Happy birthday to Dr. Seuss, who would have been 118 this year. Theodor Seuss Geisel attended Dartmouth College and graduated in 1925. He was the editor-in-chief of the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, the college humor magazine. When Geisel was caught drinking on campus during prohibition, he used the name Seuss to continue his work with the magazine and remained under the alias for the rest of his career.

Geisel was an illustrator, poet, animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker. Although he produced for the United States Army, Vanity, and Life, he is the most well known for writing and illustrating more than 60 children’s books which are loved by generations young and old. 

A few of his most popular works include:

• If I Ran the Zoo (1950)

• Horton Hears a Who! (1954)

• The Cat in the Hat (1957)

• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)

• Green Eggs and Ham (1960)

• One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960)

• Horton Hatches the Egg (1940) - Lewis Carroll Shelf Award 1958

• And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street (1937) - Lewis Carrol Shelf Award 1961

What's your favorite Dr. Seuss Book?