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    Theodor Seuss Geisel

Some interesting facts about Dr. Seuss

1.  His real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel

2.  He published over 60 books in his career–not all of which were children’s books

3.  He worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns working on ads for companies like General Electric and NBC

4.  He was a political cartoonist

5,  During World War II he worked in the Animation Department of The US Army

6.  Although he wrote lots and lots of wonderful children’s books, he never had any children of his own.

7.  His first wife committed suicide while suffering from a serious illness.

8.  He took on the pen name of Dr. Seuss during college so that he could continue writing for the college magazine The Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern which he had been banned from after being caught throwing a party and serving liquor–which at the time was forbidden due to National Prohibition Laws.  He wrote dropped his first and last name and published an article using his middle name Seuss and the title Dr. before it.

9.   He used “Dr.” before Seuss in acknowledgement of his dad’s wish that he would one day get his Doctorate from Oxford.

10.  He wrote the book “Green Eggs and Ham” on a dare made by his publisher Bennet Cerf who bet him $50 that he could not write a children’s story using ONLY 50 words; 49 of which were one syllable words.    He succeeded.  The words Dr Seuss used were:

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