Dr. Seuss A&E Biography

The older I get the more I understand why the Grinch likes to stay up in his cave with his dog.

What a way to treat a woman who devoted her entire adult life to you and your dreams.

I loved Dr. Seuss books but honestly Dick and Jane books are like gold to me. My home was full of abuse and chaos and I lived every moment in fear. As a child of the 60s, Dick and Jane books like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood were so grounding because there was kindness, acceptance, and order. The order to me was like gold. I would cry when Mr. Roger's Neighborhood show ended at 5:30. I was in 5 th grade and all I knew was abuse. I didn't want his show to end. I had to live another 23 1/2 hours before I could see him again. Dick and Jane books were so calming and predictable. They were safe. I was not safe. Dr. Seuss was fun and inspired me as a children's author (I am published) so I rhymed my books like Dr. Seuss did but I brought order to the chaos and love to the story. I wish I had a parent like Fred Roger's and I wish I had the life Dick and Jane did.

Can you imagine, some of the world's greatest children's books were created as a result of several vodkas and lots of cigarettes!😂

I actually got emotional when Mr. Geisel passed. I heard Bruce Williams announce it on his radio show. Then Bruce, from cold memory, recited the entire 'Mulberry Street' book. He'd read it to his kids/grandkids so many times. Man, to be 7 again, and have everyone back. The Cat In The Hat... Green Eggs and Ham... One Fish Two Fish...

I’m so disappointed to learn he cheated on his wife Helen and how she killed herself because she didn’t know how to live without him. Especially since Audrey was a friend of the couple for six years! Double betrayal! Then she betrayed him by merchandising his characters! I hope he is spinning in his grave over his poor decisions in life. The schmuck.

I love the Sneeches on the Beaches. A really good story with a deep meaning.

I am nearly 60 years old and still sing along when the Grinch Stole Christmas!😉

When my Daughter was little, she was taken shopping with my parents. She spied loafs of "green" colored bread! She asked for a bag of green bread for a treat, Grammy questioned if it was wise but Grampy quickly agreed! He couldn't wait to get back to me and watch my reaction. He was very surprised when my Daughter asked me for green eggs and ham with her bread; for supper!!!

At 56 I still have "The 'B' Book" memorized. Can't get it out of my head; not even after brain injury.

The suicide note that was left by his wife really changes my perspective of him. My heart breaks for her

My grandparents bought most all his books. All us kids wore them out Thanks Ted!!!

I didn’t learn to read & write in English until I was 9yrs. old. It was discovered I had learning disabilities. My mum decided I was going to learn to read using Dr. Seuss. I loved his books my favourite was “Green Eggs & Ham”. I absolutely adore “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, I watch it every year!! When my niece & nephew graduated from high school I gifted them each a copy of “Oh, The Places You Will Go!”

Christmas 1964 i received "Cat in the Hat" from my grandmother. Dr Seuss has been my favorite author ever since! I'm now a K-8 reading teacher.

This man, literally taught me how to read, along with Dick, Jane and Sally!! I owe a great deal to him, and I passed it all down to my children!

Thank you for sharing your fabulous imagination. My favorite was “Are you my mother?”

When my son was 3 years old, his favorite books were Go Dog Go and One Fish Two Fish. It was this second book that setup an hilarious situation in our home. Our son had 2 gold fish. One had a couple of red marks on it. Since he liked it the best, he called it One Fish. The other was of course Two Fish. One day the fish bowl had a slowly leaking crack. We put the fish into another bowl while we went to the store to find a new fish bowl. Upon arriving home a fish was found dead in the sink. It set us up for a ending with chuckles of the pets death of a young child. It went like this: Kevin had two fish. He called them One Fish and Two Fish after Dr. Seuss' book. One Fish died, but we still had Two Fish.

It was a hard winter for him??? He had broken his wife's heart, but it was hard for him??? No number of children's stories will ever make him an honorable person.

That suicide note was absolutely heart-wrenching. I can respect what he did for children's literacy, but I can't respect him. Wiki excerpt about wife #2: When she moved in with Seuss, Geisel sent her daughters to boarding school of which she said "They wouldn't have been happy with Ted, and Ted wouldn't have been happy with them." She also said "I've never been very maternal. There were too many other things I wanted to do. My life with him was what I wanted my life to be." Two selfish POS's.

I am so greatly appreciative of this video of this facinating and creative genius Theodore Geisel. His books are so humourous it makes reading them fun. I thoroughly enjoyed this woonderful, informative video. Thank you!