Dr. Seuss: the man behind our favorite childhood memories

The book originated from a bet with a friend. He said that Dr. Seuss could not write a book with 50 different words or less. So, the book “Green Eggs and Ham” was born.

Do you have a hard time writing? If yes, you and Dr. Seuss have something in common. In fact, the book “The Cat in the Hat” took him over a year to write this children’s classic.

Dr. Seuss never had biological children. His first wife was unable to bear kids and his second already has two children from a previous marriage. Ironically enough, he was actually wary of little ones due to their unpredictable nature.

In fact, he had a closet full of funny hats. He used them when he had trouble writing to help the words flow.

1957 was a big year for Dr. Seuss’s characters. Two of his well-known characters, “The Cat in the Hat” and the Grinch, were introduced in the same year, in 1957.

The book “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” was Dr. Seuss’s debut. Editor Mike McClintock accepted the manuscript after numerous rejections from other publishers. Dr. Seuss named the book’s main character after the editor’s son, Marco, to show his gratitude.

Such big companies as “Ford”, “Holy Sugar”, “General Electric” were his clients. Some of his ads became culturally iconic.