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Theodor SEUSS GeiselThe man behind the pen

By: Monique Sims

+Life• Born March 2, 1904• Died September 24, 1991• Lived through: Sinking of Titanic, Prohibition, World

War 1 and 2, Cold War• Springfield, MA• Came from wealthy family (Family owned Brewery)• Critical and cold father, encouraging loving

mother, older sister• Married twice• Never had children of his own

+ Social/Emotional/Cognitive Characteristics

• Overexcitabilities• Imaginational

• Creativity• Intellectual

• Curiosity• Awareness/

alertness • Emotional

• Empathy• Emotional

Intensity• Underachievement• “Logical-nonsense”• Enjoyed learning

• Creative writing

• Cartooning• Superior language skills• Sense of Humor• Failure Avoidance

• Self-doubt• Perfectionism• Multipotentiality

• Film making• Political Cartoonist• Advertisement• Children’s/Adult

books

+ Eminence

• Three Oscars• Two Emmys• Three Caldecott Honor Awards• At least 9 Honorable Doctorates• 47 Children’s Books• Innumerable Political Cartoons• And many, many more

+ Interesting Facts• Most of the Political Cartoons he wrote were related to

Prohibition• A lot of his Political Cartoons poked fun at different

races (no race spared)• Didn't write his first children’s book until 1937• The Cat in the Hat is his most famous book and it

drastically increased the sales of all previous books• Cheated on his wife while she was dying• Came up with the Pseudonym Dr. Seuss after being

banned from writing at Dartmouth because of being caught with Alcohol during prohibition

• Dropped out of Oxford• Last book written: Oh, the placed you’ll Go! Published

1990