Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Seuss the Whole Seuss and Nothing But the Seuss A Visual Biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel by Ch Exclusive: Rediscovering Dr. Seuss' Navy. Editor's Note: Waterway Guide would like to thank Exxon Mobil for permission to use the images supplied on the websites of the Exxon Mobil Historical Collection at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin, the Mandeville Special Collections Library at U.C. San Diego and the American Oil and Gas Historical Society in Washington, D.C. On March second, fans of Dr. Seuss will celebrate his 113th birthday. Today, Waterway Guide celebrates the “navy” he created for an ancestor of Exxon Mobil that altered his course from oil industry ad man to children’s book author. Those who pick up a free copy of the 2017 Waterway Guide (WG) Magazine’s 70th Anniversary issue (available, at no cost, at marinas or online) will see a rare reprint of a 1959 advertisement for Esso Marine products, illustrated by Dr. Seuss. Bruce Wells, Curator for the Oil and Gas Historical Society in Washington, D.C., said in a phone interview, "Back in 1935, while working in the ad department of the Standard Oil Company, Geisel was tasked with creating a campaign to launch Esso Marine Lube for the New York Motor Boat Show that was coming up in 1936." Esso (which still exists in Europe today) was part of Standard Oil which today is part of Exxon Mobil. The WG illustration features a classic Dr. Seuss man in a black suit with fringed epaulettes, derby/bowler hat, holding a striped parasol as he pilots a freakish, steam-powered, craft with oddly bent paddle wheels. “’I can always tell a man from the cut of his jib,’ says Captain Taylor,” the ad copy read. “Just as I can tell the quality of a gasoline by the sound of my engine.” Captain Taylor is a fictional character who routinely dispensed tongue-in-cheek boating advice throughout the series. The ad is one of many chosen from various advertisers that the magazine’s staff picked at random to pull from archival copies and sprinkle throughout the issue to give it a retro feel for the 70th anniversary. It is the only Seuss-powered ad in the WG archive. It came from the WG Northern Edition book of 1959. "We really had no idea of the historical significance of the ad when we put it into the magazine, except from our own perspective," Says Ed Tillett, editor-in-chief and general manager of Waterway Guide (WG) Media of Deltaville, Virginia. " During a staff meeting it became a topic of conversation that Dr. Seuss had illustrated it. When we dug into it, this treasure trove of history all came to light." Gregg Philipson, vice president of Softex Inc. information technology, of Austin, Texas is a nationally known collector of Seuss’ works and an expert on his advertising works. He assisted Waterway Guide via both phone interviews and emails in reconstructing the history of the advertisement. This led to the story of Dr. Seuss’ Navy. In 1935 Geisel was tasked with creating an epic campaign to launch Esso Marine Lube for the New York International Boat Show coming up in 1936. Esso (which still exists in Europe today) was part of Standard Oil which today is part of Exxon Mobil. Geisel and his colleagues generated his magnum opus to the ad game, an interactive advertising campaign called “Seuss Navy.” The campaign included the creation of three, 30-page, booklets pairing his famously whacky characters with “his first foray into creating rhyming storylines as books,” according to Philipson. Geisel once noted that his experience at Standard Oil “taught me conciseness and how to marry pictures with words.” He conjured up everything from mermaids and creatures of the deep, to a Navy Seal that was an actual seal. In “An informal reminiscence” at his alma mater, Dartmouth College, Geisel quipped that his contract with Standard Oil was so restricting that in order to satisfy his creative urges he was driven to become an author. "I would like to say I went into children's-book work because of my great understanding of children,” he said. “I went in because it wasn't excluded by my Standard Oil contract." According to Phillipson, Seuss Navy was wildly popular in its day. Those who signed up were mailed an elaborately illustrated certificate, membership card and one of three rhyming story books for grownups written and illustrated by Seuss. Seuss Navy “Admirals” were then eligible to participate in all sorts of contests, games, social events and boat races for a variety of merchandise/prizes. A search of various auctions reveals that those who have Seuss Navy Esso items are sitting on a gold mine. Prices for a membership card alone start around $300, complete card and