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The Dr. Seuss Story


 
See Also:
Beginning of a Hero: The Jim Henson Story.
Life Lesson #99 – Try, Really Try.

 

I wonder, did you ever have a Wocket in your Pocket? Or try Green Eggs and Ham with Sam I Am? Did that crazy Cat in the Hat ever come to your house with his outlandish ideas and messy messes? Well, you might be interested to know that in 1904, long before your grandparents were born, there was a little boy named Theodore Giesel who loved drawing funny people and funny animals. His drawings even made him laugh after he finished drawing them.

Today, you know Theodore by a different name. You see, he tried going to medical school because his parents wanted him to be a doctor, although he soon found out it just wasn’t for him. But Theodore’s funny drawings and silly stories he wrote to go along with them have helped many boys and girls learn to read! You know him as Dr.(To make his parents happy!) and Seuss (his middle name). We all love to laugh at his Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuz, and feel sad when the Lorax lifts himself because no one will listen, and get mad at the Grinch who would dare to steal Christmas!

Can you believe there was a time when he first wrote a story and no book company wanted to print it?! But he did not give up. We would never have had Yertle the Turtle, or Horton and the Who, or the Parade along Mulberry Street if Dr. Seuss had not been determined to keep trying! He wanted to help children enjoy learning to read and make people of all ages smile. Yes, that little boy named Theodore kept on trying instead of giving up. That little boy truly became a HERO. He became Dr. Seuss!

– Jim Lord