‘Drunken Kaiser,’ that is the nickname Theodor Geisel was called as a child. The brewery owned by his father and his German descent contributed to the name, a name that only led to rocks, bottles and obscenities tossed in his direction. There was no fighting back, instead over the course of his 86 years he created some of the greatest cartoons, books and even films to grace the eyes and ears of adults and children everywhere. …showed first 75 words of 749 total…

…showed last 75 words of 749 total…ideas. The stories of the century were created by him and will continue to be read to little girls and boys every night before bed from Brazil to the Netherlands. And when a child fifty years from now reads the line, “one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish,” and then reads it to their son or daughter fifteen years later, Seuss will be smiling just as big as the kid in everyone’s heart.