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And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street is a book written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss. Originally published in 1937, it was Seuss's first children's book. Originally titled A Story That No One Can Beat, the manuscript was rejected by some 20...
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- Dec 21, 1937
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins is a children's book, written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1938. Unlike the majority of Dr. Seuss's books, it is written in prose rather than rhyming and metered verse. The characters of Bartholomew and King...
- x Date of first publication:
- Sep 1, 1938
The King's Stilts
The King's Stilts is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, published in 1939 by Random House.
The King's Stilts tells the story of King Birtram of Binn, who dedicates himself to safeguarding his kingdom, which lives in a precarious existence. It is...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1939
The Seven Lady Godivas
The Seven Lady Godivas: The True Facts Concerning History's Barest Family is a picture book of the tale of Lady Godiva, written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss. One of Seuss's few books written for adults, its original 1939 publication by Random House...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1939
Horton Hatches the Egg
Horton Hatches the Egg is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1940. The book, along with Horton Hears a Who later provided the thrust of the plot for the Broadway musical Seussical. The character Horton appeared again in Horton Hears...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1940
McElligot's Pool
McElligot's Pool (ISBN 978-0-39-480083-7) is a 1947 children's book by Dr. Seuss.
It is a tale of a boy named Marco who is ridiculed for fishing in a small, polluted pool. In typical Seussian fashion, when confronted with the limitations of his...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1947
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose is a 1948 children's book by Dr. Seuss.
Thidwick, a moose who lives in a herd "about sixty or more" , accepts a bug living on his antlers for free, who tells a spider of the free housing, and both accept a "Zinn-a-zu"...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1948
Bartholomew and the Oobleck
Bartholomew and the Oobleck is a 1949 book by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel). It follows the adventures of a young boy named Bartholomew, who must rescue his kingdom from a sticky substance called oobleck. The book is a sequel of sorts to The 500 Hats...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1949
If I Ran the Zoo
If I Ran the Zoo is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss in 1950.
The book is written in anapestic tetrameter, Seuss's usual verse type, and illustrated in Seuss's trademark pen and ink style. The book is likely a tribute to a child's imagination,...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1950
Scrambled Eggs Super!
Scrambled Eggs Super is a 1953 children's book by Dr. Seuss. It deals with a young boy named Peter T. Hooper (The same boy who captured the Things in Dr. Seuss's other book The Cat in the Hat, which was published four years later.) who spins a tale...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1953
Horton Hears a Who!
Horton Hears a Who! is a 1954 book by Theodor Seuss Geisel, under the name Dr. Seuss. It is the second Seuss book to feature Horton the Elephant, the first being Horton Hatches the Egg. The Whos would later make a reappearance in How the Grinch...
- x Date of first publication:
- Aug 1954
On Beyond Zebra!
On Beyond Zebra! is an illustrated children's book by Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. This book fits into the genre of literary nonsense. The young narrator, not content with the confines of the ordinary alphabet, invents additional...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1955
If I Ran the Circus
If I Ran the Circus is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, published in 1956 by Random House. Although it is perhaps not the best known of Seuss's books, its title is often used in North American English as a saying for introducing an opinion.
Like The...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1956
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children's book by Dr. Seuss written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author, and published by Random House in 1957. The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas and satirizes those who profit...
- x Date of first publication:
- Nov 24, 1957
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, featuring a tall, anthropomorphic, mischievous cat, wearing a tall, red and white striped hat, and a bowtie. He also carries an umbrella. With the series of Beginner Books that The Cat...
- x Date of first publication:
- Dec 22, 1957
Yertle the Turtle
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a picture book collection by Theodor Geisel, published under his more commonly-known pseudonym of Dr. Seuss. It was first released by Random House Books on April 12, 1958, and is written in Seuss's trademark...
- x Date of first publication:
- Apr 12, 1958
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday to You! is a 1959 children's book by Dr. Seuss. It deals with a fantastic land called Katroo, where the Birthday Bird throws everyone an amazing party on their special day.
The Birthday Bird appears in an episode of The Wubbulous...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1959
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham is a best-selling and critically acclaimed book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1960. As of 2001, according to Publishers Weekly, it was the fourth-bestselling English-language children's book (novel) of all time.
