Theodor+Giesel

By Jamie Glueck

He was born March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts.You might know him as Dr.Seuss, which was his pen name for writing children books. He saved his real name for his adult prose and poetry. He found his love for rhyming words, figurative language and poetry when he was a kid. He always helped his mom sell her pastries by yelling out rhyming and fun chants like "These hot buns are like heaven on earth!" That was a simile, he used those a lot when helping his mom. During the civil war he made political cartoon's to express his opinions and idea's. He loved writing fun and uplifting poems like the one below.

=Too Many Daves= By: Theodor Geisel Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave Had twenty-three sons and she named them all Dave? Well, she did. And that wasn't a smart thing to do. You see, when she wants one and calls out, "Yoo-Hoo! Come into the house, Dave!" she doesn't get //one//. All twenty-three Daves of hers come on the run! This makes things quite difficult at the McCaves' As you can imagine, with so many Daves. And often she wishes that, when they were born, She had named one of them Bodkin Van Horn And one of them Hoos-Foos. And one of them Snimm. And one of them Hot-Shot. And one Sunny Jim. And one of them Shadrack. And one of them Blinkey. And one of them Stuffy. And one of them Stinkey. Another one Putt-Putt. Another one Moon Face. Another one Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face. And one of them Ziggy. And one Soggy Muff. One Buffalo Bill. And one Biffalo Buff. And one of them Sneepy. And one Weepy Weed. And one Paris Garters. And one Harris Tweed. And one of them Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt And one of them Oliver Boliver Butt And one of them Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate ... But she didn't do it. And now it's too late.