Ten Tall Tales

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Ten Tall Tales

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He graduated Dartmouth College in , and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in He returned from Europe in , and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both carto Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March in Springfield, MA. He returned from Europe in , and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both cartoons and humorous articles for them.

Additionally, he was submitting cartoons to Life, Vanity Fair and Liberty.

In some of his works, he'd made reference to an insecticide called Flit. These references gained notice, and led to a contract to draw comic ads for Flit.

This association lasted 17 years, gained him national exposure, and coined the catchphrase "Quick, Henry, the Flit! Eventually in a friend published the book for him, and it went on to at least moderate success.

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In May of , Life published a report concerning illiteracy among school children. The report said, among other things, that children were having trouble to read because their books were boring.

This inspired Geisel's publisher, and prompted him to send Geisel a list of words he felt were important, asked him to cut the list to words the publishers idea of how many words at one time a first grader could absorb , and write a book. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bookperk and other HarperCollins services.

You may unsubscribe from these email communications at any time. Home Children's Picture books: Packed with zany pictures and hilarious rhymes, the tales make enchanting bedtime reading. Children will be tickled pink to meet the Star-Bellied Sneetches whose bellies bear stars and their rivals the Plain-Bellied Sneetches who have none upon thars! Then there is the little sister who thunks a glunk in The Glunk That Got Thunk and gets more than she bargained for.

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