![]() ![]() From this list of words he was given, Seuss created the classic children's picture book The Cat in the Hat in 1957. The director of publisher Houghtin Mifflin at the time - an old collegue of Seuss' - challenged Seuss to write an engaging, fun children's book comprised of no more than 225 different words. ![]() The article called the Dick and Jane children's books of the time "boring" and claimed that this was the reason that children were not learning to read. ![]() His distinction as a beloved children's author really began when Life magazine published an article in 1954 about why children were not reading. By 1950, Seuss was back on the picture book track with the publication of If I Ran the Zoo. He published three more books, but interrupted the writing of his fifth picture book, McElligot’s Pool, in 1941 to begin writing political cartoons during World War II. Seuss began writing children's books in 1937 with And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, which went through many rejections before finally reaching publication. Seuss and his books that is held yearly on March 2nd, Seuss' birthday, or "Dr. Seuss, the beloved children's author of over 40 picture books, including his two most popular books, Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat! His influence is seen most clearly in the National Education Association's event to promote children's literacy, Read Across America, a celebration of Dr. ![]()
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