certificate sets start at $500. The original booklets make collectors swoon shortly after opening their wallets. Seuss Navy became a social network. The New York Times’ archive holds notices from 1938 announcing the annual Seuss Navy “luncheon and frolic” at a swanky hotel of the day. Over 2,000 Seuss Admirals were minted, more than the U.S. Navy. Yet few today even know it existed, except, perhaps those who stumble across some of the marketing goodies that still linger on eBay. "Starting small at one of the motor boat shows [the 31st Annual National Motor Boat Show at Grand Central Palace in NYC, January 17, 1936], we printed up a few diplomas, and we took about fifteen prominent people into membership —Vincent Astor and sailors like that, who had tremendous yachts — so we could photograph them at the boat show receiving their certificates,” Geisel told Dartmouth researchers. "We waited to see what happened,” Geisel said. “Well, Astor and Guy Lombardo and a few other celebrities hung these things in their yachts. And very soon everyone who had a putt-putt wanted to join the Seuss Navy.” It turns out that the WG ad has a story of its own that takes us straight into one of Seuss' three storybooks for Esso. In a phone interview, Dr. Charles Cohen of Quincy, Mass., author of five books on Seuss including, “The Seuss, the Whole Seuss and Nothing but the Seuss: A Visual Biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel” says the WG ad, was actually drawn in 1947 for the third illustrated story booklet of the Seuss Navy campaign. It was reprinted in 1959 when Esso Marine rebooted the 1930s campaign to capitalize on the newfound success of their former employee when “” became popular. The WG ad comes from Seuss’ third booklet “The Log Of The Good Ship” a satiric guide for boaters, circa 1947 that poked fun at novice boaters, giving them wrong-headed advice. Example: The first thing is to establish yourself as a dashing fellow and fearless boatsman. You will see old men, who have been handling boats all their lives, pussyfooting around the club anchorage at slow speeds and giving everything a wide berth, but set this down to the conservatism of old age and prove yourself of a different stamp. The first time you bring your boat into the anchorage, open the throttle, advance the spark, and let her whoop. The bigger stern wave she drags the better. The forward that accompanies the image in question in The Log explains that this booklet is intended to follow same satiric vein as the first two: . no sooner had the literate members of the yachting fraternity had time to assimilate the wisdom packed between the covers of those books than the incidence of minor marine disasters skyrocketed several hundred per cent. Thousands of yachts were stranded, sunk, and damaged by accidents and mishandling of all sorts. Yachtsmen by the hundreds suffered nervous breakdowns from trying to follow our advice. Marine insurance underwriters debated the necessity of inspecting all insured vessels and doubling the premium rates on those aboard which copies of these books were found. Now, in the same helpful spirit in which they were published, we have brought this handsome, illuminated Ship's Log, in the sincere hope and confidence that it will help carry on the cataclysmic work begun by the earlier volumes. Regarding the epaulets on the guy piloting the boat--Ted differentiated between captains, commodores, and admirals by the amount of frills and affectation in their dress. This boating "newbie" is trying to impress others but the impression he gives is exactly the opposite of the one he intended. Therefore, Cohen believes, the "cut of his jib" remark is simply part of "making fun" of the inexperienced yachtsman. Seuss Navy certificates and marketing paraphernalia were produced from 1939 through 1949, even after Geisel left Esso to join the war effort in 1943. In the Dartmouth interview Geisel concluded, "They [Esso] put advertising on them, and the Navy promptly died. The fun had gone out of it, and the Seuss Navy sank." Fortunately, that singular Waterway Guide ad from 1959 resurfaced and became a beacon to guide us all back to this largely forgotten piece of the beloved author’s naval history. If you own any Seuss Navy materials let us know. Send a photo and your Seuss story to [email protected] Comment submitted by - Wed, Dec 31st. What a fabulously written and interesting article. Great research by Waterway Guide team. Well done superb writer, Lisa Suhay! Comment submitted by - Wed, Dec 31st. Because his name is a proper noun shouldn’t it be Seuss’s? The way it shows in the title makes me think there are more than one Seuss and those people have a navy. The Seuss, the Whole Seuss and Nothing But the