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__**Theodor Seuss Geisel!**__
 * 1) Theodor Seuss Geisel - aka Dr. Seuss - is one of the most famous, and widely known American author for childrens literature.
 * 2) His real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel but went by Ted
 * 3) Seuss used a pseudonym when he wrote his books, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss or sometimes Theodor LeSieg
 * 4) Ted had started using the pseudonym 'Seuss' when he was attending Oxford
 * 5) He used his own rhyme scheme when writing his books, known as anapestic tetrameter.
 * 6) He is also known for making up fictional characters, such as the Cat in the Hat, the Grinch, and Horton.
 * 7) Dr. Seuss's work, has been translated in over 20 different languages and have sold more than 200 million copies.
 * 8) Dr. Seuss taught children that 'reading is a joy not a chore.'
 * 9) Seuss was very creative at playing with words.
 * 10) With his intelligent but simple rhymes he bent the language to suit his whims by joining new words and teaching old ones new tricks.
 * 11) He did nothing less than change the way we use words.
 * 12) Dr Seuss invented the word 'nerd', which appeared in 'If i ran the zoo' in 1950
 * 13) According to Ruth MacDonald in the //Chicago Tribune,// Seuss "//Perfected the art of telling great stories with a vocabulary as small as sometimes fifty-two or fifty-three words.//"
 * 14) Even though Seuss wrote children s books, he did not have any children of his own, He said "I don't think spending your days surrounded by kids is necessary to write the kind of books I write…. Once a writer starts talking down to kids, he's lost. Kids can pick up on that kind of thing."
 * 15) **Thesis Generator - While some of the words seuss used the children could not understand, dr seuss showed children that reading is a joy and not a chore.**
 * 16) In 2000, //Publishers Weekly// compiled a list of the //best selling children's books//, of all time; of the top 100 hardcover books, 16 were written by Seuss
 * 17) From the way Geisel wrote his books, it draws and pulls the reader into the text, which is often reasoned as one of the reasons that Geisel's writing was so well-received
 * 18) Alot of Seuss's books are thought to express his views on a myriad of social and political issues
 * 19) Before Seuss wrote children's books, he worked as a editorial cartoonist for a newspaper in New York, known as PM
 * 20) The 'Cat in the Hat' was made because Seuss made a bet with a publisher who said he could not write a children's book with less than 250 words, but the //'Cat in the Hat'// only had 223 words
 * 21) To children of all ages, Seuss will always remain the most famous and influential name in children's literature
 * 22) Dr. Seuss went from a college dropout to the most successful and beloved children's author the world has ever seen
 * 23) Seuss did not just write books, he also did all the artwork for his books, from all the fictional characters, to actions which resembled senses (sight, hearing, and smell)
 * 24) Seuss founded '//Beginner Books//' which is part of Random House
 * 25) Seuss once said, "Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted."
 * 26) All of Seuss's books are popular for independent reading
 * 27) After Seuss passed away, there were no more books published by him, but all continue to be popular for children, and adults alike
 * 28) The color scheme Seuss used was very idiosyncratic (All the colors were recognizably 'Seuss')
 * 29) Most of Seuss's morals in his books, were brought on by his own concerns, such as fear that the environment is being ruined; the reason he made //the Lorax//
 * 30) Theodor stayed true to his Seussian style when confronting his concerns, but still managed to shame the current generation
 * 31) Seuss's old friend, Chuck Jones, had called Seuss, and persuaded him to make a 30 minute airing of '//How the Grinch Stole Christmas'// on television
 * 32) Theodor was always interested in computers, but never learned how to use one
 * 33) Theodor had devoted 53 years of his life, to create entertaining and instructive books all for the joy of seeing the smiles on children's faces
 * 34) Theodor wrote some of the top selling books, such as //"the Cat in the hat", "Hop on pop", "Oh! The places you'll go", "One fish two fish red fish blue fish", "Green eggs and ham"// and so much more
 * 35) Seuss thought that books who taught children how to read, such as '//Dick and Jane'// were boring
 * 36) Seuss got a list of words used in early readers, chose 220 of them, and wrote //The Cat in the Hat.//
 * 37) Dr. Seuss said that he wrote: "to inspire a desire to read. But the main purpose is fun."
 * 38) Dr. Seuss wanted to know what made children want to read.
 * 39) Some of Seuss's books won honors such as the Caldecott Honor
 * 40) Seuss had written and illustrated "//And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street//," which was rejected by 43 publishers before being printed.
