Dr. Seuss: A Childhood Experience for both Young and Old

Dr. Seuss: A Childhood Experience for both Young and Old

     March is Dr. Seuss month and I would love to celebrate this wonderful author’s works with you. I am sure we all have grown up reading these great books and learned them by heart, the tongue twisting silly things that taught us to rhyme and even spell. The Cat in the Hat, The lorax, The Grinch and Thing One and Thing Two. Really now tell me how we did get through? With One fish, Two fish and Feet, Feet, Feet, we learned to count or at least that’s what we think. With all of the characters from A to Z who gave us imagination and loved them all too.

I remember Dr. Seuss

     I remember reading them at school and then, when my kids came along they did too. I read them to the grand kids and what fun it was to tongue twist together all the words. Fixing “Green Eggs and Ham” and dressing them up for school day fun in costumes that matched their favor characters.

     Dr. Seuss AKA Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2,, 1904. He spent many days at the Springfield Zoo with his sketch book in hand drawing all the animals as a boy.  He started publishing children’s books in 1937 and his first book which was rejected 27 times was finally published “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” This was kind of a story of his young life in Springfield. By 1934 he joined the army and was assigned to the education division where he met Chuck Jones and became great friends. In 1957 he wrote the book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” which was later made into a TV special with the help of Jones in 1966. In 1948 he had moved with his wife to La Jolla where he resided for the rest of his life. He and his wife traveled the world and many of his characters and places became inspiration of his books. In 1954 by novelist John Hersey challenged Dr. Seuss to “write me a story that first-graders can’t put down,” while using only 225 words chosen from a list of 348. Dr. Seuss accomplished the task using 236 words. In 1957 the Cat and The Hat came out and in 1958 The Cat in the Hat Comes Back was published along with 4 other books to kick off the reading program. Green Eggs and Hams followed in 1960. There are so many books in between, and after that we all learned to love his work. 

      Dr. Seuss’s wonderful creative life ended in 1991 but his 2^nd wife donated all of his manuscripts  illustrations to the University of California at San Diego, and in 1995 the university library was renamed Geisel Library.  Some of his achievements in life were; he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984, a Caldecott award for several books and many other awards. They made several specials of his books and he even gained recognition in the English dictionary. There is even an amusement parks to honor his work.

     Dr. Seuss has been a household name for a very long time and if you have not read one of his books please pick one up and have a ball. To find out more Dr. Seuss

     Quote of the day:

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!” Dr. Seuss

     Scripture of the day:

Matt. 6:9 “You must pray, then, this way: “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. 10 Let your Kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth.”

Have you ever really thought about God's kingdom as a government? Well He would like his government to be right here on earth and soon it will be! Just keep praying this way!