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The Places You Ll Go By Theodor Seuss Geisel
So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact, and remember that life’s A great Balancing Act. And you will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed). Kid, you’ll move mountains,” is the title of The Places You'll Go by the famous children's book author, Dr. Seuss (Seuss). Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was born on March 2, 1904. His parents were Theodor Robert Geisel, a hard working man, and Henrietta Seuss, a loving mother. Dr. Seuss changed the way young kids learned how to read. Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was a very famous author of children's books. He made an enormous change in the way young kids learn and comprehend how to read. He put the laughter and love …show more content…

Dr. Seuss reinvented reading for many young kids and taught them how to understand literature. He would use vowels in his writing, and he added rhyme and repetition to them (Solenski). Dr. Seuss brought humor to his stories, along with wonderful teaching messages for everyone. Kids don't want to read if they feel discouraged, but with his books they did not feel discouraged. In his books, Dr. Seuss would focus on a specific vowel sound. This allowed children to become familiar with that sound. It allowed kids to see how the vowel sound made different words. Dr. Seuss was very focused with his job. He kept writing and writing for hours. He made films, advertisements, books, cartoons, and more. In his 65 year career he was an advertising cartoonist, caricaturist, playwright, short story writer, documentary filmmaker, lyricist, teacher, political cartoonist, editor, and author of children's books. Seuss had a very big imagination and tons of people saw greatness in him. Most people I know have heard of some of his very famous books such as: The Cat in The Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, and To Think I Saw That on Mulberry Street. On the Publishers Weekly, 16 of his books are on the, “100 Top-Selling Hardcover Children’s Books of All-Time.” Lastly, Dr. Seuss taught generations upon generations how to read and discover a whole new world of …show more content…

Seuss stated, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” Seuss taught stories and teachings for kids and adults. Seuss used methods in every way into his writing. His stories will always be remembered. He had a different ways of teaching and writing that was easy and fun to remember (Solenski). His stories were powerful and deep, with much detail(Solenski). Seuss would make a funny stories out of things like the Cat in the Hat, and much more creative ones (Solenski). People remember things from his books no matter how long ago they read them. He had a special way of writing that no one really could get like him (Solenski). His mother inspired him on the way he wrote (Dr Seuss' - Rhymes and Reasons Documentary.). His books were incredibly popular and his books were in 26 or more languages. He devoted everything into his career (Bio)Seuss wasn't a big fan of kids but after a while he got used to them. He wanted his stories to be interesting to them. Everyone fell in love with his books. The publisher of Peter Rabbit even thought it was amazing and loved it. Dr. Seuss made kids feel like they could do or be

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