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American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)

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Theodor Seuss Geisel (2 March 1904 – 24 September 1991) was an American children's author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, and filmmaker. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.

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Native Name: Theodor Seuss Geisel

Alternative Names: Dr. Theophrastus Seuss • Doctor Seuss • Seuss • Theodore Seuss Geisel • Theo LeSieg • Theophrastus Seuss • Theodor Geisel • Theodore Geisel • Dr Seuss • Ted Geisel • Dr. Theo. Seuss

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Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is you-er than you. Shout aloud, I am glad to be what I am. Thank goodness I'm not a ham, or a clam, or a dusty old jar of gooseberry jam. I am what I am, what a great thing to be. If I say so myself, happy everyday to me!

Day
Play
We play all day.
Night
Fight
We fight all night.

So, gently, and using the greatest of care, the elephant stretched his great trunk through the
air, and he lifted the dust speck and carried it over and placed it down, safe, on a very soft
clover

The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right.
It could be, perhaps his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...

And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.

Say! I like green eggs and ham! I do! I like them, Sam-I-Am!

Oh the things you can find If you don't stay behind!

Reading can take you places you have never been before.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

"And I said to myself, "Now I really don't see
Why trubles like this have to happen to me!

The only one youer than you is you.

You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

The more
that you read,
the more things
you know.
The more that you
learn,
the more places you'll go.

Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're real quite lucky.