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| Genre/Form: | Illustrations Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Seuss, Dr.; Theo LeSieg |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas Fensch |
| ISBN: | 0786403888 9780786403882 |
| OCLC Number: | 37418407 |
| Description: | xi, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Chronology -- The wacky world of Dr. Seuss delights the child -- and adult -- readers of his books/Peter Bunzel -- Children's friend/E.J. Kahn, Jr. -- 25 years of working wonder with words/Helen Renthal -- "Then I doodled a tree"/Lewis Nichols -- Seuss for the goose is Seuss for the gander/Selma G. Lanes -- Dr. Seuss and the naked ladies: blowing the lid off the private life of America's most beloved author/Carolyn See -- And, dear Dr. Seuss, the whole world's in love with yeuss/George Kane -- The beginnings of Dr. Seuss: a conversation with Theodore S. Geisel/Edward Connery Lathem -- Dr. Seuss's Green-eggs-and-ham world/Judith Frutig -- Dr. Seuss at 75: Grinch, Cat in Hat, Wocket and generations of kids in his pocket/Cynthia Gorney -- How the Grinch stole reading: the serious nonsense of Dr. Seuss/Warren T. Greenleaf -- The good Dr. Seuss/Jonathan Cott -- "Somebody's got to win" in kids' books: an interview with Dr. Seuss on his books for children, young and old/U.S. News & World Report -- The private world of Dr. Seuss: a visit to Theodore Geisel's La Jolla mountaintop/Hilliard Harper -- Maurice Sendak and Dr. Seuss: a conversation/Glenn Edward Sadler -- On beyond zebra with Dr. Seuss/Rita Roth -- The cabinet of Dr. Seuss/Alison Lurie -- The mouse in the corner, the fly on the wall: what very young eyes see in picture books/Karla Kuskin -- Dr. Seuss and Dr. Einstein: children's books and scientific imagination/Chet Raymo -- Turning loose/Sue Monk Kidd -- Dr. Seuss finally transcended the gender barrier/Jan Benzel -- Dr. Seuss remembered/Publishers Weekly -- He left us smiles/Leonard S. Marcus -- Oh, the places you've taken us: the reading teacher's tribute to Dr. Seuss/Elizabeth B. Moje and Woan-Ru Shyu -- The doctor beloved by all/Stefan Kanfer -- Epitaph: green eggs and me/Peter W. Bernstein -- Appendix: all-time bestselling hardcover children's books -- Annotated bibliography -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Thomas Fensch. |
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- Seuss, -- Dr.
- Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Children's stories, American -- History and criticism.
- Children's stories, American -- Illustrations.
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
- Illustrators -- United States -- Biography.
- Illustration of books -- United States -- 20th century.
- LeSieg, Theo.