Seuss: A Visual Biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel. Theodor Seuss Geisel, creator of a madcap menagerie of the best-loved children's characters of all time, stands alone as the preeminent figure of children's literature. Under the thoughtful scrutiny of Cohen, Geisel's lesser known works yield valuable insights into the imaginative and creative processes of one of the 20th century's most original thinkers. Read More. Theodor Seuss Geisel, creator of a madcap menagerie of the best-loved children's characters of all time, stands alone as the preeminent figure of children's literature. Under the thoughtful scrutiny of Cohen, Geisel's lesser known works yield valuable insights into the imaginative and creative processes of one of the 20th century's most original thinkers. Read Less. Theodor Seuss Geisel. Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 — September 24, 1991) better known as Ted Geisel , Theo LeSieg and Dr. Seuss ( Doctor Seuss ) was an American writer and cartoonist, best known for his classic children's books under the pen name Dr. Seuss , including The Cat in the Hat , , How the Stole Christmas and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish . His books have become staples for many children and their parents. Among Dr. Seuss' trademarks were his rhyming text and his outlandish creatures. He wrote and illustrated 44 children's books. Many of his books have been adapted into short animated programs. His books The Cat in the Hat , How The Grinch Stole Christmas , Horton Hears a Who! and have been adapted into feature films, as well as the musical, "", which is an adaptation of many of his books combined. Contents. Life and career. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts [1] to Henrietta Seuss and Theodor Robert Geisel. [2] He had two sisters, Marnie and Henrietta. Henrietta died of pneumonia at 18 months old. He attended Fremont Intermediate School from age 12 to age 14. His father was a parks superintendent in charge of Forest Park (Springfield), a large park that included a zoo and was located three blocks from a library. Both Geisel's father and grandfather were brewmasters in Springfield, which may have influenced his views on Prohibition. As a freshman member of the Dartmouth College class of 1925, he became a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He also joined the Dartmouth Jack-O- Lantern , eventually rising to the rank of editor-in-chief. (He took over the post from his close friend, author Norman MacLean.) However, after Geisel was caught throwing a drinking party (and thereby violating Prohibition laws), the school insisted that he resign from all extracurricular activities. In order to continue his work on the Jack-O-Lantern without the administration's knowledge, Geisel began signing his work with the pen name "Seuss" (which was both his middle name and his mother's maiden name). His first work signed as "Dr. Seuss" appeared after he graduated, six months into his work for humor magazine The Judge where his weekly feature Birdsies and Beasties appeared. [3] Seuss's family, having emigrated from Germany, would have pronounced their name as "zoice", the standard pronunciation in German (according to census, Geisel's mother was born in Massachusetts, and it was her parents who were the immigrants). Alexander Liang, who served with Geisel on the staff of the Jack-O- Lantern and was later a professor at Dartmouth, illustrated this point. Though Geisel himself has been quoted as saying " Seuss -- rhymes with voice " , the name is almost universally pronounced in English with an initial s sound and rhyming with "juice". [4] Geisel also used the pen name Theo. LeSieg (Geisel spelled backward) for books he wrote but others illustrated. He entered Lincoln College, Oxford, intending to earn a D.Phil in literature. At Oxford he met his future wife ; he married her in 1927 and returned to the [United States] without earning the degree. The "Dr." in his pen name is an acknowledgment of his father's unfulfilled hopes that Seuss would earn a doctorate at Oxford. He began submitting humorous articles and illustrations to Judge , The Saturday Evening Post , Life , Vanity Fair , and Liberty . One notable "Technocracy Number" made fun of the Technocracy movement and featured satirical rhymes at the expense of Frederick Soddy. He became nationally famous from his advertisements for Flit, a common insecticide at the time. His slogan, "Quick, Henry, the Flit!" became a popular catchphrase. Geisel supported himself and his wife through the Great Depression by drawing advertising for General Electric, NBC, Standard Oil, and many other companies. He also wrote and drew a short-lived comic strip called in 1935. [3] In 