Dr Seuss drawing the Grinch 1957

The son of Henrietta (Seuss) and Theodor Robert Geisel, "Dr. Seuss" was famed for his children's books. His father ran the family brewery until Prohibition and then was appointed to supervise Springfield Massachusetts' public park system. He had one sister, Maxine. They were of German descent and experienced anti-German prejudice from other children following the outbreak of World War I in 1914. His future wife, Helen Palmer Geisel, encouraged him to pursue a career in drawing and his first nationally published cartoon appeared in the July 16, 1927, issue of The Saturday Evening Post. After this success, he moved to New York City and married Helen. He moved on to advertising and had great success. Then, in 1931, Viking Press published his first book "Boners", a collection of children's sayings that he illustrated. A few children's books followed in the late 1930s, and then "Horton Hatches the Egg" was published in 1940. The previous books were prose but Horton was written in poetry. His later successes would follow this format. During WW2, Ted used his talents to the war effort - drawing political cartoons and later writing films for the Army. But after the war, when he and Helen moved to La Jolla CA, he returned to children's books as well as illustrated short stories, mainly in Redbook magazine. Helen had been ill for many years and died by suicide in 1967. Ted subsequently married Audrey Dimond in 1968 and they remained married until he died. He never had children - and he once said about children: "You have 'em; I'll entertain 'em." Scroll down to see a list or Dr. Seuss books in chronological order.