"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Seuss continues to be the best-selling author of children's books in the world. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and three Academy Awards, Seuss was the author and illustrator of 44 children's books, some of which have been made into audiocassettes, animated television specials, and videos for children of all ages. Seuss TV special overall as well as the only one to be produced by Hanna-Barbera and after Dr. In the process, he helped kids learn to read. Daisy Head Mayzie is a special that debuted on TNT in 1995. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents. This popular series combined engaging stories with outrageous illustrations and playful sounds to teach basic reading skills.īrilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. It causes alarm in her classroom, family, and town, until an agent makes her a celebrity. In 1957, Seuss's The Cat in the Hat became the prototype for one of Random House's best- selling series, Beginner Books. The book is about a 12-year-old warmhearted schoolgirl named Mayzie who one day suddenly sprouts a bright white daisy from her head. Seuss's first children's book, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street hit the market in 1937, and the world of children's literature was changed forever! His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick, Henry, the Flit!, appeared in several leading American magazines.ĭr. After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904.
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