1937, while Seuss was returning from an ocean voyage to Europe, the rhythm of the ship's engines inspired the poem that became his first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street . Seuss wrote three more children's books before World War II (see list of works below), two of which are, atypically for him, in prose. As World War II began, Dr. Seuss turned to political cartoons, drawing over 400 in two years as editorial cartoonist for the left-wing New York City daily newspaper, PM . Dr. Seuss' political cartoons, later published in Dr. Seuss Goes to War , opposed the viciousness of Hitler and Mussolini and were highly critical of isolationists, most notably Charles Lindbergh, who opposed American entry into the war. One cartoon [5] depicted all Japanese Americans as latent traitors or fifth-columnists, while at the same time other cartoons deplored the racism at home against Jews and blacks that harmed the war effort. His cartoons were strongly supportive of President Roosevelt's conduct of the war, combining the usual exhortations to ration and contribute to the war effort with frequent attacks on Congress (especially the Republican Party), parts of the press (such as the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune), and others for criticism of Roosevelt, criticism of aid to the Soviet Union, investigation of suspected Communists, and other offenses that he depicted as leading to disunity and helping the Nazis, intentionally or inadvertently. In 1942, Dr. Seuss turned his energies to direct support of the U.S. war effort. First, he worked drawing posters for the United States Department of the Treasury Department and the War Production Board. Then, in 1943, he joined the Army and was commander of the Animation Dept of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces, where he wrote films that included Your Job in Germany , a 1945 propaganda film about peace in Europe after World War II, , a study of Japanese culture that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1947, and the series of adult army training films. While in the Army, he was awarded the Legion of Merit. Dr. Seuss' non-military films from around this time were also well-received; Gerald McBoing-Boing won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Animated) in 1950. Despite his numerous awards, Dr. Seuss never won the Caldecott Medal nor the Newbery. Three of his titles were chosen as Caldecott runners- up (now referred to as Caldecott Honor books): McElligot's Pool (1947), Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949), and (1950). After the war, Dr. Seuss and his wife moved to La Jolla, California. Returning to children's books, he wrote what many consider to be his finest works, including such favorites as If I Ran the Zoo , (1950), Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953), On Beyond Zebra! (1955), (1956), and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957). At the same time, an important development occurred that influenced much of Seuss' later work. In May 1954, Life magazine published a report on illiteracy among school children, which concluded that children were not learning to read because their books were boring. Accordingly, Seuss' publisher made up a list of 400 words he felt were important and asked Dr. Seuss to cut the list to 250 words and write a book using only those words. Nine months later, Seuss, using 220 of the words given to him, completed The Cat in the Hat . This book was a tour de force it retained the drawing style, verse rhythms, and all the imaginative power of Seuss' earlier works, but because of its simplified vocabulary could be read by beginning readers. A rumor exists, that in 1960, Bennett Cerf bet Dr. Seuss $50 that he couldn't write an entire book using only fifty words. The result was supposed Green Eggs and Ham . The additional rumor that Cerf never paid Seuss the $50 has never been proven and is most likely untrue. These books achieved significant international success and remain very popular. Dr. Seuss went on to write many other children's books, both in his new simplified-vocabulary manner (sold as "") and in his older, more elaborate style. In 1982, Dr. Seuss wrote, "Hunches in Bunches". The Beginner Books were not easy for Seuss, and reportedly he labored for months crafting them. At various times Seuss also wrote books for adults that used the same style of verse and pictures: ; Oh, The Places You'll Go! ; and You're Only Old Once . On October 23, 1967, during a very difficult illness, Dr. Seuss' wife, Helen Palmer Geisel, committed suicide. Seuss married Audrey Stone Dimond on June 21, 1968. Seuss himself died, following several years of illness, in La Jolla, California on September 24, 1991. On December 1, 1995 UCSD's University Library Building was renamed in honor of Audrey and Seuss for the generous contributions they have made to the library and their devotion to improving literacy. [6] Dr. Seuss was frequently confused, by the US Postal Service among others, with Dr. Suess (Hans Suess), his contemporary living in the same locality, La Jolla. Their names have been linked together posthumously: the personal papers of Hans Suess are housed in the Geisel Library at UC San Diego.