Here is a biography of Dr Seuss. Theodor (Ted) Seuss Geisel was born on March 2nd, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. His dad, Theodor Robert, owned a brewery, Kalmabach and Geisel, that Ted's grandfather had started. His mom's name was Henrietta, and her family owned a bakery. He was very close to his mom, and when he was little, she sang him rhyming songs about the pies they sold in the bakery. He also had a sister named Margretha.
After high school, Ted went to Dartmouth (pronounced Dartmuth) College. He was never a serious student and earned bad grades. His dad thought he was getting good grades and thought that Ted would get a scholarship to go to the University of Oxford in England. Ted wanted to become an illustrator. During that time he was sharing a cheap apartment with one of his Dartmouth friends. He got a job offer to become an author and illustrator. "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street". The book was rejected 27 times because publishers thought his book didn't have a moral, and that children reading it would be too silly in class. He drew over 400 cartoons with pictures like ostritches. He continued writing and illustrating books until 1990 when he wrote his last book called, "Oh the Place You'll Go". In 1991, he died on September 24 at LaJolla, California at the age of 86. |
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