Sadly, Helen passed away a short ten years later, and Geisel eventually married Audrey (Stone) Dimond in 1968.ĭuring his lifetime, Dr. The books he published within this division swept across every classroom in the nation, captivating children with rhyme while teaching them a good lesson. He co-founded Beginner Books, a division of Penguin Random House, alongside his wife Helen and his publisher’s wife, Phyllis Cerf. United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs divisionĪfter the military, in 1957, Geisel continued with his pursuit of publishing and writing. He was awarded a Legion of Merit for his efforts. This occurred after being rejected by publishers upwards of 30 times.įor a brief period of time, Geisel served in the Army as a member of the Information and Education Division. It was called And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street. Honing in on his talent for writing and illustrating, in 1937, he published his first book. While pursuing post-graduate studies at Lincoln College in Oxford, he met the woman he would marry, Helen Palmer they wed in 1927. It was during his undergraduate studies that he began to use his mother’s German maiden name, “Seuss,” as his now-famous pseudonym. Always inspired by the world around him, Geisel set off to receive his undergraduate at Dartmouth College in 1921 and pursue a publishing career. Seuss, was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr.
They are reminders everything is going to get better as long as someone like you cares.
Seuss quotes are inspiring for the old and the young.
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