Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss !
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel, known to his fans as Dr. Seuss, is the author of
such beloved children's books as "Green Eggs and Ham"Â, "How the Grinch
Stole Christmas", and perhaps his most famous work, "The Cat in the
Hat", which was created as a reader for children and used only 225
words. Before writing and illustrating these classics, Geisel served as
an illustrator and cartoonist, turning out advertising campaigns for
Standard Oil for 15 years. At the time of his death in 1991, Geisel had
authored and illustrated 44 children's books as well as
provided the source materials for 11 children's specials, a Broadway
musical and a major motion picture. He is the recipient of two Academy
Awards, two Emmys and a Pulitzer.
(I found the following bio on the website great-quotes.com, and I thought it summed up Dr. Seuss better than I could.)
There
are so many great quotes that I love from this man's books. He had
such wit and wisdom he would put in his simple Children books. It is
there for the Children to read, but also gives a little nugget of wisdom
to the Adults reading them aloud to their kids. There are so many
great little treasures hidden in his crazy books, I just love it. Today
and Yesterday I spent some time reading the Cat in the Hat, One fish
Two fish, and Fox with Soxs to my kids. It brought back memories of
reading these same books when I was a kid. I have to say after a while I do get a little tongue ties and have to stop. It's part of the fun I guess.
Kate and Caleb got a kick out of hearing me stumble over the words.
Jane didn't seem to get it quite yet. I love some many of the books I
don't think I could name my favorite, but Here are some of my favorite
quotes.......
- “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
-“Today you are You,
that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
- “The more that you
read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places
you'll go.”
- “I have heard there
are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from
behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are
going to have troubles with me!”
- “From there to here,
from here to there, funny things are everywhere!”
-“If things start
happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start
happening too.”
- “You're off to Great
Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting,So... get on your way!”
- “Today was good.
Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”
- “Why
fit in when you were born to stand out?”
- “Think and wonder, wonder and think.”
- “Look at me!
Look at me!
Look at me NOW!
It is fun to have fun
But you have to know how.”
- “The storm starts, when the drops start dropping
When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts
stopping.”
“Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are
points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can
do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.”
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss thank you for bring magic to us through your words, pictures and imagination!
