Sunday, March 1, 2009

Catch the Vibe...Dr.Seuss is 105

Did you know that Dr. Seuss was born on March 2nd of 1904? Check out the quotations that belongs to U.S. author and illustrator (1904-1991).

Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as the beloved Dr. Seuss, was born in 1904 on Howard Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Ted's father, Theodor Robert, and grandfather were brewmasters in the city. His mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, often soothed her children to sleep by "chanting" rhymes remembered from her youth. Ted credited his mother with both his ability and desire to create the rhymes for which he became so well known.

At the time of his death on September 24, 1991, Ted had written and illustrated 44 children's books, including such all-time favorites as Green Eggs and Ham, Oh, the Places You'll Go, Fox in Socks, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. His books had been translated into more than 15 languages. Over 200 million copies had found their way into homes and hearts around the world.Besides the books, his works have provided the source for eleven children's television specials, a Broadway musical and a feature-length motion picture. Other major motion pictures are on the way.

His honors included two Academy awards, two Emmy awards, a Peabody award and the Pulitzer Prize.

"A person is a person, no matter how small."
"Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them."
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. "
"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. "

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