2. “I do not like
green eggs and
ham I do not like
them Sam I am”
Green Eggs and
Ham by Dr Seuss

3. Theodor Seuss Geisel,
also known as Dr Seuss
was born in 1904
September the 24th. What
inspired Dr Seuss to write
so many children books,
was his Mum. She sang
him lullabies that rhymed.
It was also his home town
in Springfield
Massachusetts in
America. He used the
surroundings and some
special characters and
places there.

4. Theodor had a happy childhood with 2
sisters. Sadly one of them died at 18
months. He had a nice Mum and Dad.
Sometimes it wasn’t the best time for him,
because people would tease him growing up
through both WWI and WWII. (His Mum and
Dad were German.)

5. At High school he wrote for a
magazine, but got caught drinking
during the prohibition. He then
used a pseudonym to keep
writing: Dr Seuss. He liked
drawing cartoons and he was
good at it, a book writer asked him
to do the cartoons for his books.
This lead to Dr Seuss’s first book:
And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry
Street’, based on his own town
and then another called The Cat
in the Hat. This was the book that
launched his fame.

6. He wrote over 60 books, winning many awards
before his death in 1991 at 87 years old. He
won two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards,
a Peabody Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Now
they are making his books into movies the latest
movie was the Lorax. He continues to delight
children across the world.