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Theodor Seuss Geisel, creator of Horton the Elephant, the Grinch, the Cat in the Hat, and a madcap menagerie of the best-loved children’s characters of all time, stands alone as the preeminent figure of children’s literature. But Geisel was a private man who was happier at the drawing table... read more
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“During World War II, Ted had been struck by the generation of German and Japanese children whose lives had been devastated by the educational system to which they had been subjected--"products of the worst educational crime in the entire history of the world."...Children's literature had an extraordinarily important place in the education of youth and, as a consequence, in the future of the world. But he was concerned that the books weren't sufficiently entertaining. He believed that children absorbed much more if they learned in a forum in which they were enjoying themselves.”
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“At the conference, Ted posited, "Children are thwarted people. Their idea of tragedy is when someone says you can't do that." Ted's books succeed because he believed that children's abilities and their imaginations exceed adults' expectations.”
First Sentence
One of the questions most often posed to Ted Geisel was "Where do you get your ideas?"
Table of Contents
Introduction
An Elephant's Faithful...Sometimes
Forensics--Stalking the Elephant
My Book About Me
I Can Write!
"A Am a Fellow o' th' Strangest Mind i' th' World..."
Theodor Grows a Welt
"From There to Here and to There"
Destiny Blinx
You Can Book a Judge by It's Cover
"Time, a Maniac Scattering Dust"
Standard Was Automatic
Secrets of the Deep
What else Can This Ted Guy Sell?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
The Annual Brat-Books
Shunning His Frumious Brand of Sneetch
Changing Views
Taxing the Axis
Moving Pictures
The Missing Linnix
A Very Big Year
Misunderstanding Dr. Seuss
Endnotes
Index
Credits
Authors & Contributors
- Charles D. Cohen (Author)
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