Dr. Seuss: The Great American Children's Poet

Part I of Essay
Dr. Seuss is the pseudonym for Theodor Seuss Geisel III, Ted Geisel to his friends. He originally thought of his pen name being pronounced zo-oice which is the German pronunciation. He took his middle name from his mother's maiden name. He was born in 1904 to Theodor Jr. ....

Part II of Essay
.... to New York. While in New York he worked drawing cartoon advertisments for Flit, an insect repellant. It was he who coined the phrase “Quick Henry, the Flit” which was to 1930s advertising what “Just Do It” is to 1990s advertising. Sort of. They later moved to La Jolla, California where Ted lived for the rest of his life. They loved children although they were unable to have any of their own. About five years after Helem's death he married Audrey Stone. He died in 1991 in his sleep at the age of 87. He wrote 57 books spanning seven decadesf ....