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Theodore Seuss Giesel Born
Ted grew up in a zoo and started drawing silly animals -
Prohibition
The Prohibition began (means alcohol became illegal). Ted's dad owned a beer company. When beer became illegal Ted's dad lost his job and they struggled with money. -
Ted Went to Darmouth College
Ted went to Darmouth College because his English teacher went there and that was the only subject he liked. While at Darmouth he found a magazine that he loved called Jack-O-Lantern. Ted started working for the magazine. -
Graduation from Darmouth
Right before graduation Ted threw a party and somebody brought alcohol and the police came and he got into trouble because it was still prohibition. Ted was not allowed to write in Jack-O-Lantern ever again. Ted signed fake names so he could sneak and write in the paper again. -
Oxford University, England
Ted moved to England to go to Oxford University. Ted met Helen Palmer and fell in love. Ted dropped out of Oxford. -
Saturday Evening Post
Ted moved back in with his parents and got a job at the Saturday Evening Post drawing cartoons. He sent his cartoons to everyone he knew. Ted sighned it Seuss. Ted made some money. -
Ted marries Helen
Ted moved to New York City. Ted got a job at a magazine called Judge. Ted had enough money to marry Helen. -
Flit
Ted got lucky. It started with Flit, a popular bug killer. Before there was air-conditioning people had to keep their windows open and houses became full of bugs. Ted wrote a cartoon about Flit. The wife of owner of Flit saw the cartoon and loved it. His comic was so popular everyone was talking about it -
And to Think I Saw It onMullberry Street
Ted wrote his first rhyming book, And to Think I Saw It on Mullberry Street. -
World War II
Ted stopped writing children's books because of World War II. Instead he wrote political anti-war cartoons. -
Horton Hears a Who!
After visiting Japan Ted wrote one of his most famous books, Horton Hears a Who. Helen suffers an illness. -
Cat in the Hat
A magazine called Life featured an article about how kids have trouble reading and how boring children's books are. A friend of Ted's asked him to write a children's story that no one could put down. Then the Cat in the Hat arrived. It was published in 1957. -
Superstar Author
The Cat in the Hat made Ted a superstar author. He also wrote the Grinch that Stole Christmas which became a Christmas Television special in 1966. He became hugely successful. -
Helen Dies
Ted's wife died of her illness -
Audrey Diamond
Ted got remarried to Audrey Diamond. Ted and Audrey went to Africa. Ted made a new book the Lorax and when he went to Africa the trees reminded him of the trees in Ted's book. -
Pulitzer Prize
Ted received a great honor, the Pulitzer Prize. This prize has never been given to a children's author before that -
Ted dies
Ted died but Ted's books are still popular. Although Ted passed away children around the world will still read Dr. Seuss books.
