Dr. Seuss’s real name was Ted Seuss Geisel.

1. Dr. Seuss’s real name was Ted Seuss Geisel.

2. He was born in 1904 and lived on Fairfield Street in Springfield, Mass. He had a sister named Marnie. Fairfield Street

3. Ted got in trouble for drawing creatures with ears nine feet long when he was in school.

4. When Ted was in college a pretty girl told him that he drew a good flying cow.

5. He took the name Dr.Theophrastus Seuss when he started writing books. He got that name from his mother and his bear.

6. And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street was his first book written in 1937.

7. He made up lots of animals and characters. He made up the Cat in the Hat. He made up Horton.

8. His most famous and favorite book was Green Eggs and Ham.

9. Dr. Seuss died September 24, 1991. He was 87 years old.

10. Here are some of Dr. Seuss’s characters!