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class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">October 23, 1967<span style="display:none">(1967-10-23)</span> (aged 69)<br /><a href="/wiki/La_Jolla,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="La Jolla, California">La Jolla, California</a>, U.S. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Pen name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height:1.4em;">Helen Palmer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Children's book author, editor, <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">screenwriter</a>, Founder and Vice President of <a href="/wiki/Beginner_Books" title="Beginner Books">Beginner Books</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_literature" title="Children's literature">Children's literature</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Fish_out_of_Water_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="A Fish out of Water (book)">A Fish Out of Water</a></i></li> <li><i>I Was Kissed by a Seal at the Zoo</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Do_You_Know_What_I%27m_Going_to_Do_Next_Saturday%3F" title="Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday?">Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday?</a></i></li> <li><i>Why I Built the Boogle House</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss" title="Dr. Seuss">Theodor Seuss Geisel</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1927)<wbr /></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Helen Marion Palmer Geisel</b> (September 16, 1898 – October 23, 1967), known professionally as <b>Helen Palmer</b>, was an American children's writer, editor, and philanthropist. She was also the Founder and Vice President of <a href="/wiki/Beginner_Books" title="Beginner Books">Beginner Books</a>, and was married to fellow writer Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as <a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss" title="Dr. Seuss">Dr. Seuss</a>, from 1927 until her death. </p><p>Her best-known books include <i><a href="/wiki/Do_You_Know_What_I%27m_Going_to_Do_Next_Saturday%3F" title="Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday?">Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday?</a></i>, <i>I Was Kissed by a Seal at the Zoo</i>, <i>Why I Built the Boogle House</i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/A_Fish_Out_of_Water_(book)" title="A Fish Out of Water (book)">A Fish Out of Water</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Palmer_(writer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life_and_college">Early life and college</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Palmer_(writer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life and college"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Helen Palmer was born in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in 1898 and spent her childhood in <a href="/wiki/Bedford%E2%80%93Stuyvesant,_Brooklyn" title="Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn">Bedford–Stuyvesant</a>, a prosperous <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a> neighborhood. As a child, she contracted <a href="/wiki/Poliomyelitis" class="mw-redirect" title="Poliomyelitis">polio</a>, but recovered from it almost completely. Her father, George Howard Palmer, an <a href="/wiki/Ophthalmology" title="Ophthalmology">ophthalmologist</a>, died when she was 11. </p><p>She graduated from <a href="/wiki/Wellesley_College" title="Wellesley College">Wellesley College</a> with honors in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-Morgan_1995,_p._57_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgan_1995,_p._57-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She then spent three years teaching English at <a href="/wiki/Girls_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Girls High School">Girls High School</a> in Brooklyn before moving with her mother to England to attend <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She met her future husband, <a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss" title="Dr. Seuss">Ted Geisel</a>, in class at Oxford.<sup id="cite_ref-hulbert_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hulbert-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-smith_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smith-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She had a profound influence on his life, starting with her suggestion that he should be an artist rather than an English professor.<sup id="cite_ref-DrSeussObit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DrSeussObit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She later stated, "Ted's notebooks were always filled with these fabulous animals. So I set to work diverting him; here was a man who could draw such pictures; he should be earning a living doing that."<sup id="cite_ref-DrSeussObit_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DrSeussObit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They married in 1927. She could not have children because of medical conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_success">Post-war success</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Palmer_(writer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-war success"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, she worked in Hollywood with her husband. The two shared the writing credit on <i><a href="/wiki/Design_for_Death" title="Design for Death">Design for Death</a></i>, which won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.<sup id="cite_ref-Morgan_1995,_p._120-121_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgan_1995,_p._120-121-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the next decade, she was the primary source of encouragement for and was an editor of her husband's prolific books for children.