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	Dr. Seuss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden opened in his birthplace of Springfield, Massachusetts; it features sculptures of Dr. Seuss and of many of his characters.
		Seuss, was a famous American writer and cartoonist best known for his children's books, particularly The Cat in the Hat.
		Seuss wrote most of his books in a verse form that in the terminology of metrics would be characterized as anapestic tetrameter, a meter employed also by Lord Byron and other poets of the English literary canon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dr._Seuss (4614 words)

	All dr. seuss, dr. seuss books, biography, theodore geisel
		Seuss and Beginner Books created many modern classics for children, from Green Eggs and Ham, about the need to try new experiences, and Fox in Socks, a series of increasingly boisterous tongue-twisters, to The Lorax, about environmental preservation, and The Butter Battle Book, a fable based on the nuclear arms race.
		Set in Seuss' home town of Springfield, Massachusetts, Mulberry Street is the story of a boy whose imagination transforms a simple horse-drawn wagon into a marvelous and exotic parade of strange creatures and vehicles.
		Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 2, 1904, Theodor Seuss Geisel (better known under his pseudonym "Dr. Seuss") was "probably the best-loved and certainly the best-selling children's book writer of all time," wrote Robert Wilson of the New York Times Book Review.
	www.laauditions.com /bios/dr_seuss.htm (725 words)

	NEA: Dr. Seuss' Biography
		Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 2, 1904.
		While Theodor Geisel died on September 24, 1991, Dr. Seuss lives on, inspiring generations of children of all ages to explore the joys of reading.
		Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents.
	www.nea.org /readacross/resources/seussbiography.html (401 words)

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		Teacher Rationale: Dr. Seuss' books are unique in the genre of children's literature in that they appear to be written for very young children, but they also appeal to much older people.
		To mark Dr. Seuss's 96th birthday, the National Education Association is calling for every child in every school in the country to read with a caring adult on March 2, 2000.
		B. Use Dr. Seuss books as read alouds, partner reads, free-reading, and as books to send home for parent to share with their children.
	www.pampetty.com /drseuss.htm (2931 words)

	Dr. Seuss: A brief, rough, biography.
		Here is a brief, mostly correct, overview of Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel.
		This book features the work of Dr. Seuss before Dr. Seuss became a household name.
		Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March 1904 in Springfield, MA.
	www.seuss.org /seuss/seuss.bio.html (649 words)

	BBC NEWS Entertainment 10 facts about Dr Seuss
		The televised version of the book was shown in the USSR in 1990; Dr Seuss joked that it was after this that the country began falling apart.
		I think Dr. Seuss power is exemplified by the fact that intelligent adults will come on a BBC message board and write rhyming couplets about how wonderful he is.
		My mother bought me a subscription to the Dr. Seuss books for "Beginning beginners" when I was about five and it certainly sparked a passion for books that has continued to this day.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3523393.stm (2949 words)

	Featured Author: Dr. Seuss
		Seuss was his middle name and he put Dr. in front of it because his father had always wanted him to be a doctor.
		Seuss was one of the few authors of children's books who could get away with moralizing.
		The contract with Standard Oil precluded doing other commercial art for other companies but it didn't forbid doing children's books.and so he wrote To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (Hardcover, Library Binding), using the pen name Dr. Seuss, intending to keep his real name, Theodore Geisel, for more serious work.
	www.carolhurst.com /authors/drseuss.html (1184 words)

	Hats off to Dr. Seuss. The prankster, polemicist and master of heartwarming verse is more popular than ever.
		Seuss created the words "nerd" and "grinch" (there was an obscure 17th century usage for grinch, but Seuss made it mainstream), taught millions and millions of children to read, and almost single-handedly kept the tradition of poetry alive in this country.
		Parents who read their children to sleep with Dr. Seuss might be surprised to learn that he never lost his interest in risque material.
		Some famous Dr. Seuss drawings will be on display, but also some of the art from his personal collection.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/03/DDGHB5BHCR1.DTL (1939 words)

	Amazon.com: Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss): Books: Dr. Seuss
		Seuss' characteristic drawings carry and extend the text through mazelike streets, over colorful checkerboard landscapes, into muddy blue "slumps," through heady highs when fame results from success at the game of life, and through dark, lonely confrontations with graveyard-like fears in times of solitude.
		This Dr. Seuss classic will convince you that you have the potential to do anything, and it does this in the little time it takes you to read it.
		This book was originally published in 1990 and has more text than many of Dr. Seuss books that are aimed at very young audiences (I know a 90-year-old who still loves Dr. Seuss's books).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679805273?v=glance (1501 words)

