By: Emily Cooper

A Biography of Dr. Seuss

( Theodore Seuss Giesel) 1904-1991

* Born in Springfield, Massachusetts* Job on school humor magazine called “Jacko”*People threw rocks at him because he was German*Lusitania incident in World War I*He joined World War II

Background

•Wrote his first book•He likes to write books that rhyme

1937

* Wrote “The Cat in the Hat”.* It was one of his most famous books.

1957

* Wrote “Green Eggs and Ham”* A really famous book that a lot of kids and adults love

1964

*Wrote “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”

*A really famous book of his

1966

•Wrote “The Lorax”* A book that teaches people that you should help the environment

1971

*Dr. Seuss was creative because he makes up cool names of places, people, and animals.

•Dr. Seuss was caring because when he wrote “The Lorax”, his meaning was to teach people that you should respect the earth.

Character Traits

“A person is a person, no matter how small.”

His purpose was to say that appreciate every creature no

matter who or what they are

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