<sup id="cite_ref-hulbert_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hulbert-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was an uncredited author for many of her husband's books and ideas. That support continued a few years more even as her health became an issue.<sup id="cite_ref-smith_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smith-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginner_Books">Beginner Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Palmer_(writer)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Beginner Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Palmer, along with husband <a href="/wiki/Theodor_Geisel" class="mw-redirect" title="Theodor Geisel">Theodor Geisel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Phyllis_Cerf" class="mw-redirect" title="Phyllis Cerf">Phyllis Cerf</a>, wife of <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Cerf" title="Bennett Cerf">Bennett Cerf</a>, co-founded <a href="/wiki/Beginner_Books" title="Beginner Books">Beginner Books</a> in 1958, following the smash success of <a href="/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat" title="The Cat in the Hat">The Cat in the Hat</a> by <a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss" title="Dr. Seuss">Dr. Seuss</a> in 1957. Geisel served as President and Palmer as Vice President.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Palmer contributed four of her own books to the imprint: <i><a href="/wiki/A_Fish_Out_of_Water_(book)" title="A Fish Out of Water (book)">A Fish Out of Water</a></i>, <i>I Was Kissed by A Seal at the Zoo</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Do_You_Know_What_I%27m_Going_to_Do_Next_Saturday%3F" title="Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday?">Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday?</a></i>, and <i>Why I Built the Boogle House</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Illness_and_suicide">Illness and suicide</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Palmer_(writer)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Illness and suicide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Palmer died by <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicide</a> with an <a href="/wiki/Overdoses" class="mw-redirect" title="Overdoses">overdose</a> of <a href="/wiki/Barbiturates" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbiturates">barbiturates</a> on October 23, 1967,<sup id="cite_ref-wadler-nyt_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wadler-nyt-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after a series of illnesses spanning 13 years.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> She wrote in her suicide note: </p> <blockquote><p>Dear Ted, What has happened to us? I don't know. I feel myself in a spiral, going down down down, into a black hole from which there is no escape, no brightness. And loud in my ears from every side I hear, "failure, failure, failure..." I love you so much ... I am too old and enmeshed in everything you do and are, that I cannot conceive of life without you ... My going will leave quite a rumor but you can say I was overworked and overwrought. Your reputation with your friends and fans will not be harmed ... Sometimes think of the fun we had all thru the years ...<sup id="cite_ref-geiselbio_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geiselbio-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Eight months later, in August 1968, Seuss married <a href="/wiki/Audrey_Geisel" title="Audrey Geisel">Audrey Dimond</a>, with whom he had been having an affair.<sup id="cite_ref-wadler-nyt_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wadler-nyt-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nonetheless, Seuss later described how he felt at her death: "I didn't know whether to kill myself, burn the house down, or just go away and get lost."<sup id="cite_ref-geiselbio_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geiselbio-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His niece Peggy commented: "Whatever Helen did, she did it out of absolute love for Ted." Secretary Julie Olfe called Palmer's death "her last and greatest gift to him."<sup id="cite_ref-geiselbio_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geiselbio-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Palmer_(writer)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Helen Palmer's best-known book is <i><a href="/wiki/Do_You_Know_What_I%27m_Going_To_Do_Next_Saturday%3F" class="mw-redirect" title="Do You Know What I'm Going To Do Next Saturday?">Do You Know What I'm Going To Do Next Saturday?</a></i>, published in 1963. This book combined Palmer's stories with photographs by Lynn Fayman, as did two other books: <i>I Was Kissed by a Seal at the Zoo</i> (1962) and <i>Why I Built the Boogle House</i> (1964). The photographs in <i>I Was Kissed by a Seal at the Zoo</i> were taken at the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Zoo" title="San Diego Zoo">San Diego Zoo</a> in <a href="/wiki/Balboa_Park,_San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Balboa Park, San Diego, California">Balboa Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, and featured children from the <a href="/wiki/Francis_W._Parker_School_(San_Diego)" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis W. Parker School (San Diego)">Francis Parker School</a> in San Diego interacting with the zoo's animals and staff. </p><p>She also expanded the Dr. Seuss short story "Gustav the Goldfish," originally published in <a href="/wiki/Redbook" title="Redbook">Redbook</a>, into the book <i><a href="/wiki/A_Fish_Out_of_Water_(book)" title="A Fish Out of Water (book)">A Fish Out of Water</a></i> (1961), which was illustrated by <a href="/wiki/P._D._Eastman" title="P. D. Eastman">P. D. Eastman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Fish_Out_of_Water_(book)" title="A Fish Out of Water (book)">A Fish Out of Water</a></i> was included in the <a href="/wiki/Beginner_Books" title="Beginner Books">Beginner Books</a> anthology <i>The Big Purple Book of Beginner Books</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Palmer_(writer)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHulbert1995" class="citation news cs1">Hulbert, Ann (23 April 1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/23/books/the-man-who-invented-the-cat-in-the-hat.