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Theodor Seuss Geisel (popularly known as Dr. Seuss) was born in Springfield, MA.
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After leaving graduate school at Lincoln College, Oxford, to become an illustrator, Geisel publishes his first nationally published cartoon in The Saturday Evening Post.
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And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street, was published after being rejected 27 times!
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Geisel publishes The Cat in the Hat, for Houghton Mifflin and Random House, leading to his place as a renowned and beloved writer of children's books.
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Theodor Geisel dies but his books live on in the hearts of children, parents, and teachers.