A shrine to Theodor Seuss Geisel — the man who taught generations that nonsense has meaning, that rhyme has rhythm, and that you really should try it.
Click anywhere on the machine to hear it come alive.
Born March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He adopted the pen name "Seuss" at Dartmouth while editing the Jack-O-Lantern humor magazine — after the dean told him to quit extracurriculars. He kept drawing anyway. He went to Oxford, met Helen Palmer, who told him to pursue illustration. He listened. The rest is history.
His first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was rejected by over two dozen publishers before Vanguard Press published it in 1937. He drew cartoons for Vanity Fair, Life, and ad campaigns. He served as a political cartoonist during World War II and worked in the U.S. Army animation department.
More than 60 children's books under the Dr. Seuss name, translated into 20+ languages. The Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Green Eggs and Ham, The Lorax. Pulitzer Prize. Three Academy Awards. Two Emmys. Two Peabody Awards. He died September 24, 1991, in La Jolla, California, at 87.
Every click cooks up a fresh weird rhyme. Dr. Seuss would approve.
Clicks, bells, typewriters, and boings. Toggle to enable.
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." — Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
The illustration above is the platform as a Rube Goldberg machine — paint cans, gears, dominoes, typewriters, and a long table where everyone eats. Green eggs and ham on every plate. One push, and the whole thing moves. That's the spirit. That's the shrine.
For rhyme cannons, giggle meters, critter factories, and maximum whimsy, visit the interactive Dr. Seusse Mega Page.
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