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm">"The Man Who Invented the Cat in the Hat"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 October</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=The+Man+Who+Invented+the+Cat+in+the+Hat&rft.date=1995-04-23&rft.aulast=Hulbert&rft.aufirst=Ann&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1995%2F04%2F23%2Fbooks%2Fthe-man-who-invented-the-cat-in-the-hat.html%3Fpagewanted%3Dall%26src%3Dpm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHelen+Palmer+%28writer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-smith-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-smith_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smith_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith1997" class="citation news cs1">Smith, Dinitia (13 February 1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/13/movies/the-creatures-of-a-purist-go-commercial.html">"The Creatures of a Purist Go Commercial"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 October</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=The+Creatures+of+a+Purist+Go+Commercial&rft.date=1997-02-13&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Dinitia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1997%2F02%2F13%2Fmovies%2Fthe-creatures-of-a-purist-go-commercial.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHelen+Palmer+%28writer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DrSeussObit-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DrSeussObit_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DrSeussObit_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEric_Pace1991" class="citation news cs1">Eric Pace (September 26, 1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0302.html">"Dr. Seuss, Modern Mother Goose, Dies at 87"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. New York City. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">0362-4331</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 24,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Dr.+Seuss%2C+Modern+Mother+Goose%2C+Dies+at+87&rft.date=1991-09-26&rft.issn=0362-4331&rft.au=Eric+Pace&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Flearning%2Fgeneral%2Fonthisday%2Fbday%2F0302.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHelen+Palmer+%28writer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNel2004" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Nel" title="Philip Nel">Nel, Philip</a> (2004). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/drseussamericani0000nelp"><i>Dr. Seuss: American Icon</i></a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Continuum_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Continuum Publishing">Continuum Publishing</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8264-1434-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-8264-1434-6"><bdi>0-8264-1434-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dr.+Seuss%3A+American+Icon&rft.pub=Continuum+Publishing&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-8264-1434-6&rft.aulast=Nel&rft.aufirst=Philip&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdrseussamericani0000nelp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHelen+Palmer+%28writer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Morgan_1995,_p._120-121-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Morgan_1995,_p._120-121_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Morgan (1995), p. 120-121</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFManning2004" class="citation book cs1">Manning, Martin J. 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Greenwood Press. p. 116. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780313296055" title="Special:BookSources/9780313296055"><bdi>9780313296055</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Historical+Dictionary+of+American+Propaganda&rft.pages=116&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=9780313296055&rft.aulast=Manning&rft.aufirst=Martin+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1-JjwDPcOLQC%26q%3Dgeisel%26pg%3DPA116&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHelen+Palmer+%28writer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAllen2021" class="citation book cs1">Allen, Paul V. 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University Press of Mississippi. p. 41. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781496834058" title="Special:BookSources/9781496834058"><bdi>9781496834058</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=I+Can+Read+It+All+by+Myself+The+Beginner+Books+Story&rft.pages=41&rft.pub=University+Press+of+Mississippi&rft.date=2021-05&rft.isbn=9781496834058&rft.aulast=Allen&rft.aufirst=Paul+V.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.upress.state.ms.us%2FBooks%2FI%2FI-Can-Read-It-All-by-Myself&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHelen+Palmer+%28writer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wadler-nyt-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wadler-nyt_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wadler-nyt_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWadler2000" class="citation news cs1">Wadler, Joyce (November 29, 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/29/nyregion/public-lives-mrs-seuss-hears-a-who-and-tells-about-it.html">"PUBLIC LIVES; Mrs. Seuss Hears a Who, and Tells About It"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 February</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=PUBLIC+LIVES%3B+Mrs.+Seuss+Hears+a+Who%2C+and+Tells+About+It&rft.date=2000-11-29&rft.aulast=Wadler&rft.aufirst=Joyce&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2000%2F11%2F29%2Fnyregion%2Fpublic-lives-mrs-seuss-hears-a-who-and-tells-about-it.