Researchers Katie Ishizuka and Ramón Stephens examined 50 children’s books and 2,200 characters created over Theodore Seuss Geisel’s nearly 70-year career “to evaluate the claims that his children’s books are anti-racist.” Their findings were shocking. This year, Read Across America Day was preceded by the publication of a new study. Seuss, as it had done since 1998, in 2017 the NEA shifted its focus to “Celebrating a Nation of Diverse Readers.” They began prominently featuring titles focused on diverse American experiences. Rather than exclusively celebrate the works of Dr. You may have noticed that Read Across America has looked a little different for the last few years. Seuss book (mine is probably Hop on Pop). This is America, and it’s probably not much of a stretch to guess that you probably have a favorite Dr. You might recall school librarians or administrators dressing up as Thing One and Thing Two or a school lunch when Green Eggs and Ham were served. If you’re like me, you remember teachers wearing the iconic Cat in the Hat top hat/tie combo. It’s even celebrated on March 2, his birthday. Seuss lives on, inspiring generations of children of all ages to explore the joys of reading.Until recently, Read Across America Day was-in everything but title-National Dr. While Theodor Geisel died on September 24, 1991, Dr. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984, an Academy Award, three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and three Caldecott Honors, Geisel wrote and illustrated 44 books. Geisel published his first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, in 1937, after 27 publishers rejected it. He coined the phrase, "Quick, Henry, the Flit!" which became a popular expression. Geisel gained national exposure when he won an advertising contract for an insecticide called Flit.
His cartoons also appeared in major magazines such as Life, Vanity Fair, and Liberty. Upon his return to America later that year, Geisel published cartoons and humorous articles for Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at that time. At Oxford, Geisel met Helen Palmer, whom he wed in 1927. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1925, he went to Oxford University, intending to acquire a doctorate in literature. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 2, 1904. In the process, he helped millions of kids learn to read.ĭr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted."īrilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. "A person's a person, no matter how small," Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a.
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