Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American author, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his books for kids written under the pseudonyms Dr. Seuss, Theo Lesieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone.
He released 46 books for kids, which were often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of trisyllabic meter. His most celebrated works include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears a Who!, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Numerous adaptations of his work have been produced, including 11 TV specials, three feature movies, a Broadway musical and four TV series. He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Prize in 1958 for Horton Hatches the Egg and again in 1961 for And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street.
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Geisel also worked as an artist for advertising campaigns, most notably for Flit and Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for Pm, a New York City newspaper. During World War Ii, he worked in an animation department of the U. S Army, where he created Design for Death, a movie that later won the 1947 Academy Prize for Documentary Feature.
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Geisel's birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading produced by the National Education Association.
Theodor Seuss Geisel
