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'Dr. Seuss' was the author and illustrator of books beloved by children and adults around the world.
His cartoon artistry was further enhanced with a gift for rhythmic prose – a pattern based on
the beat of the ship's engine during a 1936 vacation in Europe.
'Seussville' official website at Random House
Dr. Seuss entry at Wikipedia
browse the Dr. Seuss Store at Amazon
Dr. Seuss credits [since 1931] at Internet Movie Database
Books & Stories
Dr. Seuss books catalog at Amazon.com
Dr. Seuss audio catalog at Amazon.com
 | "First Editions of Dr. Seuss Books: A Guide To Identification" [2002] by Helen & Marc Younger, Dan Hirsch covers 65 years of Seuss publications Custom Commns hardcover [9/2002] out of print/used |
 | "Your Favorite Seuss: A Baker's Dozen By The One & Only Dr. Seuss" [2004]
Random House/YR 12x9¼ hardcover [10/2004] for $24.46 Each tale is prefaced by a short essay; the stories included are: "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street", "Horton Hears A Who!", "McElligot’s Pool", "If I Ran The Zoo", Happy Birthday To You!", "Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book", "Yertle The Turtle", "The Cat In The Hat", "How The Grinch Stole Christmas!", "Green Eggs & Ham", "The Lorax", "The Sneetches", and "Oh, The Places You’ll Go!", with a complete Seuss bibliography |
"A Classic Case of Dr. Seuss’s Children’s Story Books" [2009]
  | contains twenty children's story books: "The Cat In The Hat", "The Cat In The Hat Comes Back", "Dr. Seuss's A.B.C.", "Dr Seuss's Sleep Book", "Fox In Socks", "Green Eggs and Ham", "Hop On Pop", "Horton Hears A Who!", "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut", "I Wish I Had Duck Feet", "The Lorax", "Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You", "Oh The Places You'll Go", "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish",  "Scrambled Eggs Super!", "The Sneetches and Other Stories", "Ten Apples Up On Top", "There's A Wocket In My Pocket", "Wacky Wednesday", and "Yertle The Turtle and Other Stories"
HarperCollins Children's Books pb [2009] for $52.86 HarperCollins Children's Books 8¾x6½ pb [2009] - overpriced HarperCollins Children's Books hardcover with CD? [2009] for $62.00 |
 | "Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book Collection" [2009]
"WARNING! May induce a lifelong love of reading" • five books in a slipcover set: "The Cat In The Hat", "Fox In Socks", "Green Eggs and Ham", "Hop On Pop", and "One Fish Two Fish" Random House BFYR 9½x6¾ hardcover [9/2009] for $29.97 "Dr. Seuss's Second Beginner Book Collection" [2011] "WARNING: May cause fits of laughter" • five more books in a slipcover set: "The Cat In The Hat Comes Back", "Dr. Seuss's A.B.C.", "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut", "Oh Say Can You Say?", and "Oh The Thinks You Can Think!" Random House BFYR 9½x6¾ hardcover [9/2011] for $31.90 |
On Tuesday 2 March 2021, Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press that six of the late author's books will no longer be published due to insensitive and racist imagery. The six Dr. Seuss books that will cease publication are "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street", "If I Ran The Zoo", Sales of decades-old children's books by Dr. Seuss quickly skyrocketed after the announcment that six books would stop being sold.
"These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong," the company said. "Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan
to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises' catalog represents and supports all communities and families." The decision was made last year after a review conducted
with 'a panel of experts, including educators'.
"McElligot's Pool", "On Beyond Zebra!", "Scrambled Eggs Super!", and "The Cat's Quizzer".
{ those six books are highlighted above & below with the thumb down symbol. }
Two days later, nine of Amazon's top 10 print best sellers were Dr. Seuss books.
