Theodore Seuss Geisel III - The Great American Children's Poet

Dr. Seuss: The Great American Children's Poet         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. and Henrietta Geisel of Springfiel Massachusetts. Both sets of grandparents were from Germany. Theodor Jr. was a wealthy brewer and tavern …showed first 75 words of 561 total…

…showed last 75 words of 561 total…do that.         Why did Dr. Seuss write. For many reasons. He loved children and wanted to entertain them and instill in them a love for reading. He wanted to tell the stories inside him as only he could with his beautiful illustrations and nonsense words. But perhaps the most important reason was he loved writing the almost musical rhymes that a generation of Americans grew up with more than he loved to do anything else.