Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.
Dr. Seuss——有童心的人永远不会老
——Converse×Dr. Seuss（2010）纪念款
有人说，在美国如果你问最受儿童欢迎的作者是谁，无论是书店或图书馆人员都会告诉你是Dr. Seuss。Dr. Seuss使得阅读和学习成为一种乐趣，他有超级丰富的想像力和特殊的画风，没有华丽的布景，没有炫丽的色彩，但那似乎有旋律、有节奏的对白，使人读后回味无穷。
Dr. Seuss本名Theodor Seuss Geisel，自他1937年开始出版第一本书到1991年去逝，创作了将近50本儿童图画书。他是美国历年儿童畅销排行榜上的常胜将军，世界重要的儿童文学大奖从来没有缺过Dr. Seuss的名字，包括美国童话书最高荣誉凯迪克大奖、普立兹特殊贡献奖等，他甚至还获得过三次奥斯卡奖。
Dr.Seuss出生于马萨诸塞州一个富有家庭，听着母亲的故事和歌谣长大，从Dartmouth College毕业後，他肩负父亲的期望去牛津大学攻读文学博士。然而他厌倦了经院式的生活，擅自将留学计划改为游历欧洲。回到美国後，他曾为几家杂志社提供卡通漫画，并开始创作儿童书。起初人们认为他的书对孩子来讲太稀奇古怪，他的第一本书《And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street》曾被28家出版商拒绝过，直到被Random House相中。Random House的前总裁这样说：“我出版过许多伟大作家的作品，如William Faulkner、John O’hara，但在我的作家名单上只有一个是天才，他就是Ted Geisel。”
Dr. Seuss作品的风格常利用一些无意义或荒唐的事做为重要的出发点来从事创作，身边看来不起眼的事，经过他的丰富的想像力，就会创作出一本与众不同的童书。他笔下的人物看起来有点怪怪的，但每个人物都有鲜明独特又可爱的个性。看了Dr. Seuss的书会不知不觉的大声朗读起来，因为他的书充满了节奏和韵律，念起来非常顺口，可加深印象。
他最懂孩子的心，他说“A person is a person, no matter how small he is”。他最大的风格是幽默，可以称得上是一位英语语言大师，英语到了他的笔下，就象变了魔术，可长可短，变化无穷：有绕口令、有猜谜一样的“脑筋急转弯”、有数字、字母组成的游戏、有他自创的逗趣人名，再配上他画的“苏斯博士式”的典型画面：毛茸茸、弯弯曲曲的线条、怪异幽默的人和动物，使阅读真正成为有趣的游戏。
Dr. Suess本人并没有孩子，而且据他太太说，他也不太爱跟孩子们搞在一起，甚至有点儿怕孩子。他老是在想：“What might they do next? What might they ask next?”。他太太还说：“He couldn't just sit down on the floor and play with them.”可是他竟然能成为美国历史上最伟大的儿童漫画家，这不得不说是一个奇迹。又或者，他在家里，就是个一直没有长大的孩子。
The Cat in The Hat
1954年，生活杂志发表了一篇有关学生文盲的报告，认为学生的书很枯燥，所以学生才不爱读书。这引起了Dr. Seuss的注意，他总结出400个他认为对学生学习最重要的单词给出版商；出版商告诉他最好能用250个单词写一本孩子爱看的书。9个月后，Dr.Seuss只用了其中的220个单词就完成了这本让人津津乐道的《The Cat in The Hat》。这只著名的猫戴的红白相间的高帽，几乎成了Dr.Seuss的标志。
为了庆贺他的百年诞辰，美国邮政于2004年3月2日发行一枚纪念邮票，邮票上的Dr. Seuss是根据1987年他在达拉斯拍摄的照片设计的，环绕着他的都是他在儿童读物中创造出来的“孩子们”：最左边的就是戴帽子的猫。
这部作品也被改编成电影，曾登上北美票房排行榜冠军。
以这只猫为原型的玩偶也是玩具店里大卖的产品，尤其是圣诞节时期。
他的生日被国家教育协会定为全美读书日(Read Across America Day)。读遍全美国(Read Across America)是美国最大型的读书活动，以大声读书、持续读书、马拉松读书等活动来庆祝Dr. Seuss的诞辰日，各地也会有一些纪念表演。
LOVE。印有这部作品的TEE也比比皆是，既充满了童趣，又让人觉得十分有爱。