"And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street" (1938)
"The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" (1938)
"The King's Stilts" (1939)
"The Seven Lady Godivas" (1939) for adults
"Horton Hatches The Egg" [1940]
"Horton Hatches The Egg" animated short [1942]
"Horton Hatches The Egg" semi-animated short [1992]
watch "Movification" video by Chandler Jackson [11:23] free online on YouTube
"McElligot's Pool" (1947)
"Thidwick, The Big-Hearted Moose" (1948)
"If I Ran The Zoo" (1950)
"Horton Hears A Who" (1954)
"Scrambled Eggs Super!" (1954)
"On Beyond Zebra" (1955)
 | "If I Ran The Circus" [ages 4-9; 1956] by Dr. Seuss Little Morris McGurk imagines the empty lot behind Mr. Sneelock's ramshackle store – just clear out the rusty cans, the dead tree, and the old cars – being used for the amazing, world-beating Circus McGurkus. Random House 11¼x8¼ pb [10/56] for $8.80 Random House 10¾x8 hardcover [1984] out of print/used Random House 11x8 hardcover [10/56] out of print/used |
"The Cat In The Hat" (1957)
"The Big Brag" (1958)
"Gertrude McFuzz" (1958)
"Yertle The Turtle" & Other Stories (1958)
"Bartholomew and The Oobleck" (1959)
"Happy Birthday To You!" (1959)
"Green Eggs and Ham" [1960] 
 | After Dr. Seuss won an informal bet by completing "The Cat In The Hat" using a vocabulary of only 236 words, publisher Bennett Cerf bet that Seuss could not write a book using a vocabulary of only 50 words. The result was "Green Eggs and Ham", a worldwide bestseller that as-of 2014 had sold 8 million copies.
Kindle Edition from Random House BFYR [9/2013] for $7.99 Random House BFYR 11¾x7¼ pb [1/2005] for $10.99 Random House/Beginner Books 9¼x6¾ hardcover [8/60] for $5.98 Random House 9¼x6¾ hardcover [8/60] out of print/40+ used |
watch 1973 animated 'Green Eggs and Ham' segment [5/2011 upload; 7:48] online at YouTube
watch "Green Eggs and Ham" semi-animated reading version [3/2020 upload; 8:35] online at YouTube
"Living Books Presents: Green Eggs and Ham" (1996) (Video Game)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt13493536/
http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Seuss-Green-Eggs-Ham/dp/B00005IB4W/
"Green Eggs and Ham Game" (Board Game) by University Game | Jan 1, 2000
http://www.amazon.com/Green-Eggs-Ham-Game-Board/dp/0679883924/
"Dr. Seuss: Green Eggs and Ham" from Game Boy Advance [Dec 2005]
http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Seuss-Green-Game-Boy-Advance/dp/B00006IKB9/
"Green Eggs & Ham: A Bedtime Story by Dr. Seuss" short film spoof [2014] /tt4074224/
The Dr. Seuss classic 'Green Eggs and Ham' is actually a terrifying tale of a relentless madman forcing obviously spoiled food on his fleeing victim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVe0j0WnMX8
 | "Green Eggs and Ham" TV series [Netflix Nov 2019] 13-episode hand-drawn animated television series based on the book; from Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Television, executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres; cast features Michael Douglas as Guy-Am-I and Adam DeVine as Sam-I-Am; Netflix announced in December 2019 that the series was renewed for a second season, to be entitled "The Second Serving" Complete First Season: Warner Bros. color DVD [12/2020] for $9.96 full credits at IMDb • watch 11/2019 official trailer [1:46] online at YouTube |
"One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" (1960)
"The Sneetches" & Other Stories (1961)
"Ten Apples Up On Top" (1961)
"Too Many Daves" (1961)
"What Was I Scared Of?" (1961)
"The Zax" (1961)
"Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book" (1962)
"Dr. Seuss's ABC" (1963)
"Hop On Pop" (1963)
"Fox In Socks" (1965)
"I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sollew" (1965)
"I Wish I Had Duck Feet" (1965)
"Wacky Wednesday"
"Please Try To Remember The First of Octember!"
