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This is a rough draft of a book/ biography report! I hope you like!


A person's a person, no matter how small. The famous lines of one famous doctor, But of course I’m not talking about a medicine doctor I am talking about a rhyming doctor! Everyone knows the famous Dr. Seuss, knowing him is just half of the story; you really need to know the not so famous Ted Geisel a very shy man. Who is that you might ask? Well he is the other half of the rhyming doctor.
In 1904 Ted Seuss Geisel was born to Theodor Robert Geisel and His wife Henrietta Seuss Geisel. He had an older sister named Margaretha Christine who ted later said was a sight of poise and grace. Ted spent his childhood drawing crazy images of strange and exotic animals, Going to the local zoo, and writing stories! Because his family was German in the states he did get called names at school because of war world One. When Ted was old enough his dad took him to a gun show. His father was an expert marksman! Unfortunately Ted did not like the way of guns and his father never took him back! His dad saw that Ted always had a pencil in hand. When an advertisement came in about sending in a drawing for only 15 dollars Theodor sent in one of his sons! Of course when they got back the results they just said he had great talent. Theodor said that they say that to everyone and all they wanted was the 15 dollars, but he still knew his son had talent! While Ted’s dad encouraged him in his drawings his mom encouraged him in his words and rhyming! Ted once said his mother was responsible “for the rhythms in which I write and the urgency with which I do it!”
Ted did graduate from high school and went to college at Dartmouth! There he joined the newspaper “jack-o-Lantern” working his way up to editor in chief. Sadly the rein as editor in chief was short lived. Ted was caught at a party that was not allowed at the college. He got kicked off of the paper. But that did not stop the rascal in Ted, He still shared his art and stories by signing his name Seuss. Because nobody at the college knew his middle name or his mother’s maiden name it was slipped through! On June 23, 1925 Ted graduated from Dartmouth with a grade point average of 2.454 and a respectable ranking: 133rd in class of 387!
Ted told his father that he had a scholarship to oxford, But Ted spoke to soon. When Ted found out the scholarship was not coming through he told his father. His father starred at him long and hard, He wasn’t a man to yell. Because the newspaper already published that Ted got the scholarship with the Geisel pride on the line his father found the founding’s to send Ted to oxford! At oxford Ted was planning on being a professor. Until one day in class a girl named Helen Palmer saw his doodling and encouraged him to be an artist. That Encouragement led to a marriage between the two and a wonderful Children’s author Dr. Seuss!
Ted started putting Dr. in the beginning of his name for the doctorate he never got! The first children book he wrote was called and to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street this book was about imagination. Something Ted knew a lot about! His books started getting more and more popular, Some of the famous titles such as Horton hatches the egg, If I ran the zoo, Horton hears a who, How the Grinch stole Christmas, and the cat in the hat! Every time a book came out the sales rose and rose! But while those books were coming out his sister was starting to drink herself away. She got alcohol poisoning and died leaving her daughter to Ted. (the daughter find name) Said that Helen never replaced her mother but always set an example for her to follow! Helen was right along side of him each and every book! They formed a great partnership. Unfortunately the partnership took over their marriage. They began to sleep in different rooms and Ted started to fall in love with another woman named Audrey Stone, A neighbor and friend. Helen started to see Ted fall in love with Audrey. Sadly Helen committed suicide saying she couldn’t live without Ted’s love. He felt heartbroken he asked one of his friends what he was supposed to do, Kill himself and burn down the house? Of course he did not do that. He married Audrey and lived out his life! Creating more books and even movies! One of those famous books he wrote about growing old that was very personal to him was called Your only old once: a book for obsolete children. And finally his last book of his career called oh! the places you’ll go! A book dedicated to all the kids that read his books! This same book goes on the New York best seller list every spring while schools are letting graduates free!
Ted Seuss Geisel died September 24th 1991 in his favorite place, His office with his funny characters mounted on the wall and all his drawings scattered around! The rhyming doctor will always be known. But what about Ted, This shy man did hide, But in very plain sight! So when you pick up a Dr. Seuss book maybe you’ll think of Ted every once in a while!