![]() ![]() Geisel took his responsibility as a writer for children seriously, talking down to no reader, no matter how small. He introduced generations to the wonders of reading while teaching young people about empathy and how to treat others well. He had a successful career as an advertising man and political cartoonist, and his personal convictions appear, not always subtly, throughout his books-remember the environmentalist of The Lorax? Geisel was a complicated man on an important mission. It is there that the allure and fascination of his Dr. ![]() Theodor Geisel, however, had a second, more radical side. The Grinch, the Cat in the Hat, Horton, and so many more, are his troupe of beloved, and uniquely Seussian, creations. The silly, simple rhymes are a bottomless well of magic, his illustrations timeless favorites because, quite simply, he makes us laugh. Whimsical and wonderful, his work has defined our childhoods and the childhoods of our own children. ![]()
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