Oh, the Places You'll GoDon't be fooled by the
title of this seriocomic ode to success it's not a Climb Every Mountain,
kid version. All journeys face perils, whether from indecision, from
loneliness, or worst of all, from too much waiting.
Seuss' familiar pajama clad hero is up to the challenge, and his odyssey
is captured vividly in busy two page spreads evoking both the good times
and the bad see later ere's fun to be done. |
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March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Henrietta
and Theodore and he had two sisters.
His mom died of an pneumonia when he was 18 months old. His father was a
park superintendent in charge of a large park that included a zoo within
walking distance from his local library.
He went to Dartmouth College and was the class of 1925.
He developed the pen name Dr. Seuss from using his middle name as well
as his mother's maiden name while he was in college.
During World War II he drew political cartoons for a New York City
newspaper where he made fun of Adolf Hitler, Japanese, Germans and
Mussolini. Later on this collection became the book Dr. Seuss Goes to
War.
After the war he moved with his wife Helen too La Jolla California and
continued writing children's books. This is where he wrote How the
Grinch Stole Christmas.
On October 23, 1967 during a period of difficult illness his wife
committed suicide and about eight months later he married Audrey .
Dr. Seuss was definitely an amazing, creative, intelligent intellectual
as we can tell from his writings and artwork. His contributions to
society and our children are extraordinary.
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| This book isn't just for preschoolers and I've
heard people giving this book to their children graduating high school.
One of the favorite sayings that I read from one of the reviews on this
book was.
If you have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes, you can
steer yourself in any direction you choose.
This is simple Dr. Seuss in action. I went to look at a couple of book
sites and the reviews on this book were amazing. Almost all of the
reviews gave high praise and were in numerous amounts.
I've always appreciated the way Dr. Seuss speaks to adults as well as
children. Even while reading some of his books to my children I think he
would have appreciated it when I would replace the character names in
the books with my children's names to make it feel like they were part
of the book also.
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