For the first time in 25 years, a new Dr. Seuss book has entered the bedtime story rotation. His widow found the manuscript shortly after his death but set it aside, and it was re-discovered two years ago. For additional video content, click the “video” tab at the top of this page.
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Geisel, who began publishing books as Dr. Seuss in 1931, wrote and illustrated more than 45 books, including “The Cat in the Hat”, “Green Eggs and Ham” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas“, before his death at the age of 87.
“It’s a classic Dr. Seuss treatment”, he said. Amazon is now reporting that What Pet Should I Get? has sold out, and they can not say when the book will be back in stock. They ponder what kind of animal to acquire, but the end leaves readers guessing. “What it does is it brings a child, actually a brother and sister, into relationship by way of a problem nearly every child addresses in her or his life: What pet should I get?”
Seuss’ real name was Theodor Geisel. “It took me nearly a quarter of a century to find the proper way to get my words and pictures married”.
The Ivy League school is also where the Seuss pseudonym was born.
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Publishers expect to release two other books based on notes from Geisel’s “bone pile”. The following is in the opinion of Seuss biographer Donald Pease.