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHelen+Palmer+%28writer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-geiselbio-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-geiselbio_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-geiselbio_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-geiselbio_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorganMorgan1996" class="citation book cs1">Morgan, Judith; Morgan, Neil (22 August 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/drseussmrgeiselb00morg"><i>Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel: A Biography</i></a>. New York: Da Capo Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/drseussmrgeiselb00morg/page/195">195–198</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0306807367" title="Special:BookSources/978-0306807367"><bdi>978-0306807367</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dr.+Seuss+%26+Mr.+Geisel%3A+A+Biography&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=195-198&rft.pub=Da+Capo+Press&rft.date=1996-08-22&rft.isbn=978-0306807367&rft.aulast=Morgan&rft.aufirst=Judith&rft.au=Morgan%2C+Neil&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdrseussmrgeiselb00morg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHelen+Palmer+%28writer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZielinski2007" class="citation web cs1">Zielinski, Stan (11 March 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://1stedition.net/blog/2007/03/a-story-of-two-fish-dr-seuss-out-of-water.html">"A Story of Two Fish: Dr. Seuss Out of Water"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 October</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+Story+of+Two+Fish%3A+Dr.+Seuss+Out+of+Water&rft.date=2007-03-11&rft.aulast=Zielinski&rft.aufirst=Stan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F1stedition.net%2Fblog%2F2007%2F03%2Fa-story-of-two-fish-dr-seuss-out-of-water.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHelen+Palmer+%28writer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEastman,_Palmer,_Frith2012" class="citation book cs1">Eastman, Palmer, Frith (2012). <i>The Big Purple Book of Beginner Books</i>. Random House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0307975874" title="Special:BookSources/978-0307975874"><bdi>978-0307975874</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Big+Purple+Book+of+Beginner+Books&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0307975874&rft.au=Eastman%2C+Palmer%2C+Frith&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHelen+Palmer+%28writer%29" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Palmer_(writer)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorganMorgan1995" class="citation book cs1">Morgan, Judith; Morgan, Neil (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/drseussmrgeisel00morg"><i>Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-41686-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-679-41686-2"><bdi>0-679-41686-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dr.+Seuss+%26+Mr.+Geisel&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0-679-41686-2&rft.aulast=Morgan&rft.aufirst=Judith&rft.au=Morgan%2C+Neil&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdrseussmrgeisel00morg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHelen+Palmer+%28writer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_Palmer_(writer)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">Library resources</a> about <br /> <b>Helen Palmer</b> <hr /></div> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?st=wp&su=Helen+Palmer+%28writer%29">Resources in your library</a></li> </ul></div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/n79038550">Helen Marion Palmer</a> at <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>, with 14 library catalog records</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output 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navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/And_to_Think_That_I_Saw_It_on_Mulberry_Street" title="And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street">And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_500_Hats_of_Bartholomew_Cubbins" title="The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins">The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Stilts" title="The King's Stilts">The King's Stilts</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Seven_Lady_Godivas" title="The Seven Lady Godivas">The Seven Lady Godivas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Horton_Hatches_the_Egg" title="Horton Hatches the Egg">Horton Hatches the Egg</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/McElligot%27s_Pool" title="McElligot's Pool">McElligot's Pool</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thidwick_the_Big-Hearted_Moose" title="Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose">Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_and_the_Oobleck" title="Bartholomew and the Oobleck">Bartholomew and the Oobleck</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/If_I_Ran_the_Zoo" title="If I Ran the Zoo">If I Ran the Zoo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scrambled_Eggs_Super!" title="Scrambled Eggs Super!">Scrambled Eggs Super!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Horton_Hears_a_Who!" title="Horton Hears a Who!">Horton Hears a Who!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/On_Beyond_Zebra!" title="On Beyond Zebra!">On Beyond Zebra!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/If_I_Ran_the_Circus" title="If I Ran the Circus">If I Ran the Circus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas!" title="How the Grinch Stole Christmas!">How the Grinch Stole Christmas!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat" title="The Cat in the Hat">The Cat in the Hat</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat_Comes_Back" title="The Cat in the Hat Comes Back">The Cat in the Hat Comes Back</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yertle_the_Turtle_and_Other_Stories" title="Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories">Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You!" title="Happy Birthday to You!">Happy Birthday to You!