The story is...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1960
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish is a 1960 children's book by Dr. Seuss. A simple rhyming book for learner readers, it is a book with a freewheeling plot about a boy and a girl, and the many amazing creatures they have for friends and pets. One...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1960
The Sneetches and Other Stories
The Sneetches and Other Stories is a collection of stories by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel). It is composed of four separate stories, unrelated except in the fact that most of the stories have important morals. The four stories are:
The first two...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1961
Ten Apples up on Top!
Ten Apples Up On Top! is a 1961 children's book by Dr. Seuss written under the name "Theo LeSieg", and illustrated by Roy McKie. The LeSieg pen name is the reverse of Seuss's real-life family name, Geisel.
This book says "75 Word Vocabulary"...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1961
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book is a 1962 children's book by Dr. Seuss.
This book begins with a small bug yawning. This yawn spreads (as yawns are terribly contagious) and then the book follows various creatures, including the Foona Lagoona Baboona, the...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1962
Dr. Seuss's ABC
Dr. Seuss's ABC is a 1963 children's book by Dr. Seuss.There is no storyline, but this charming alphabet book features many strange creatures. Dr. Seuss introduces each letter with rhyme from Aunt Annie's alligator to the Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz. The...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1963
Fox in Socks
Fox in Socks is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1965. It features two main characters, Fox and his partner Mr. Knox, who converse almost entirely in densely rhyming tongue-twisters.
The book in some ways bears a resemblance to...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1965
I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew
I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew is a 1965 children's book by Dr. Seuss. The story features classic Seuss rhymes and drawings in his distinctive pen and ink style.
Solla Sollew is a tale of a young person who discovers the "troubles" of life...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1965
I Wish That I Had Duck Feet
I Wish That I Had Duck Feet is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and first published in 1965. "Theo. LeSieg" was a pen name of Theodor Geisel, who is more commonly known as Dr. Seuss. The story concerns a boy who wishes that he could have many...
- x Date of first publication:
- Aug 12, 1965
Come over to My House
Come over to My House is a 1966 children's book written by Dr. Seuss and illustrated by Richard Erdoes. The name "Theo. LeSieg" was a pen name of Theodor Geisel, who is more commonly known by another pen name, Dr. Seuss.
The illustrations portray...
- x Date of first publication:
- Nov 12, 1966
The Cat in the Hat Song Book
The Cat in the Hat Song Book is a 1967 children's book of silly songs containing lyrics and illustrations by Dr. Seuss and music by Seuss's musical director for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and composer for the animated TV special, Horton Hears a...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1967
The Foot Book
The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites (ISBN 0-394-80937-8) is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and first published in 1968. The book is intended for young children, and it seeks to convey the concept of opposites through...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1968
I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories
I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories (ISBN 0-394-80094-X) is a children's story book written by Dr. Seuss and first published in 1969. The title story concerns a boy who brags that he can fight 30 tigers and win. He makes excuse after...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1969
I Can Draw It Myself
I Can Draw It Myself is a 1970 children's book by Dr. Seuss. It is a coloring book featuring rhyming instructions to help children complete various pictures, culminating in a challenge to the child to draw his or her own "Big Something." The full...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1970
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? is a 1970 children's book by Dr. Seuss.The book follows the sounds "Mr. Brown" can make, such as a cow's "moo", a frying pan's "sizzle", and a hippo's "grum". The book was written so children would be able to learn about...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1970
My Book about ME
My Book about ME is a book written by Dr. Seuss and illustrated by Roy McKie. It was published by Random House in 1970, under the Beginner Books stamp. This book is deliberately incomplete: There are blanks on every page where the reader is meant to...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1970
In a People House
In a People House is a book written by Theo LeSieg, better known as Dr.Seuss. It focuses on objects commonly found in people's homes, as listed off by a mouse to "Mr. Bird". The two animals wander the house looking at all the items in the house,...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1972
Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (ISBN 0-394-82490-3) is a children's book by Dr. Seuss. Written as a book for early beginning readers, it is suitable for children who can not yet read at the level of more advanced beginning books such as...
- x Date of first publication:
- Aug 12, 1972
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? is a 1973 children's book by Dr. Seuss. It is a litany of terrible predicaments which could befall a person, with the repeated admonishment that "you're really quite lucky".