"The Cat In The Hat Beginner Book Dictionary" (1966)
"Come Over To My House" (1966)
"The Cat In Ihe Hat Song Book" (1967)
"The Cat In Ihe Hat Comes Back" (1968)
"The Eye Book" (1968)
"The Foot Book" (1968)
"The Glunk That Got Thunk" (1969)
"I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today" & Other Stories (1969)
"King Looie Katz" (1969)
"My Book About Me, By Me Myself" (1969)
"I Can Draw Myself" (1970)
"Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?" (1970)
 | "The Lorax" [1971] A heartfelt ecological warning, a morality play for adults as well as children. Random House YR hardcover [8/71] for $10.47 Random House YR book & cassette [3/92] for $11.20 Lectorum Pubns Spanish edition [1/93] for $10.47 animated cartoon on DVD [10/2003] for $13.03 animated cartoon on VHS [10/2003] for $9.98 |
 | "TRUAX" 20-page booklet [1994] by Terri Birkett, Illustrated by Orrin Lundgren Inept and false rebuttal to Seuss's "Lorax"; ridiculed by Amazon reviewers for its shoddy drawings, lousy rhymed text, and for the attempt by greedy loggers to propagandize small children. Wood Flooring Mfrs. Assn. 8½x5¾ booklet [1994] out of print/scarce Hardwood Forest Foundation 9x5¾ booklet [1995] out of print/scarce |
article "Dr Seuss and The Real Lorax" in 23 July 2018 issue of Nature Magazine
by Nathaniel J. Dominy, Sandra Winters, Donald E. Pease & James P. Higham
read the article online - behind the paywall
article "I Speak For The trees: Could This Monkey Be Dr. Seuss’s Lorax?" in 23 July 2018 issue
of Nature Magazine by Colin Barras
read the article online - behind the paywall
Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now!" (1972)
"Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?" (1973)
"Shape of Me & Other Stuff" (1973)
"Great Day For Up!" (1974)
"There's A Wocket In My Pocket" (1974)
"Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!" (1975)
"The Cat's Quizzer" (1976)
"I Can Read With My Eyes Shut" (1978)
"Oh Say Can You Say" (1979)
"The Tooth Book" (1981)
"Hunches In Bunches" (1982)
"The Butter Battle Book" (1984)
"The Butter Battle Book" [1989] ½-hour cartoon directed by Ralph Bakshi
"You're Only Old Once! A Book For Obsolete Children" [2/1986] by Dr. Seuss
http://www.amazon.com/Youre-Only-Once-Obsolete-Children/dp/0394551907/
"I Am Not Going To Get Up Today!" (1987)
"The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs The Dough" (1987)
"Oh, The Places You'll Go!" [1990]
"Daisy-Head Mayzie"
"Daisie-Head Mayzie" movie [1995]
"My Many Colored Days"
"A Hatful of Seuss"
"The Big Brag" [1998]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqNnvYQz-Mo read-along
"Hooray For Diffendoofer Day" [1999]
 | "Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel" [1999] by Richard H. Minear New press 9x9 pb [9/2001] for $12.57 New Press 9¼x9¼ hardcover [10/99] for $18.90 |
 | "Theodor Seuss Geisel: The Early Works, Volume 1" [2005] These cartoons and advertisements from the 20s & 30s seem crude, compared to his breakthrough work after 1936-38, but are nonetheless a marvelous body of early work. Checker Book Group 10¼x7 hardcover [11/2005] for $22.95 "Theodor Seuss Geisel: The Early Works, Volume 2" [2006] Checker Book Group 10¼x7 hardcover [3/2006] for $22.95 "Theodor Seuss Geisel: The Early Works, Volume 3" [2006] Checker Book Group pb [4/2006] out of print/scarce |
