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font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">I Am Not Going to Get Up Today! <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=I+Am+Not+Going+to+Get+Up+Today%21&rft.author=%5B%5BDr.+Seuss%5D%5D&rft.date=October+12%2C+1987&rft.pub=%5B%5BRandom+House%5D%5D&rft.place=%5B%5BUnited+States+of+America%5D%5D&rft.pages=48"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:I_Am_NOT_Going_to_Get_Up_Today_cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/I_Am_NOT_Going_to_Get_Up_Today_cover.jpg/220px-I_Am_NOT_Going_to_Get_Up_Today_cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b5/I_Am_NOT_Going_to_Get_Up_Today_cover.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="268" data-file-height="372" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Hardcover cover</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss" title="Dr. Seuss">Dr. Seuss</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Illustrator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Stevenson_(illustrator)" title="James Stevenson (illustrator)">James Stevenson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_literature" title="Children's literature">Children's literature</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; 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It was published by <a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a> on October 12, 1987. It is the only Dr. Seuss book not to be illustrated by Seuss himself. The book is told from the perspective of a boy who decides not to get out of bed as his family and neighbors try to convince him to get up. Audio versions have been released, including a cassette tape in 1988 and an audiobook read by the actor <a href="/wiki/Jason_Alexander" title="Jason Alexander">Jason Alexander</a> in 2003. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=I_Am_Not_Going_to_Get_Up_Today!&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A boy lays in bed and announces that he is not going to get up today, ignoring his alarm clock and chirping birds. He muses that all of the children of the world will get up, but he stays in bed, saying that his breakfast egg can be returned to the hen. His family and his neighbors try various things to disturb him and lure him out of bed, but he refuses to get up. A police officer and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marines">United States Marines</a> arrive to help, and his refusal to get out of bed appears in newspapers. They finally accept that he is serious, so his mother offers the egg to the police officer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_release">Background and release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=I_Am_Not_Going_to_Get_Up_Today!&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background and release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!</i> was written by <a href="/wiki/Theodor_Seuss_Geisel" class="mw-redirect" title="Theodor Seuss Geisel">Theodor Seuss Geisel</a>, using the pen name Dr. Seuss. By the time Seuss began work on this book, his health had begun to fail.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lacking the energy to do the illustrations himself, he gave the job to <a href="/wiki/James_Stevenson_(illustrator)" title="James Stevenson (illustrator)">James Stevenson</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><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked on the book while he was developing the idea for his final book, <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>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!</i> was published by <a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a> as the 74th book in Random House's <a href="/wiki/Beginner_Book" class="mw-redirect" title="Beginner Book">Beginner Book</a> imprint.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first Beginner Book published by Seuss in eight years,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it proved to be his final entry under the imprint.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was released on October 12, 1987.<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><p><i>I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!</i> was adapted as a cassette tape in 1988 as part of the <i>Young Imaginations Series</i>, featuring a nine-year-old <a href="/wiki/Rapping" title="Rapping">rapping</a> the lines of the narrator.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book was released as an audiobook in 2003 as part of the <i>Green Eggs and Ham and Other Servings From Dr. Seuss</i> collection.<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> It was voiced by actor <a href="/wiki/Jason_Alexander" title="Jason Alexander">Jason Alexander</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception_and_legacy">Reception and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=I_Am_Not_Going_to_Get_Up_Today!&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Raymond Teague of the <i><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_Star-Telegram" title="Fort Worth Star-Telegram">Fort Worth Star-Telegram</a></i> said that the book "merrily romps through the language", and he praised Stevenson's drawings, saying that they complemented the story's tone.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/School_Library_Journal" title="School Library Journal">School Library Journal</a></i> featured a review from <a href="/wiki/St._Catherine%27s_School_(Richmond,_Virginia)" title="St. Catherine's School (Richmond, Virginia)">St. Catherine's School</a> librarian Laura McCutcheon in 1988, who found the story to be "a disappointment", criticizing the rhymes as forced in a way that makes the book unsuitable for early readers. She felt that the drawings were "loose and fluid but border on messy" and that they did not suit the text.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Common_Sense_Media" title="Common Sense Media">Common Sense Media</a> gave <i>I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!</i> four out of five stars, describing it as "vibrant and direct" and praising it for its momentum and wordplay. It also gave a positive review of Stevenson's illustrations, complimenting them for being "frisky" and describing the pastel color palette as "soothing to the eye".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Librarian Jody Risacher of the <a href="/wiki/Clermont_County_Public_Library" title="Clermont County Public Library">Clermont County Public Library</a> praised the 1988 cassette version for its rhythm and sound effects.