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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Springfield, Massachusetts
  • PLACE OF DEATH: La Jolla, California
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Books such as Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat made Dr. Seuss the best-selling children's author in the world.


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Born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts, Theodor Geisel published his first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, under the name of Dr. Seuss in 1937. Next came a huge string of best-selling successes, from Yertle the Turtle to Green Eggs and Ham, all filled with nonsense words and outlandish characters and worlds, loved by generations.

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