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A writer is born
Theodor Seuss Geisel (popularly known as Dr. Seuss) was born in Springfield, MA. -
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The Life of Dr. Seuss
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Graduates from Dartmouth
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Illustrator
After leaving graduate school at Lincoln College, Oxford, to become an illustrator, Geisel publishes his first nationally published cartoon in The Saturday Evening Post. -
Dr. Seuss publishes first book
And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street, was published after being rejected 27 times! -
And the rest is history
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. -
Theodor Geisel dies
Theodor Geisel dies but his books live on in the hearts of children, parents, and teachers.