-chief of Jack-O-Lantern , Dartmouth’s humor magazine .

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Dr. Seuss

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  1. Dr. Seuss By: Paige Tait

  2. Key Events • He attended Dartmouth College and he worked hard to become the editor-in-chief of Jack-O-Lantern, Dartmouth’s humor magazine. • In 1926 he attended Oxford University in Britain and met Helen Palmer. Then in 1927 on October 22 he married Helen Palmer. • At age 33 in 1937 his very first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street! came out. • In 1943 he served for the U.S. military during World War II, making films for U.S. soldiers. • In 1960 he published two of his most popular books, Green Eggs and Ham and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.

  3. Timeline • 1921- He went to Dartmouth College and worked for the Jack-O-Lantern • 1926- He went to Oxford University in Britain and met Helen Palmer • 1927- He began drawing cartoons for magazines and he married Helen Palmer on October 22 • 1937- His first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, came out • 1943- He served in the U.S. military during world war II, making films for U.S. soldiers • 1954- His book Horton Hears a Who! came out • 1957- He published The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas • 1958- His books The Cat in the Hat Comes Back and Yertle the Turtle came out • 1960- He published Green Eggs and Ham and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish • 1967- His first wife, Helen, died • 1968- He married Audrey Dimond on August 5 • 1971- His book The Lorax came out • 1984- He won the Pulitzer Prize • 1990- His last book, Oh, The Places You’ll Go! was published • 1991- He died on September 24

  4. Fun Facts • He wrote under several different names. His real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel and he used several pennames, including: Theo LeSieg(Geisel spelled backwards), Rossetta Stone, Theophrastus Seuss, and Dr. Seuss • He won several major awards, including: two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award and a Peabody Award. • He wrote Green Eggs And Hamon a dare. Ted Geisel’s publisher bet that Geisel couldn’t write a book using only 50 different words and he did.

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