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Fish,_Two_Fish,_Red_Fish,_Blue_Fish" title="One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish">One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Green_Eggs_and_Ham" title="Green Eggs and Ham">Green Eggs and Ham</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Stories" title="The Sneetches and Other Stories">The Sneetches and Other Stories</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss%27s_Sleep_Book" title="Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book">Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss%27s_ABC" title="Dr. Seuss's ABC">Dr. Seuss's ABC</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hop_on_Pop" title="Hop on Pop">Hop on Pop</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fox_in_Socks" title="Fox in Socks">Fox in Socks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Had_Trouble_in_Getting_to_Solla_Sollew" title="I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew">I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Wish_That_I_Had_Duck_Feet" title="I Wish That I Had Duck Feet">I Wish That I Had Duck Feet</a></i> <sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Come_over_to_My_House" title="Come over to My House">Come over to My House</a></i> <sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Foot_Book" title="The Foot Book">The Foot Book</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Can_Lick_30_Tigers_Today!_and_Other_Stories" title="I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories">I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Book_about_ME" title="My Book about ME">My Book about ME</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Brown_Can_Moo!_Can_You%3F" title="Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?">Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?: Dr. Seuss's Book of Wonderful Noises!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lorax" title="The Lorax">The Lorax</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marvin_K._Mooney_Will_You_Please_Go_Now!" title="Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!">Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Did_I_Ever_Tell_You_How_Lucky_You_Are%3F" title="Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?">Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shape_of_Me_and_Other_Stuff" title="The Shape of Me and Other Stuff">The Shape of Me and Other Stuff</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/There%27s_a_Wocket_in_My_Pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="There's a Wocket in My Pocket">There's a Wocket in My Pocket</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Great_Day_for_Up!" title="Great Day for Up!">Great Day for Up!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wacky_Wednesday_(book)" title="Wacky Wednesday (book)">Wacky Wednesday</a></i> <sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oh,_the_Thinks_You_Can_Think!" title="Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!">Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat%27s_Quizzer" title="The Cat's Quizzer">The Cat's Quizzer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Can_Read_with_My_Eyes_Shut!" title="I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!">I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oh_Say_Can_You_Say%3F" title="Oh Say Can You Say?">Oh Say Can You Say?</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hunches_in_Bunches" title="Hunches in Bunches">Hunches in Bunches</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Butter_Battle_Book" title="The Butter Battle Book">The Butter Battle Book</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You%27re_Only_Old_Once!" title="You're Only Old Once!">You're Only Old Once!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Not_Going_to_Get_Up_Today!" title="I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!">I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oh,_the_Places_You%27ll_Go!" title="Oh, the Places You'll Go!">Oh, the Places You'll Go!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daisy-Head_Mayzie" title="Daisy-Head Mayzie">Daisy-Head Mayzie</a></i> <sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Many_Colored_Days" title="My Many Colored Days">My Many Colored Days</a></i> <sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hooray_for_Diffendoofer_Day!" title="Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!">Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!</a></i> <sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bippolo_Seed_and_Other_Lost_Stories" title="The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories">The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories</a></i> <sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Horton_and_the_Kwuggerbug_and_More_Lost_Stories" title="Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories">Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories</a></i> <sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_Pet_Should_I_Get%3F" title="What Pet Should I Get?">What Pet Should I Get?</a></i> <sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Horse_Museum_(Dr._Seuss)" title="Horse Museum (Dr. Seuss)">Horse Museum</a></i> <sup><small>2</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Gerald_McBoing-Boing" title="Gerald McBoing-Boing">The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show</a></i> (1956–1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wubbulous_World_of_Dr._Seuss" title="The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss">The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss</a></i> (1996–1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gerald_McBoing-Boing_(TV_series)" title="Gerald McBoing-Boing (TV series)">Gerald McBoing-Boing</a></i> (2005–2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat_Knows_a_Lot_About_That!" title="The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!">The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!