Introducing Children to the Colorful World of Dr. Seuss

The reason I chose to do my blog on Dr. Seuss is because, I grew up with his books being read to me; or I would read the books myself. As soon as I told Diana my topic of Dr. Seuss incorporated with art, I rushed right home and went through all of my books from my childhood to see how many Dr. Seuss books I had. I had to have at least ten for this project. To my surprise, while I was going through all of my childhood books, the ones I loved the most and thought were written by Dr. Seuss, sadly were not. For example, I loved the book “Go Dog Go” I swore it was written by Dr. Seuss. Sadly it’s not, it is written by P. D. Eastman. 

Before I get into my blog, I wanted to give everyone a little background information about the famous children’s author Dr. Seuss. “Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield Massachusetts on March 2, 1904. He was not an official doctor, but his prescription for fun has delighted readers for more than 60 years” ("Dr. seuss biography," 2012).

           At the time of his death on September 24, 1991, Ted had written and illustrated 44 children's books, including such all-time favorites as Green Eggs and Ham, Oh, the Places You'll Go, Fox in Socks, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. His books had been translated into more than 15 languages. Over 200 million copies had found their way into homes and hearts around the world. ("All about dr.," )

The books that I have decided to use for this blog are as follows:

The Foot Book

The Lorax

Ten Apples Up On Top

Oh the Thinks You Can Think

Horton Hears A Who

How The Grinch Stole Christmas

The Cat In The Hat

Green Eggs and Ham

Hop On Pop

The Shape of Me and Other Stuff

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

References

Dr. seuss biography. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.drseussart.com/biography.html

All about dr. seuss. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.catinthehat.org/history.htm

The picture of Dr. Seuss and his books shown above were taken from Google Images.