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, <a href="/wiki/Publishers_Weekly" title="Publishers Weekly">Publishers Weekly</a> listed <i>I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!</i> as number 135 in its list of all-time best-selling hardcover children's books in the United States.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Analysis_and_themes">Analysis and themes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=I_Am_Not_Going_to_Get_Up_Today!&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Analysis and themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Biographer Charles D. Cohen speculated that the plot of <i>I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!</i> was Seuss's way of expressing his own tiredness in his ill health.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philosophy professors Robert Main and Matthew Pierlott describe the boy's desire to stay in bed as relatable, comparing it to the philosophy of <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a>, who said that rest and ultimately death are not things that should be seen negatively.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!</i> presents a common theme in Dr. Seuss books where the character challenges norms. The narrator is steadfast in his decision to stay in bed, and he ignores both physical and social pressure to make him get up.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 112">: 112 </span></sup> It is also one of several Dr. Seuss books in which the images at the end are reminiscent of those at the beginning. In this case, both feature the narrator laying in his bed in the same way.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 26">: 26 </span></sup> </p><p>When analyzing the wording of several Dr. Seuss books, communications professor Lois Einhorn determined that 72% of its words in <i>I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!</i> have positive connotations and 28% have negative connotations. This was a higher proportion of positive words than most of the other Dr. Seuss books she analyzed. Einhorn concluded that its unpopularity relative to other Dr. Seuss books was because of this ratio, which indicated a lack of interesting conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 127–128">: 127–128 </span></sup> </p><p>As with many books by Dr. Seuss, there are several <a href="/wiki/Nonce_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonce words">nonce words</a> created for <i>I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!</i>. These include a fictional dish to entice the narrator, a <i>Pineapple Butterscotch Ding Dang Doo</i>, and various descriptors for sleep: <i>zazz</i>, <i>zizz</i>, <i>zizz-zizz</i>, <i>zuzz</i>, and <i>woozy-snoozy</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<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=I_Am_Not_Going_to_Get_Up_Today!&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dr._Seuss_books" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Dr. Seuss books">List of Dr. Seuss books</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=I_Am_Not_Going_to_Get_Up_Today!&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAnderson2011" class="citation book cs1">Anderson, Tanya (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/drseusstheodorge0000ande/page/106/"><i>Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)</i></a>. 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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! The Musical</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_a_Mean_One,_Mr._Grinch" title="You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch">You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch</a>" (song)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat_(play)" title="The Cat in the Hat (play)">The Cat in the Hat</a></i> (play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lorax_(musical)" title="The Lorax (musical)">The Lorax</a></i> (musical)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss%27_The_Grinch_Musical_Live!" title="Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical Live!">Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical Live!</a></i> (musical)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss%27s_ABC" title="Dr. Seuss's ABC">Dr. Seuss's ABC</a></i> (musical)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Green_Eggs_and_Ham" title="Green Eggs and Ham">Green Eggs and Ham</a></i> (musical)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat" title="The Cat in the Hat">The Cat in the Hat</a></i> (musical)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other works</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/Private_Snafu" title="Private Snafu">Private Snafu</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pocket_Book_of_Boners" title="The Pocket Book of Boners">The Pocket Book of Boners</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Your_Job_in_Germany" title="Your Job in Germany">Your Job in Germany</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Job_in_Japan" title="Our Job in Japan">Our Job in Japan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Design_for_Death" title="Design for Death">Design for Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_5,000_Fingers_of_Dr._T." title="The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.">The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hejji" title="Hejji">Hejji</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Red_Tape_Cutters" title="Society of Red Tape Cutters">Society of Red Tape Cutters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FLIT" title="FLIT">Flit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Palmer_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="Helen Palmer (author)">Helen Palmer</a> (first wife)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Fish_Out_of_Water_(book)" title="A Fish Out of Water (book)">A Fish Out of Water</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amazing_World_of_Dr._Seuss_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum">Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beginner_Books" title="Beginner Books">Beginner Books</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss_Enters.,_L.P._v._Penguin_Books_USA,_Inc." title="Dr. Seuss Enters., L.P. v. Penguin Books USA, Inc.">Dr. Seuss Enters., L.P. v. 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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