	Kidsreads.com Seussentennial Celebration
		But Seuss grew frustrated with the advertising world and in his spare time he began writing and illustrating an alphabet book for children.
		Altogether, Dr. Seuss published 48 books which have been translated into 20 different languages making him the best-selling children's author of all time.
		This was the first time he used his pen name, Dr. Seuss (Seuss was his mother's maiden name).
	www.kidsreads.com /features/010221-seuss/seuss-bio.asp (630 words)

	Cyber-Seuss The Officially Licensed Dr. Seuss Website
		These started out being Dr. Seuss related cross word puzzles, but some people suggested that cross word puzzles may be too difficult for some younger audiences.
		Before I got my license with Dr. Seuss Enterprises Inc. I had many online stories, but being as that was a direct copright infringment, they had to be removed.
		Kids who have a working familiarity with Dr. Seuss books will be able to make it though this one no problem.
	www.afn.org /~afn15301/seussfiles/ws.html (541 words)

	Dr. Seuss
		The Dr. Seuss collection you will find at FuntoCollect was created with the same goals in mind.
		We have a large selection of Dr. Seuss merchandise with lines such as Cat in the Hat, Sam I Am, One Fish Two Fish, Horton, Grinch and Dr. Seuss Books.
		With over 500,000,000 books in circulation so far, Dr. Seuss has succeeded in becoming the best-selling children's book author of all time.
	www.funtocollect.com /drseuss2.html (197 words)

	Dr. Seuss crafts and activities
		No celebration for Dr. Seuss would be complete without reading his famous story about Sam I am and the fellow who declares that he does not like green eggs and ham- until trying them.
		The National Education Asociation's Read Across America takes place on Dr. Seuss' 96th birthday.
		Seuss died in September 1991, at the age of 87.
	mailjust4me.com /play/seuss.htm (1081 words)

	Theodor Seuss Geisel - "Dr. Seuss" Biography
		Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as the beloved Dr. Seuss, was born in 1904 on Howard Street in Springfield, Massachusetts.
		His mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, often soothed her children to sleep by "chanting" rhymes remembered from her youth.
		Although his tenure as editor ended prematurely when Ted and his friends were caught throwing a drinking party, which was against the prohibition laws and school policy, he continued to contribute to the magazine, signing his work "Seuss." This is the first record of
	www.catinthehat.org /history.htm (801 words)

	Dr. Seuss on the Web
		Seuss Went to War, a catalog of Seuss's World War II cartoons (1941-43); and The Advertising Artwork of Dr. Seuss.
		"The Political Dr. Seuss", an exhibit curated by Richard Minear at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, Springfield, Mass.
		This Is Ann (1943), text by Munro Leaf; art by Dr. Seuss.
	www.k-state.edu /english/nelp/seuss (1357 words)

	The Political Dr. Seuss
		Seuss worked as an editorial cartoonist for the paper from 1941 to 1943, drawing cartoons that lambasted isolationism, racism, anti-Semitism, Hitler, Mussolini, the Japanese, and the conservative forces in American politics.
		Instead, Minear wrote, "...Dr. Seuss draws 'Japan' - piggish nose, coke-bottle eyeglasses, slanted eyes, brush mustache, lips parted (usually in a smile)." He went on to say, "Perhaps it is no surprise that American cartoonists during the Pacific War painted Japan in overtly racist ways.
		The cartoons are all signed "Dr. Seuss," but even without the signature there would be no mistaking the artist.
	www.tfaoi.com /aa/1aa/1aa291.htm (890 words)

	Seuss Biography
		Better known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss, he populated his odd and fanciful children's books with a hybrid bestiary of Wockets, Whos, Grinches, bunches of Hunches, Bar-ba-loots, red fish, blue fish, and a fox in socks.
		Click here for more about the new musical and national Dr. Seuss museum.
		At the time of Theodor Seuss Geisel's death in 1991, his 46 children's books had sold more than 200 million copies, and his last, Oh, the Places You'll Go!
	www.infoplease.com /spot/seuss1.html (422 words)

	Cut Loose with Dr. Seuss
		On this page are links to other Dr. Seuss sites and a booktable showing what my first graders did as we did an author study on him that fall !
		Seuss is a wonderful author to study, because the themes in his books can be simple or complex.
		In the fall of 1996, I used his books to start the year in a first grade classroom.
	k12.albemarle.org /MurrayElem/White/Seuss/home.shtml (214 words)

