“From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere, everyday from here to there, funny things are everywhere.”One Fish Two Fish Red fish Blue Fish By Dr Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel, more commonly known as Dr Seuss, was born in March 1904 Springfield Massachusetts U.S.A. Ted, as he was known, developed a love for rhymes. This love was inspired by his mother, because she sang him lullabies. Childhood wasgood for some parts, but in World War I, his family lost a lot of finances. Theodor was often teased and bullied because his mother and father were immigrants from Germany.

At his time in Dartmouth College, he got caught drinking during the prohibition and he had to make up a pseudonym to write for a magazine. This was Dr Seuss! Theodor went to Oxford University in England; he was really bored and dropped out, touring Europe with his wife instead.

He liked drawing cartoons and during World War II, he started making cartoon animations. His first book was; And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street, which he was inspired by his home town to write. He wrote Cat in the Hat and that’s when he became really famous.

After writing this book, he then wrote over 60 more children’s literature books, Some have been made into movies, the latest one is The Lorax. Theodor won many awards, including 2 Academy awards, 2 Emmy awards, a Peabody award and a Pulitzer Prize. After a long happy life doing he loved, he sadly died in September 24 1991. He was 87 years old.