[1] In 2002, the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden opened in his birthplace of Springfield, Massachusetts; it features sculptures of Dr. Seuss and of many of his characters. Though he devoted most of his life to writing children's books, he never had any children himself. Artwork. Dr. Seuss' earlier artwork often employed the shaded texture of pencil drawings or watercolors but in children's books of the postwar period he generally employed the starker medium of pen and ink, normally using just black, white, and one or two colors. Later books such as The Lorax used more colors. Seuss' figures are often rounded and somewhat droopy. This is true, for instance, of the faces of the Grinch and of the Cat in the Hat. It is also true of virtually all buildings and machinery that Seuss drew: although these objects abound in straight lines in real life, for buildings, this could be accomplished in part through choice of architecture. For machines, for example, If I Ran the Circus includes a droopy hoisting crane and a droopy steam calliope. Seuss evidently enjoyed drawing architecturally elaborate objects. His endlessly varied (but never rectilinear) palaces, ramps, platforms, and free- standing stairways are among his most evocative creations. Seuss also drew elaborate imaginary machines, of which the Audio-Telly-O-Tally-O- Count, from Dr. Seuss' Sleep Book , is one example. Seuss also liked drawing outlandish arrangements of feathers or fur, for example, the 500th hat of , the tail of Gertrude McFuzz , and the pet for girls who like to brush and comb, in One Fish Two Fish . Dr. Seuss' images often convey motion vividly. He was fond of a sort of "voilà" gesture, in which the hand flips outward, spreading the fingers slightly backward with the thumb up; this is done by Ish, for instance, in One Fish Two Fish when he creates fish (who perform the gesture themselves with their fins), in the introduction of the various acts of If I Ran the Circus , and in the introduction of the Little Cats in The Cat in the Hat Comes Back . He was also fond of drawing hands with interlocked fingers, which looked as though the character was twiddling their thumbs. Seuss also follows the cartoon tradition of showing motion with lines, for instance in the sweeping lines that accompany Sneelock's final dive in If I Ran the Circus . Cartoonist's lines are also used to illustrate the action of the senses (sight, smell, and hearing) in The Big Brag and even of thought, as in the moment when the Grinch conceives his awful idea. Recurring images. Seuss' early work in advertising and editorial cartooning produced sketches that received a perfect realization later in the children's books. Often, the expressive use to which Seuss put an image, later on, was quite different from the original. [7] An editorial cartoon of July 16, 1941[8] depicts a whale resting on the top of a mountain, as a parody of American isolationists, especially Charles Lindbergh. This was later rendered (with no apparent political content) as the Wumbus of On Beyond Zebra (1955). Seussian whales (cheerful and balloon-shaped, with long eyelashes) also occur in McElligot's Pool , If I Ran the Circus , and other books. Another editorial cartoon from 1941 [9] shows a long cow with many legs and udders, representing the conquered nations of Europe being milked by Adolf Hitler. This later became the Umbus of On Beyond Zebra . The tower of turtles in a 1942 editorial cartoon [10] prefigures a similar tower in Yertle the Turtle . This theme also appeared in a Judge cartoon as one letter of a hieroglypic message, and in Seuss' short-lived comic strip Hejji . Seuss once stated that Yertle the Turtle was Adolf Hitler. [11] Little cats A B and C (as well as the rest of the alphabet) who spring from each other's hats appeared in a Ford ad. The connected beards in Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? appear frequently in Dr. Seuss' work, most notably in Hejii , which featured two goats joined at the beard, The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T , which featured two roller-skating guards joined at the beard, and a political cartoon in which Nazism and the America First movement are portrayed as "the men with