Theodor Seuss Geisel

Theodor Seuss Geisel

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of
looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at
life's realities."
Dr. Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield Massachusetts in 1904. He went to Dartmouth
College and Oxford University as an English Literature student. He started writing for the "Jack'o Lantern"
the Dartmouth College humor magazine, and gain much notoriety by writing with "Judge" magazine after
that (www.cyber-seuss.com). He worked as a cartoonist for almost a decade and then, in 1937, he wrote
and illustrated his first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.

The following is from a page I found on the Internet:
Long before the Obsks would make a casual appearance in "If I Ran the Zoo" their own story would be
told. This story comes from Ted's life around the time he left Standard Oil in the 30's while the depression
still held America in its grips. It was a 4 page illustrated novelette that was never published, and the text
went like this.

A flock of Obsks
From down in Nobsks

Hiked up to Bobsks
To look for Jobsks

Then back to Nobsks
With sighs and Sobsks...

There were, in Bobsks,
No jobs for Obsks.

Dr. Seuss was a genius, who did not only write his books for children. Many of his books have
morals that he was trying to ...

Theodor Seuss Geisel

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