Dr Seuss, Aka. Theodore Geisel
Posted: October 26, 2011 | Author: Book Girl | Filed under: Authors who won | Tags: childrens, Dr Seuss, emmy award, laura ingalls wilder medal, oscar, peabody, pulitzer |Leave a commentWe all know and love The Cat in the Hat, or All the Places You will Go. Dr. Seuss started his career writing and illustrating for adults (including a WWII propaganda film/ troop education stint), and moved to children’s books after a suggestion from his publisher. (yay publisher!)
In his life, he published over 40 books which have been translated into over 15 languages and sold millions of copies. In addition to writing under the Dr Seuss pseudonym, he also used Theo Le Seig & Rosetta Stone (not the software).
From those works and the animated films based on them, Dr Seuss was awarded these prizes:
2 Academy Awards – (Oscars), one of which was for a documentary made during WWII, NOT his children’s work. The other winner is a much more familiar Dr. Seuss work.
2 Emmy Awards- I assume these are for the animated Cat in the Hat & the Grinch, but I can’t find any documentation.
PeabodyPrize
Laura Ingals Wilder Medal
Pulitzer Prize
Surprisingly, Dr. Seuss NEVER won the Caldecott (award for picture books) or the Newberry Prize; both of which are well-known and well-regarded prizes for children’s literature. 3 of his books were Caldecott runners up though (McElligot’s Pool (1937), Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1939), and If I Ran the Zoo (1950)).
Do you remember all these?
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
Dr. Seuss’s ABC
Great Day for Up!
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Hunches in Bunches
I Am NOT Going to Get Up Today!
I Can Draw It Myself
I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories
I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew
Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?: Dr. Seuss’s Book of Wonderful Noises!
My Book about ME
Oh Say Can You Say?
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
The Cat in the Hat Song Book
The Cat’s Quizzer
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff
The Sneetches and Other Stories
The Tough Coughs as He Ploughs the Dough
There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
Ten Apples Up on Top!
The Eye Book
I Can Write
In a People House
Wacky Wednesday
The Many Mice of Mr. Brice a.k.a. The Pop-Up Mice of Mr. Brice
Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?
Hooper Humperdink…? Not Him!
Please Try to Remember the First of Octember!
Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet!
The Tooth Book
Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo!!
There is a national memorial to him and his beloved works. For more information, click HERE.
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