Dr. Seuss Birthday

Horray, Horray today is the Day! March 2nd is the birthday of the children's book author Dr. Seuss, born Theodor Geisel, in Springfield, Massachusetts (1904). Seuss made a living selling cartoons to magazines, and he also drew cartoons for advertisements. His propaganda work against Hitler is published in the book "Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel " and is a must read for any Dr. Seuss fan.

The good Dr. published his first book for children, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street", in 1937. His next few children's books were moderately successful. Then, in 1955, an educational specialist asked him if he would write a book to help children learn how to read. Seuss was given a list of 300 words that most first-graders would know, and he used those words to write "The Cat in the Hat (1957).

For a complete list of Dr. Seuss books see below.

1. And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street New York: Beginner Books, Vanguard Press, Random House, 1937 1983 B-Extra 1

2. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins New York: Beginner Books, Vanguard Press, Random House, 1938 1984 B-Extra 2

3. The King's Stilts New York: Random House, 1939

4. The Seven Lady Godivas New York: Random House, 1939

5. Horton Hatches the Egg New York: Random House, 1940

6. McElligot's Pool New York: Random House, 1947. Caldecott Honor Book

7. Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose New York: Random House, 1948

8. Bartholomew and the Oobleck New York: Random House, 1949. Caldecott Honor Book

9. If I Ran the Zoo New York: Random House, 1950. Caldecott Honor Book

10. Scrambled Eggs Super! New York: Random House, 1953

11. Horton Hears a Who! New York: Random House, 1954

12. On Beyond Zebra! New York: Random House, 1955

13. If I Ran the Circus New York: Random House, 1956

14. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! New York: Random House, 1957

15. The Cat in the Hat New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1957 1985 B-1

16. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1958 1986 B-2

17. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories New York: Random House, 1958

18. Happy Birthday to You! New York: Random House, 1959

19. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1960 1988 B-13

20. Green Eggs and Ham New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1960 1988 B-16

21. The Sneetches and Other Stories New York: Random House, 1961

22. Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book New York: Random House, 1962

23. Dr. Seuss's ABC New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1963 1991 B-30

24. Hop on Pop New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1963 1991 B-29

25. Fox in Socks New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1965 1993 B-38

26. I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew New York: Random House, 1965

27. The Cat in the Hat Song Book New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1967 1994 B-Extra 3

28. The Foot Book New York: Bright & Early Books, Random House, 1968 1996 BE-1

29. I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories New York: Random House, 1969

30. My Book about ME New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1970 - Roy McKie 1995 B-Extra 4

31. I Can Draw It Myself New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1970 1996 B-Extra 5

32. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?: Dr. Seuss's Book of Wonderful Noises! New York: Bright & Early Books, Random House, 1970 1996 BE-7

33. The Lorax New York: Random House, 1971. National Council for the Social Studies Notable Children's Trade Book / Social Studies

34. Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! New York: Bright & Early Books, Random House, 1972 1997 BE-13

35. Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? New York: Random House 1973

36. The Shape of Me and Other Stuff New York: Bright & Early Books, Random House, 1973 1997 BE-16

37. There's a Wocket in My Pocket! New York: Bright & Early Books, Random House, 1974 1997 BE-18

38. Great Day for Up! New York: Bright & Early Books, Random House, 1974 - (Pictures by Quentin Blake) 1998 BE-19

39. Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1975. (Story and Pictures by Dr. Seuss) 1996 B-62

40. The Cat's Quizzer New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1976 1993 B-75

41. I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1978 1996 B-64

42. Oh Say Can You Say? New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1979 1996 B-65

43. Hunches in Bunches New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1982 1996 B-Extra 6

44. The Butter Battle Book New York: Random House, 1984

45. You're Only Old Once! : A Book for Obsolete Children New York: Random House, 1986.

46. I Am NOT Going to Get Up Today! New York: Random House, 1987 - (illustrated by James Stevenson) 1996 B-74

47. Oh, the Places You'll Go! New York: Random House, 1990

48. Daisy - Head Mayzie New York: Beginner Books, Random Housen 1995 1997 B-Extra 7

49. Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. By Dr. Seuss with some help from Jack Prelutsky & Lane Smith (posthumous)

50. My Many Colored Days New York : Alfred A. Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1996. by Dr. Seuss, paintings by Steve Johnson with Lou Fancher (posthumous)

51. Gerald McBoing-Boing New York: Random House, 2000 (posthumous)

Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss#List_of_books