</a></i> (2010–2018) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Cat_in_the_Hat_Knows_a_Lot_About_That!_episodes" title="List of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! episodes">episodes</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Green_Eggs_and_Ham_(TV_series)" title="Green Eggs and Ham (TV series)">Green Eggs and Ham</a></i> (2019–2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dr._Seuss_television_specials" title="List of Dr. Seuss television specials">Television specials</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas!_(TV_special)" title="How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)">Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Horton_Hears_a_Who!_(TV_special)" title="Horton Hears a Who! (TV special)">Horton Hears a Who!</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat_(TV_special)" title="The Cat in the Hat (TV special)">The Cat in the Hat</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lorax_(TV_special)" title="The Lorax (TV special)">The Lorax</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss_on_the_Loose" title="Dr. Seuss on the Loose">Dr. Seuss on the Loose</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hoober-Bloob_Highway" title="The Hoober-Bloob Highway">The Hoober-Bloob Highway</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_Is_Grinch_Night" title="Halloween Is Grinch Night">Halloween Is Grinch Night</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pontoffel_Pock,_Where_Are_You%3F" title="Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?">Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Grinch_Grinches_the_Cat_in_the_Hat" title="The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat">The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Butter_Battle_Book" title="The Butter Battle Book">The Butter Battle Book</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Search_of_Dr._Seuss" title="In Search of Dr. Seuss">In Search of Dr. Seuss</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daisy-Head_Mayzie" title="Daisy-Head Mayzie">Daisy-Head Mayzie</a></i> (1995)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Horton_Hatches_the_Egg_(film)" title="Horton Hatches the Egg (film)">Horton Hatches the Egg</a></i> (short; 1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gerald_McBoing-Boing" title="Gerald McBoing-Boing">Gerald McBoing-Boing</a></i> (short; 1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas_(2000_film)" title="How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)">How the Grinch Stole Christmas</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat_(film)" title="The Cat in the Hat (film)">The Cat in the Hat</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Horton_Hears_a_Who!_(film)" title="Horton Hears a Who! (film)">Horton Hears a Who!</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lorax_(film)" title="The Lorax (film)">The Lorax</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Grinch_(film)" title="The Grinch (film)">The Grinch</a></i> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss%27_Fix-Up_the_Mix-Up_Puzzler" title="Dr. Seuss' Fix-Up the Mix-Up Puzzler">Dr. Seuss' Fix-Up the Mix-Up Puzzler</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Grinch_(video_game)" title="The Grinch (video game)">The Grinch</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat_(video_game)" title="The Cat in the Hat (video game)">The Cat in the Hat</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss:_Green_Eggs_and_Ham_(video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Seuss: Green Eggs and Ham (video game)">Dr. Seuss: Green Eggs and Ham</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss:_How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas!" title="Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!">Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!</a></i> (2007)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Welcome_(1986_film)" title="Welcome (1986 film)">Welcome</a></i> (Russian short film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seussical" title="Seussical">Seussical</a></i> (musical)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss%27_How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas!_The_Musical" title="Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical">Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 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Penguin Books USA, Inc.</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss_Goes_to_War" title="Dr. Seuss Goes to War">Dr. Seuss Goes to War</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Art_of_Dr._Seuss" title="The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss">The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss_Memorial" title="Dr. Seuss Memorial">Dr. Seuss National Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geisel_Award" title="Geisel Award">Geisel Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geisel_Library" title="Geisel Library">Geisel Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geisel_School_of_Medicine" title="Geisel School of Medicine">Geisel School of Medicine</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/PM_(newspaper)" title="PM (newspaper)">PM</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_messages_of_Dr._Seuss" title="Political messages of Dr. Seuss">Political messages of Dr. Seuss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Read_Across_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Read Across America">Read Across America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Islands_of_Adventure#Seuss_Landing" title="Universal Islands of Adventure">Seuss Landing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup><small>1</small></sup> as "Theo. 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