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'''''Dr. Seuss''''' is the ''[[nom de plume]]'' of Theodore Seuss Geisel, an [[America|American]] author and illustrator.  A graduate of [[Dartmouth]] and [[Oxford]], Seuss spent many unsuccesful years before fame would find him.  

'''Theodor Seuss Geisel''' (2 March 1904 – 24 September 1991) better known by his ''[[nom de plume]]'' of '''''Dr. Seuss''''', was  an [[America|American]] author and illustrator.  A graduate of [[Dartmouth]] and [[Oxford]], he spent many unsuccesful years before fame would find him. A keen proponent of [[phonics]], he expressed regets that his books had been used as part of the ''[[John Dewey|Dewey revolt]]'' in the 1920s, "in which they threw out phonics reading and went to word recognition, as if you're reading [[China|Chinese]] [[pictograph]]s instead of blending sounds of different letters. I think killing phonics was one of the greatest causes of [[illiteracy]] in the country."<ref>[http://www.nrrf.org/article_kcs_3-11-02.htm ''Dr. Seuss believed in phonics'']. Originally interviewed for ''Arizona Magazine''. June 1981. Sourced NRRF. 13 may 2008</ref>

 

==Notable Works==

==Notable Works==

:''[[Green Eggs and Ham]]''

*''[[Green Eggs and Ham]]''

:''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''

*''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''

:''[[The Cat in the Hat]]''

*''[[The Cat in the Hat]]''

:''[[How the Whos Saved Whoville]]''

*''[[How the Whos Saved Whoville]]''

 

[[Category:Literature]]

[[Category:Literature]]

[[category: poetry]]

[[category: poetry]]

[[category:children's literature]]

[[category:children's literature]]