 * 41) // "The Butter battle book" // became a best seller for adult books for six months
 * 42) Seuss started with illustrations when he began selling cartoons to //"The Saturday Evening Post"// and other magazines.
 * 43) Seuss had won two Academy Awards, a pair of Emmy awards, and a Pulitzer Prize.
 * 44) Seuss's last book published in his lifetime was //'Oh, the Places You'll Go!'//
 * 45) '//Oh the places you'll go!'// was one of his most popular books, with both children and adults.
 * 46) Seuss and his wife had earned the Ingalls Wilder Award, which is given to an author or illustrator whose books have been published in the United States and has made a substantial contribution and lasting impact to children’s literature.
 * 47) ‘//A persons a person no matter how small'// is one moral Seuss had taught to children, and adults, from reading his stories
 * 48) Shortly before his death, when Ted was asked if there was anything left unsaid, he had said "The best slogan I can think of to leave with the U.S.A. would be: ‘We can . . . and we’ve got to . . . do better than this.”
 * 49) The only kids Seuss did have, was his two stepdaughters from his second marriage.
 * 50) Besides the books, his works have provided the source for eleven children's television specials, a Broadway musical and a feature-length motion picture
 * 51) Even though Seuss was too old for the draft, he still wanted to contribute to the war effort, Ted served with Frank Capra's Signal Corps (U.S. Army) making training movies.
 * 52) Even though Oxford bored Seuss Oxford did provide him the opportunity to meet a certain classmate, Helen Palmer, who became his first wife, and also was a children's author and book editor.
 * 53) Helen had suggested that he should become an artist instead of a professor
 * 54) All he wanted children to learn from his books was to enjoy it, and understand his simple yet affective morals
 * 55) Seuss's family had saved up a lot of money from him to go to college, but he threw it all away when he got expelled.
 * 56) Seuss's book "//And to think that i saw it on Mulberry street"// was his first ever children's book
 * 57) When Ted was assigned scripts when helping out in the war, he had included rhymes
 * 58) When it came to Seuss's illustrations, there was hardly ever a straight line
 * 59) Because Seuss started working in children's cartoons, he had a good idea of what to write and draw when it came to writing his books
 * 60) An article in //Life Magazine// stated that children's books were boring, and Walt Disney and Geisel were more appropriate
 * 61) Even though Seuss's road to writing childrens books had twists and turns, //the Cat in the Hat// helped define what Seuss could do with his writing and illustrations
 * 62) Seuss had never really learned how to draw before he had begun writing his books
 * 63) Seuss created vivid pictures with misshaped and nonsensical images; catching the children's eyes
 * 64) He would paint much lighter colors on a darker background, making the images seem like they are popping out of the book
 * 65) Seuss had enjoyed writing entertaining books, that encouraged children to read
 * 66) Many of his later books were inspired by current events and his own personal concerns (with the environment)
 * 67) Seuss had always stayed true to being Seussical
 * 68) Only one of Seuss's books had a cliffhanger; //"The butter battle book",// which urged children, and adults to wonder what really happened
 * 69) When Seuss was asked "From where do you get your ideas?" he almost always answered with "Uber Gletch."
 * 70) When Seuss took a look at the trees in Africa, he had exclaimed "They've stolen my truffula trees!"
 * 71) The American Library Association had made a Theodor Seuss Giesel award, which would be offered to the most distinguished authors and illustrators for books for beginning readers
 * 72) Six other books were produced after Seuss had passed away, but none of which were children's books
 * 73) Ted had a fairly happy childhood, possibly the reason why all his books are joyful to read
 * 74) When Ted was younger, his art teacher had said he had no talent, but he proved her wrong when his illustrations were published in his books
 * 75) The way Seuss writes, brings smiles to children's faces
 * 76) Ted was a doodler at heart, from the start
 * 77) The color schemes Seuss used in his children's books, caught the eyes of young readers
 * 78) When Ted was asked why he didn't have children of his own, he had responded with "//You make em, i amuse them."//
 * 79) Ted had wanted to turn the industry of children's books upside down, which is why he started writing beginner books
 * 80) Ted was always very private, and mysterious when writing his children's books

Theodor Seuss Geisel's literature caught childrens interest because of his use of nonsense words, rhymes, colorful imganation, and fictional characters. Seuss helped teach children that reading is a 'Joy and not a chore', with morals that wanted children to 'follow their heart' and 'take care of the enviroment'.

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