the Siamese Beard." Seuss' earliest elephants were for advertising and had somewhat wrinkly ears, much as real elephants do. [12] With And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street (1937) and (1940), the ears became more stylized, somewhat like angel wings and thus appropriate to the saintly Horton. During World War II, the elephant image appeared as an emblem for India in four editorial cartoons. [13] Horton and similar elephants appear frequently in the postwar children's books. While drawing advertisements for Flit, Seuss became adept at drawing insects with huge stingers, [14] shaped like a gentle S-curve and with a sharp end that included a rearward-pointing barb on its lower side. Their facial expressions depict gleeful malevolence. These insects were later rendered in an editorial cartoon as a swarm of Allied aircraft [15] (1942), and again as the Sneedle of On Beond Zebra , and yet again as the Skritz in I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew . Adaptations of Dr. Seuss' work. For most of his career, Dr. Seuss was reluctant to have his characters marketed in contexts outside of his own books. However, he did allow a few animated cartoons, an art form in which he himself had gained experience during the Second World War. Seuss' first cartoon adaptation was Horton Hatches the Egg in 1942. It was animated at Warner Brothers, the same studio for which he co- created Private Snafu. Directed by Robert Clampett, Horton was presented as part of the Looney Tunes series. It included a number of gags not present in the original narrative, such as a fish committing suicide and the lead antagonist's affinity for Katharine Hepburn. In 1966, Seuss authorized the eminent cartoon artist Chuck Jones, his friend and former colleague from the war, to make a cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! . Seuss, as "Ted Geisel", is credited as a co-producer along with Jones. This cartoon was very faithful to the original book. It is considered a classic by many to this day and is in the large catalog of annual Christmas television specials. Several more animated specials based on Seuss' work followed, including cartoon versions of Horton Hears a Who! , The Lorax and The Cat in the Hat in 1971, but the latter was considered less successful. Toward the end of his life, Seuss seems to have relaxed his policy, and several other cartoons and toys were made featuring his characters, usually the Cat in the Hat and the Grinch. A Soviet paint-on-glass-animated short film called Welcome (an adaptation of Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose ) was made in 1986. The last adaptation of Seuss' works before he died was , a TV special based on the book of the same name, directed by adult animation legend Ralph Bakshi. Seuss himself called the special "the most faithful adaptation of his work." When Seuss died of cancer at the age of 87 in 1991, his widow Audrey Geisel was placed in charge of all licensing matters. She approved a live-action film version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! starring Jim Carrey, as well as a Seuss-themed Broadway musical called Seussical (both released in 2000). "The Grinch" has had limited engagement runs on Broadway during the Christmas season, after premiering in 1998 (under the title How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ) at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, where it has become a Christmas tradition. A live-action film based on The Cat in the Hat was released in 2003, featuring Mike Myers as the title character. Audrey Geisel was said to have been very vocal in her dislike of the film, and is believed to have said there would be no further live-action adaptations of Seuss' books. [16] A CGI animated film adaptation of Horton Hears a Who! opened on March 14, 2008. Dr. Seuss' books and characters also now appear in an amusement park: the Seuss Landing 'island' at the Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Florida. Product tie-ins (cereal boxes, and so on) have also been implemented. To stay true to the books, there is not one single straight line in all of Seuss Landing: everything curves around. Best-selling books. In 2000, Publishers Weekly compiled a list of the best-selling children's books of all time (hardcover and softcover lists were printed separately). Understanding Dr. Seuss — and why his books were cancelled. I have been in love with Dr. Seuss since childhood, and happily raised my own children on his lyrical work. Much of his imagery is delightful because it is so exaggerated; some of it is racist. If you want to understand why the company that manages his content has ceased to publish some of his books, you need that context. Much