Dr. Seuss Report

Not all children may know his real name, but they do know what they like. And what they like is the author Theodor Geisel, or better known as the beloved Dr. Seuss. During the years of my early childhood I fondly remember my parents reading me the whimsical words of Dr. Seuss. His books were filled with imagination and humor which made them very enjoyable for me to listen to. As I got older I started to read Dr. Seuss books all by myself. All of his books are constructed with simple words that make it easy for children to learn how to read. With the pages full of colourful pictures and very little text his books were never overwhelming for a young reader. The simplicity of his books always encouraged me on my path to learning how to read because I never felt like I had to give up. The themes that can be found within his books may be viewed as nonsensical to some, but to most children they are very amusing. The text that Dr. Seuss uses in all of his books consists of words that are important for all children to have in their early and developing vocabulary. I decided to pick Dr. Seuss for my ISP in this course because I find his writing to be educational and very entertaining at the same.

There are many similarities to be found between the books written by Dr. Seuss and my original work . For this project I decided to mimic the writing styles that can be found within The Cat in the Hat and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, two of his most popular books. In 1954 Life magazine published a report about illiteracy among school children. This article stated that children were bored by the books that were available to them at the beginning reader level. His publisher sent Mr. Geisel a list of 400 words that he thought were important for “new readers” to learn. Geisel used 220 of the words and wrote the infamous book titled The Cat in the Hat. This book was an instant success among children and parents. While writing my original work for this project I wrote myself a list of 300 words that I thought would be important for new readers to learn. Out of the 220 words that I selected I utilized approximately 125 of them within my book. In the Dr. Seuss book titled One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish there is no plot that is carried throughout the entire book. Each page is a separate little story that includes a creative illustration to compliment the rhyming text. In my original piece I tried to imitate the writing that can be found in Dr. Seuss’ One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by creating a different little story for each page. There are various rhyming schemes that can be found throughout Dr. Seuss books and my original piece . Sometimes when he could not think of an actual word in order to create a rhyme he would just fabricate his own word from his imagination. I created some of my own words for the creatures that exist within my book in order to further mimic Dr. Seuss’ writing style. The rhyming words that can be found within Dr. Seuss’ books make them much more enjoyable to read.

Dr. Seuss was not only the author of all of his books, but he was also the illustrator for all of the wacky and colourful pictures that fill the pages of his various books. I really enjoy all of his illustrations so in my original piece I decided to mimic his drawing styles instead of inventing my own. I believe that it is very easy to identify the art work of Dr. Seuss. It may be the round headed children or the long lanky hairy creatures. Whatever it is, it is easy for anyone to identify the artwork of Dr. Seuss. Since his pictures are easily identified I wanted to include his style of drawing in my book so it would resemble a Dr. Seuss book even more.

I know that the magical world of seuss has entered the minds of many people throughout the world. Whether it be through his books, the motion pictures based on his books, or even the Broadway musicals based on his books,