The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull, Illustrated by Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson
As a boy, Theodore Seuss Giesel, lived six blocks from the zoo. His father did some work at the zoo and shared wild animal stories with him. Ted also lived close to the library. His mother wanted him to be well educated so she took Ted to the library often. I loved learning from this book, The Boy on Fairfield Street, that when Dr. Seuss was young his mother lulled him to sleep every night by reading to him.
Dr. Seuss was voted "Least Likely to Succeed" by his college peers, took only one art class in his lifetime, where he was criticized for not following his teacher's rules of art, and dropped out of college to pursue his dream of writing poetry and drawing. Well, as we all know, he did succeed, he got paid for his art work and became one of the most famous children's book authors/illustrators in history!
Dr. Seuss was voted "Least Likely to Succeed" by his college peers, took only one art class in his lifetime, where he was criticized for not following his teacher's rules of art, and dropped out of college to pursue his dream of writing poetry and drawing. Well, as we all know, he did succeed, he got paid for his art work and became one of the most famous children's book authors/illustrators in history!
After hearing the biography of Dr. Seuss, the students listened and read along to a Dr. Seuss book from our library's Seuss collection which includes Green Eggs and Ham, Fox in Socks, The Cat in the Hat, Hop on Pop, The Lorax and more. The students received "Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss" bookmarks and activity pages to take home. Look for characters from his books on the walls in and around the school library including, Horton, the Grinch, a Sneech with a star on its belly and others. A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Wilko, the Education Committee and PTA for providing the characters and biographical poster of Dr. Seuss.
Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated 44 books. They are all still in print today. His first book was published in 1937, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street. His books are translated into 15 languages and over 200 million copies have been sold worldwide. He died in 1991 at the age of 87 but his legacy will live on for years to come.
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