Dr. Seuss Day
Fun and Whimsy Abound
By Diana Doglio
From his first book, And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street to his last, Oh the Places You'll Go, Dr. Seuss has been delighting and surprising readers of all ages with his wild, wacky, characters in the oddest of settings. His creativity and imagination are unmatched in his field.
Three Seuss books received Caldecott Honor Awards: McElligot’s Pool (1947), Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949), and If I Ran the Zoo (1950). In 1980, the American Library Association honored Ted with a Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. This special award is given to an author or illustrator whose books have made a substantial contribution and lasting impact to children’s literature. He also received the Pulitzer Prize in 1984, three academy awards, and various other accolades, including seven Honorary doctorates throughout his career.
Born on March 2, 1904 as Theodor Geisel, he took on the pseudonym Seuss, his mother's maiden name. See if you can find out why he first did this. He added Dr. to please his father who had said he always wanted a Dr. in the family. We lost Dr. Seuss at the age of 87 on September 24, 1991, but his memory and the wonderful work he did will live on for generations to come. To learn more about the inspirational life of Dr. Seuss, read one of the biographies from the links below.
Dr. Seuss Day at
Pawnee Elementary included:
♥ Green Eggs and Ham
Breakfast
♥ Dr. Seuss Birthday
Cake at Lunch
♥ Visit from Cat in
the Hat and Things 1 & 2
♥ Special Readers from
the Student Council
♥ CRAZY Hair
Day
In addition to the ones listed above, students have enjoyed a wide variety of activities and Dr. Seuss stories all week. Below are some pictures taken on Friday, February 29th, 2008 to document and share the festivities with you. A special leap year day for a special commemoration . . .
Cindy-Lou Who????
Many of the pictures from the slide show link below were taken at the end of the month elementary assembly. You will see many, but not all of our award winners. This show contains the same pictures as the presentation from the top of the page.
Links
Many games, activities, and a great biography; Discover his
motivation for writing Green Eggs and Ham & The Cat
in the Hat
Take a trip to
Seussville
Go to the Dr.
Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden
Learning With
Dr. Seuss: Activity Links
The
Master at Work
For
the kids
Seussville
University
Gamequarium--Dr.
Seuss Games
Take a
Trivia Quiz or Two at
Kids
Reads
Doorknob
Hangar--Printable with Cat in the Hat
Cat in the Hat
Connect the Dots
Who's Who?
Matching Activity
Green Eggs and
Ham Tic Tac Toe
Sound
Files
Interactive Seuss
Fun
Teachers
Download Horton Hears
a Who at NEA
Read Across
America
Dr. Seuss on the Loose:
Center Activities
Pin the Eggs on
the Plate: A Party Game
Cross-curricular Activities for
15 Dr. Seuss Books
A to Z Teacher
Stuff
Dr. Seuss Art
Home
List of Books by Dr.
Seuss
ABC
Teach
Kids
Konnect
Read
a Biography
10 Facts about
Dr. Seuss
Carol Hurst
Biography on Seuss
Kids
Reads
ALA
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
Did
you know?
In
May of 1954, Life published a report on illiteracy among
schoolchildren, suggesting that children were having trouble
reading because their books were boring; nine months later, Geisel,
using 220 basic words from an original list of 400, published
The Cat in the Hat, which brought instant
success.
Green Eggs and Ham was written with the use of just 50 words and is the third largest selling book in the English language; find out the inspiration for the tale.
And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street was written in 1937 and was rejected by 40 publishers.
Dr. Seuss had the license plate GRINCH, a character he always said he modeled on himself.
Dr. Seuss was shy by nature.
The overreaching Yertle the Turtle was meant to refer to Adolf Hitler.
Before his death, Ted Geisel shared an insight on his approach to writing which undoubtedly led to his great success and wide appeal: "I don't write for children. I write for people."
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