Who Was Dr. Seuss? [NOOK Book]

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Overview

Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books-?like his classic The Cat in the Hat. This biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout, brings an amazingly gifted author/illustrator to life.

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Overview

Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books-?like his classic The Cat in the Hat. This biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout, brings an amazingly gifted author/illustrator to life.

Editorial Reviews

Children's Literature
The major events of Theodor Seuss Geisel's life from his birth in 1904 through his death in 1991 are presented in casual, conversational text. Ted's family loved word play. His mother made up rhymes with pie flavors and his dad liked to dream up goofy, complicated inventions. His father helped run a zoo and young Ted spent many hours there. At home, he drew pictures of animals on his wall, but they were not realistic. They had exaggerated features, such as ears that were nine feet long. He met his wife while studying at Oxford and she encouraged his whimsical drawings. He began his artistic career creating advertisements and slogans for Flit, an insect repellant, but he found his true calling when his first picture book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street was published in 1937. He went on to create forty children's books, including beginning readers with limited vocabulary that kids actually wanted to read. His books were often open-ended encouraging readers to consider issues, such as wars, the environment, and prejudice. Factual information is inserted on separate pages to clarify historical events mentioned in the text. The numerous cartoonlike black and white drawings compliment the chatty text. Part of the "Who Was ..." series, this title includes a table of contents, a timeline of Seuss's life, a timeline of the world (1904-1991), and a bibliography. A good introduction to biographies for young researchers. Reviewer: Phyllis Kennemer, Ph.D.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781101535431
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 7/7/2011
  • Sold by: Penguin Group
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 112
  • Sales rank: 15,812
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Series: WHO WAS...?
  • File size: 8 MB

Meet the Author

Janet Pascal lives in New York, New York. Nancy Harrison lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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Average Rating 4.5
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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 3, 2012

    Who was dr. Suess

    After reading nearly a fourth of the series i thought that the dr. Suess biodgraphy gets the ribbon for "most interesting". It was great how the author put the little storylines to each book he wrote, and nancy harrison, my all time FAVORITE illustrator, just makes the icing on the cake with the devine pictures and, of course, the cover!(she does all of the covers for the biography series) even though that the jim henson biography was my favorite, this one makes you want to dig up your old suess books and start reading them over and over and over again. ~Danielle

    6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 15, 2012

    Great

    Love it it is great.

    4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 14, 2012

    Awesome

    Very good info

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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    Posted February 24, 2012

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    Posted February 8, 2012

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    Posted April 13, 2012

    Spit

    Its a never read

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 27, 2012

    Guess me

    I loved it

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 25, 2012

    Rileyk622

    This serics is great got to buy some

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 12, 2012

    Great biblibiography

    I loved everything about i finshed this book in just 2 days

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 11, 2012

    Cool kid

    I LOVED this book so much

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 4, 2012

    Birthday

    His birthday was on the second not third

    Good book

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 4, 2012

    Rry sorry

    I ment to say hi

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 3, 2012

    Happy b-day

    Dr.suess is awesome.love cat in the hat

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 2, 2012

    Happy Birthday Dr Seuss!

    Today's his birthday! (:

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    Posted February 12, 2012

    Hi my name is goldenleg

    Can i please join scaleclan?

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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    Posted February 11, 2012

    Starclan

    We are open for members. I am the leader/ Rosebud. Meet me at the water fall. See you there.
    ~Rosebud.

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    Posted February 9, 2012

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    0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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    0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 17, 2012

    Dr seuss

    I always have liked his books i mean i used them to learn to read

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 5, 2011

    Don't know much about him so looks interesting.

    0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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