 | "One Cent, Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent: All About Money" [ages 4-8; 2008] by Bonnie Worth, Illustrated by Aristides Ruiz & Joe Mathieu; based on characters created by Dr. Seuss Random House Books for Young Readers 9x6½ hardcover [9/2008] for $8.99 |
 | "Dr. Seuss & Co. Go To War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of America's Leading Comic Artists" [2009] by André Schiffrin over one hundred never-before-published Seuss drawings and including the work of Melville Bernstein, Eric Godal, John Groth, Al Hirschfeld, Mischa Richter, Carl Rose, Saul Steinberg, Arthur Szyk, and others The New Press 9x9 pb [1/2011] for $21.95 The New Press 9¼x9¼ hardcover [10/2009] out of print/used |
 | "The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories" [age 6 & up; 2011] by Dr. Seuss, Edited by Charles D. Cohen seven rarely seen stories by Dr. Seuss, originally published in magazines between 1948 and 1959: "The Bear, The Rabbit, and The Zinniga-Zanniga"; "Gustav The Goldfish"; "Tadd and Todd"; "Steak For Supper"; "The Bippolo Seed"; "The Strange Shirt Spot"; and "The Great Henry McBride" Random House Books for Young Readers hardcover [9/2011] for $9.69 watch official Random House promo video [3:12] on YouTube |
 | "Seuss-isms! A Guide To Life For Those Just Starting Out . . . and Those Already On Their Way" [ages 8 & up; 2015] New York Times bestseller by Dr. Seuss Random House Books for Young Readers 9½x6¾ hardcover [1/2015] for $9.14 |
 | "What Pet Should I Get?" bestseller [ages 3-7; 2015] Written by Dr. Seuss circa 1960 and set aside; packed away after Seuss's death in 1991, rediscovered in 2014; reconstructed with major research and editing by Cathy Goldsmith of Random House; first print-ing of one million copies; the story has the two siblings from "One Fish, Two Fish..." consider many options at the pet store, including imaginary beasts; the ending leaves their choice up to the reader Kindle Edition from Random House BFYR [7/2015] for $9.59 Random House Books for Young Readers 11¼x8½ hardcover [7/2015] for $10.09 |
 | "Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum" [2019] Illustrated by Andrew Joyner based on an unfinished manuscript by Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel); text completed and illustrated by Andrew Joyner (of Australia), producing a look 'both subtly Seussian and wholly his own' Kindle Edition from Random House BFYR [9/2019] for $10.99 Random House Children's Books 11¼x8½ hardcover [9/2019] for $11.00 |
Dr. Seuss Quotations
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter / and those who matter don't mind”
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot / Nothing is going to get better. It's not.” – in "The Lorax" [1971]
“Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So . . . Get on your way!” – in "Oh, The Places You'll Go" [1990]
“The more that you read, / the more things you will know. / The more that you learn, / the more places you'll go!”
“A person's a person, no matter how small.” – in "Horton Hears A Who"
“Today you are you / That is truer than true / There is no one alive / Who is youer than you” – in "Happy Birthday To You!" [1959]
“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”
“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”
“Today was good. / Today was fun. / Tomorrow is another one.”
— Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel)
{ probably said first by American financier & statesman Bernard M. Baruch [1870-1965] }
Stageplays, Radio, Other Media
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Dr. Seuss credits {since 1936} at Internet Broadway Database
"The Illustrators' Show" [Jan 1936]
set design by Dr. Seuss for skit "I Like To Go To Strange Places"
"Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!" stageplay [1957]
world premiere at the Old Globe Theatre [est. 1935] in San Diego, California
"Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!" 1957 stageplay
annual run [1997-2019] at the Old Globe Theatre [est. 1935] in San Diego, California
 | "Seussical The Musical" Broadway play [232 performances 11/2000 - 5/2001]
book & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, book & music by Stephen Flaherty; based on the works of Dr. Seuss Decca original cast recording audio CD [1/2001] 28 tracks for $12.97 credits at Internet Broadway Database • entry at Wikipedia "Seussical The Musical: Vocal Selections - Piano, Vocal, and Guitar Chords" [2000] Kindle Edition from Alfred Music Publng [9/2000] for $18.99 Alfred Music Publng 12x9 pb [2/2001] for $19.99 |
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"Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!" on Broadway
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129 performances [11/2006 - 1/2007] at the Hilton Theatre in New York City Presented by Target Stores; based on the book "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" by Dr. Seuss and on the stageplay as presented at Old Globe Theatre [est. 1935] in San Diego; book & lyrics by Timothy Mason; music by Mel Marvin; additional lyrics by Dr. Seuss • full credits at Internet Broadway Database 96-performance return engagement [11/2007 - 1/2008] at the St. James Theatre in NYC
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 | "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" cast recording [2007] Masterworks Broadway cast recording CD-R [9/2013] for $13.98 Masterworks Broadway cast recording MP-3 album download [9/2013] 25 tracks + booklet for $10.99 "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" on tour [Nov-Dec 2018]
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"Dr. Seuss's The Grinch Musical" TV special [NBC-TV Dec 2020]
 | 2-hour live-action network TV adaptation of the Broadway stage musical • Co-produced by and starring Matthew Morrison; directed by Julia Knowles (television director) & Max Webster (stage director); based on the book "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" by Dr. Seuss, with additional script material by Simon Nye; also starring Denis O'Hare, Booboo Stewart, Claire Machin, Amy Ellen Richardson, Ako Mitchell, Gary Wilmot, Amelia Minto, Tafari Edwards
DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
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"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" world premiere [Dec 2015] at the The Old Vic [built 1818, drama company est. 1981] in Lambeth, London, U.K.
based on the book "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss; adapted for the stage by David Greig, music & lyrics by Charlie Fink, directed by Max Webster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lorax_(musical)
"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" U.S. premiere [July-Aug 2018] at the Old Globe Theatre [est. 1935] in San Diego, California
Presented by The Old Globe and Children’s Theatre Company [est. 1965] of Minneapolis, in partnership with The Old Vic Theater Company of London
based on the book "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss; adapted for the stage by David Greig, music & lyrics by Charlie Fink, directed by Max Webster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lorax_(musical)
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"Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas! On the Radio" [since 2019]
 | The Old Globe's 23rd annual holiday "Grinch" was broadcast for free by K.P.B.S. Radio 89.5 FM four times over the holiday season as a unique audio-only performance; air dates for 2020 were Thanksgiving Day at 12:00 noon, Saturday December 5 at 12:00 noon, Sunday December 20 at 12:00 noon, and Thursday Christmas Eve at 6:00 pm • the audio-only production is directed by James Vásquez, with book & lyrics by Timothy Mason and music by Mel Marvin, starring Edward Watts as The Grinch; the audio performance can also be heard for free on the KPBS website and app, and on smart speakers |
 | "Dr. Seuss: Green Eggs and Ham" for Game Boy Advance [2001] by Jack of All Games Travel from adventure to adventure around the stylized 3-D landscape and collect green eggs and ham; playable on Game Boy Advance and on Nintendo DS hardware; CAVEAT: several Amazon reviewers described this as 'the dumbest video game ever' Jack of All Games/NewKidCo game cartridge [12/2005] for $30.51 |
 | "Green Eggs and Ham Speedy Diner! Game" [2008] "Encourages early reading - Promotes counting and number identification - Reinforces shape and color matching" • includes musical menu timer, chef hat, green eggs & ham, 25 coins, 18 food tiles, 8 double-sided menu cards, 3 customer pads, score pad, rules Wonder Forge game in 10½x15¾x3¼-inch box [2009] out of prodn/used |
 | "Dr. Seuss Matching Game For Boys & Girls Age 3 & Up" [2010] "A Fun & Fast Whimsical Memory Game" • comes with 72 tiles and a clear instruction manual; teaches critical skills to pre-schoolers and older Wonder Forge game in 10½x8x1½-inch box [3/2010] out of prodn/used |
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