of what I will share today comes from The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing But the Seuss: A Visual Biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel , by Charles D. Cohen. As a Seuss fan, I purchased this book years ago and have vastly enjoyed it since it includes many images beyond the ones that appear in his children’s books, including student drawings, advertising illustrations, and political cartoons. If you want to know more about Ted Geisel, the man behind Dr. Seuss, that book is the place to start. Was Ted Geisel racist? Definitely. Geisel was immersed in his times. He published drawings in the 1920s and 30s that were highly offensive. (I will not publish these caricatures on my blog, but you can see some of them here.) They start with jokes about how stingy Scots are, and continue with big-nosed Jews and squinty and slanty-eyed Chinamen. An illustration of two imagined boxers — “Highball Thomson wins from Kid Sambo by a shade” — is impossible to view without perceiving the boxers as gorilla-like. He published illustrations making fun of slave auctions with extremely offensive drawings of big-lipped Africans, some of which include the n-word. You cannot see or read these images without being offended. As Cohen writes: Ted’s eventual break with the routine use of stereotypes in his work might be underappreciated without a careful examination of the humor at the expense of African and American blacks during his youth. The greatest challenge to overcome was the widespread acceptance of jokes about this group. The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing But the Seuss, p. 208. There is no question that Geisel was immersed in a racist culture and that the racism of the times emerged in his drawings. His talent, as all of his readers know, comes from drawing comically exaggerated caricatures of humans and creatures. When this is a furry animal, it’s delightful. When it’s a Jew, an Arab, a Chinese person, or a Black man, it’s horrifying. While it may not have been driven by hate, it embodied the racist attitudes of the time in a way that now seems outrageous. Geisel made amends in the war years. It may be hard to reconcile these past attitudes with what we know of Dr. Seuss now — as a champion of environmentalism and wonder. And anyone who has read The Sneetches knows that it is a powerful, vivid allegory about the stupidity of prejudice. And it’s not just the books. During World War II, Seuss published political cartoons ridiculing anti-semitic and racist attitudes of politicians including Georgia’s Governor Talmadge, along with cartoons publicizing the government’s unwillingness to tap Black labor in the war effort. They are a step in the right direction. But they are still problematic — the first cartoon below references a figure of speech that uses the n-word. From The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing But the Seus s, p. 218. From The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing But the Seus s, p. 219. And the anti-Asian racism remained, including a political cartoon of a grinning Japanese horde plotting to overthrow the government. This again reflected the racist attitudes of the war years. From The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing But the Seus s, p. 240. Is it time to cancel Dr. Seuss? No, it’s not. Dr. Seuss has made a major and mostly positive impact on our culture. Like many artists, his past is flawed. We need to acknowledge those flaws and their context to understand him as whole human being. It is still possible to read his books to children, even knowing this past, and share their positive message. Of course, some of the books themselves also include racist caricatures. And it is within the power of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the organization that controls the rights associated with those books, to determine what do about that. Here is the statement from their web site. Statement from Dr. Seuss Enterprises Today, on Dr. Seuss’s Birthday, Dr. Seuss Enterprises celebrates reading and also our mission of supporting all children and families with messages of hope, inspiration, inclusion, and friendship. We are committed to action. To that end, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, working with a panel of experts, including educators, reviewed our catalog of titles and made the decision last year to cease publication and licensing of the following titles: And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street , If I Ran the Zoo , McElligot’s Pool , On Beyond Zebra! , Scrambled Eggs Super! , and The Cat’s Quizzer . These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong. Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises’s catalog represents and supports all communities and families. I loved some of those books, especially On Beyond Zebra! and If I Ran the Zoo. But if I were reading one to a child now, I’d certainly be chagrined to see exaggerated caricatures of Black people, Arabs, and Asian people grinning and strutting around the pages. I wasn’t sensitive enough to those images before — I certainly am now. I think Dr. Seuss Enterprises took the right action. They didn’t cancel all the books, just the problematic ones. You can still find used copies of the ones they’ve stopped printing. And if you choose to do so, you can stop reading Dr. Seuss, although I’d find that an overreaction. I’m not comfortable with Dr. Seuss’ heirs continuing to spread exaggerated racial caricatures, so I think they did the right thing. The Seuss The Whole Seuss And Nothing But The Seuss. Download The Seuss The Whole Seuss And Nothing But The Seuss Book For Free in PDF, EPUB. In order to read online The Seuss The Whole Seuss And Nothing But The Seuss textbook, you need to create a FREE account. Read as many books as you like (Personal use) and Join Over 150.000 Happy Readers. We cannot guarantee that every book is in the library. The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing But the Seuss. by Charles D. Cohen. Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers Release : 2004 Pages : 390 ISBN : 9876543210XXX Language : En, Es, Fr & De. Highlighting some of Dr. Seuss's lesser known works, the author offers valuable insights into the imaginative and creative processes of a very private man and one of the twentieth century's most original artists. Theodor Geisel. by Donald E. Pease. Publisher : Oxford University Press Release : 2010-03-10 Pages : 192 ISBN : 0199717354 Language : En, Es, Fr & De. Dr. Seuss's infectious rhymes, fanciful creatures, and roundabout plots not only changed the way children read but imagined the world. And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, Green Eggs and Ham,The Cat and the Hat, these and other classics have sold hundreds of millions of copies and entertained children and adults for decades. After graduating from Dartmouth, Theodor Geisel used his talents as an ad-man, political provocateur, and social satirist, gradually but irrevocably turning to children's books. Theodor SEUSS Geisel tells the unlikely story of this remarkable transformation. In this compact and engrossing biography, Donald Pease reveals the evolution of Dr. Seuss's creative persona while offering an honest appraisal of his life. The book also features many of Dr. Seuss's lesser-known illustrations, including college drawings, insecticide ads, and wartime political cartoons-all of which offer a glimpse of his early artistic style and the visual origins of the more famous creatures that later populated his children's books. As Pease traces the full arc of Dr. Seuss's prolific career, he combines close textual readings of many of Dr. Suess's works with a unique look at their genesis to shed new light on the enduring legacy of America's favorite children's book author. Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories. by Dr. Seuss. Publisher : RH Childrens Books Release : 2014-09-09 Pages : 56 ISBN : 0553511807 Language : En, Es, Fr & De. A follow-up to The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories by Dr. Seuss! A new Dr. Seuss book! This follow-up to The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories features familiar Seussian faces and places—including , Marco, Mulberry Street, and a Grinch—as well as an introduction by renowned Seuss scholar Charles D. Cohen. Seuss fans will learn more about Horton’s integrity, Marco’s amazing imagination, a narrowly avoided disaster on Mullbery Street, and a devious Grinch. With a color palette enhanced beyond that of the magazines in which the stories originally appeared, this new volume of “lost” tales is a perfect gift for young readers and a must-have for Seuss collectors of all ages! Best Books for High School Readers. by John Thomas Gillespie,Catherine Barr. Publisher : Libraries Unltd Incorporated Release : 2004 Pages : 1182 ISBN : 9876543210XXX Language : En, Es, Fr & De. Provides an annotated listing of recommended reading material for students in grades nine through twelve, or ages fifteen through eighteen. How the Grinch Stole Christmas. by Dr. Seuss,Charles D. Cohen. Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers Release : 2007 Pages : 85 ISBN : 9780375838477 Language : En, Es, Fr & De. The Grinch tries to stop Christmas from arriving by stealing all the presents and food from the village, but much to his surprise it comes anyway. Includes commentary and notes about the author and the story.