	The Dr. Seuss Web Page
		Neither The Center for Seussian Studies, or The Dr. Seuss Web Page are official pages of or related in any way to Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
		Nor do I claim to be any kind of authority on Dr. Seuss.
		These pages are the work of a fan for all of you out there who share a love of Dr.
	www.seuss.org (667 words)

	Dr. Seuss Theme - Lesson Plans, Thematic Units, Printables, Worksheets, and More from A to Z Teacher Stuff
		This supplemental unit fro The Lorax by Dr. Seuss provides Internet resources for first grade students to learn about the environment and recycling.
		Children's literature can be incorporated into this activity by reading Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss.
		Students use And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss to write a story.
	www.atozteacherstuff.com /Themes/Dr__Seuss (814 words)

	Lesson Exchange: Meeting and Reading Dr. Seuss (Elementary, Reading/Writing)
		All of the books that the teacher has read to the students or any Dr. Seuss books that she is not using as part of this plan will be available for the children to read during seat work time.
		They will be used during the month of March when the school is preparing to celebrate Dr. Seuss Day.
		Discussion will continue with what books of Seuss's that they are familiar with and take a straw poll of their favorite book.
	www.teachers.net /lessons/posts/470.html (821 words)

	Dr. Seuss
		Make a graph and see which Dr. Seuss book was liked the most by the class.
		I like to use these lessons around Dr. Seuss' birthday which is March 2 and, if possible, spread the activities out over more than a week.
		Students love the rhyme and imaginative creatures that Dr. Seuss shares in his stories!
	www.hubbardscupboard.org /dr__seuss.html (1717 words)

	Dr. Seuss Theme
		You can read more about Dr. Seuss at under
		Seuss was born on March 2, 1904 in Massachusets.
		Seuss: Cat in the Hat: Blank Hat Pattern @ abcteach or
	www.fastq.com /~jbpratt/education/books/seuss.html (471 words)

	Welcome To Seussville!
		Dr. Seuss properties™ Dr. Seuss Enterprises L.P. All rights reserved.
	www.seussville.com (29 words)

	Amazon.com All Products: Dr. Seuss Shop
		Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, was one of the titans of 20th century American children's literature--a legacy that shows no sign of diminishing in the 21st.
		Read a brief biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel, the much-loved wordsmith and artist who changed children's literature forever.
		Participate in the second annual Read Across America on March 2nd by reading a Dr. Seuss book to your favorite little Who.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/283159 (307 words)

	seuss.html
		Seuss was awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize in 1984 citing his half-century contribution to "the education and enjoyment of America's children and their parents."
		Born Theodor Geisel in 1904, Dr. Seuss has lent his talent to advertising campaigns of the 1940s, political cartoons for PM, and a 1935 comic strip for Hearst publications called HEJJI, about a young lad's travels through the mythical land of Baako.
		With millions of books in print, and nearly all of his 50-plus titles still available for sale, Dr. Seuss was, up until his untimely death in 1991, probably the most prolific living writer behind Barbara Cartland.
	www.primate.wisc.edu /people/hamel/seuss.html (600 words)

	lessons from Dr Seuss
		Students look at a variety of Dr. Seuss books and pick their favorite book.
		Students look through a variety of Dr. Seuss books and pick their favorite.
		CD ROM's of Dr. Seuss Books by "Living Books" (i.e.
	www.auburn.wednet.edu /homepages/ilalko/Seuss.htm (3796 words)

	DrSeuss
		We spend the first week in March celebrating Dr. Seuss.
		Find Dr. Seuss Books in the March Library
		We relax and read lots of Seuss stories including The Foot Book, and Fox In Socks.
	www.kinderthemes.com /DrSeuss.html (366 words)

	Learning With Dr. Seuss Unit/Theme - Lessons, Links, Book Ideas, Printables, and so much more!
		Sharing Dr. Seuss stories with your class or child is a great way to get them to love reading!
		Many schools choose Dr. Seuss to help them celebrate.
		I have designed this page as a resource for parents, teachers, and people who just love Seuss!
	www.teachingheart.net /thedrsuesspage.html (303 words)

	Dr. Seuss @Web English Teacher
		An online collection of the ads that supported Theodore Geisel before he became Dr. Seuss.
		A Catalog of Political Cartoons by Dr. Seuss
		Suggestions for a variety of books by Seuss.
	www.webenglishteacher.com /drseuss.html (780 words)

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