- x Date of first publication:
- 1973
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff is a 1973 children's book by Dr. Seuss.
Shape of Me and Other Stuff, TheShape of Me and Other Stuff, The
- x Date of first publication:
- 1973
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! is a 1975 children's book by Dr. Seuss. It talks about the many amazing 'thinks' you can think. Like many of Seuss' books, it contains many crazy creatures and outlandish locations.
In Seussical, "Oh the Thinks You...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1975
Because a Little Bug Went Ka-choo
Because a Little Bug went Ka-Choo (ISBN 0-394-83130-6) is a children's book published in 1975 in the Beginner Books series. The book was written by Dr. Seuss, who used the pen name Rosetta Stone, and illustrated by Michael Frith.
The book tells...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1975
Hooper Humperdink ... ? Not Him!
Hooper Humperdink...Not Him! is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss under the name, "Theo. LeSieg", illustrated by Charles E. Martin. The story tells how somebody plans a party, inviting every fellow from A to Z, except for Hooper Humperdink, who...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1976
The Cat's Quizzer
The Cat's Quizzer is a 1976 children's book by Dr. Seuss. In it, The Cat in the Hat asks many, sometimes ridiculous, questions to the reader. The answers are found in the back of the book.
Cat's Quizzer, TheCat's Quizzer, The
- x Date of first publication:
- 1976
Please Try to Remember the First of Octember!
Please Try To Remember the First of Octember! (ISBN 0-394-83563-8) is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, written under the name "Theo. LeSieg", illustrated by Art Cummings and published by the Beginner Books imprint of Random House. It is an...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1977
I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! is a 1978 children's book by Dr. Seuss. In this book the famous Cat in the Hat shows Young Cat the fun he can get out of reading.he tells how he can read differently then others and what fun
- x Date of first publication:
- 1978
Oh Say Can You Say?
Oh Say Can You Say? is a 1979 children's book by Dr. Seuss. It is a book of 25 tongue-twisters. "Oh my brothers! Oh my sisters! These are Terrible Tongue Twisters!"
- x Date of first publication:
- 1979
Maybe You Should Fly A Jet! Maybe You Should Be A Vet!
Maybe You Should Fly A Jet! Maybe You Should Be A Vet! is a 1980 children's book by Theo. Lesieg (aka Dr. Seuss), illustrated by Michael J. Smollin, which suggests in rhyme many things kids could grow up to be, such as, "How about a wrestler, a...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1981
Hunches in Bunches
Hunches in Bunches (ISBN 0-394-85502-7) is a children's book by Dr. Seuss intended for readers between ages 4 and 8. It is a warning against the perils of indecision. A boy is approached by numerous strange creatures with enormous gloved hats on...
- x Date of first publication:
- Oct 12, 1982
The Butter Battle Book
The Butter Battle Book is a rhyming story written by Dr. Seuss. It was published by Random House Books for Young Readers on January 12, 1984. It is an anti-war story; specifically, a parable about arms races in general and mutually assured...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1984
You're Only Old Once! : A Book for Obsolete Children
You're Only Old Once! A Book for Obsolete Children is a 1986 picture book for adults by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel). Released on Geisel's eighty-second birthday, the book follows an elderly man on a visit to the Golden Years Clinic, where he...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1986
I Am NOT Going to Get Up Today!
I Am NOT Going to Get Up Today! is a 1987 book by the children's author Dr. Seuss (pseudonym of Theodor Geisel). The book tells the story of a lazy boy who decides to stay in bed despite media coverage and the arrival of the U.S. Marines. The book...
- x Date of first publication:
- 1987
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Oh, the Places You'll Go! (ISBN 978-0-679-80527-4) is a book written and illustrated by children's author Dr. Seuss. It was first published by Random House on January 22, 1990, making it his last book published before his death. The book concerns...
- x Date of first publication:
- Jan 22, 1990
Daisy - Head Mayzie
Daisy-Head Mayzie is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss, although he did not illustrate it, nor was it published until 1995, after his death.
The book is about a schoolgirl named Mayzie who one day suddenly sprouts a bright yellow daisy from her...
- x Date of first publication:
- Mar 31, 1995
