How Many Books Did Dr. Seuss Write for Children?

 

In order to answer this question we need to think about these things:

¨             Theodore Geisel wrote under three pen names or pseudonyms. 

¨             He used Dr. Seuss for children's books he both wrote and illustrated.

¨             Theo LeSieg (Geisel backwards!) is another name he used for books he wrote.  Most of the LeSieg books were illustrated by someone else.

¨             Rosetta Stone is a pseudonym he used when he worked with Philip D. Eastman.                                          (You'll notice that P.D. Eastman also wrote and illustrated his own books.)

¨             Some Seuss books contain more than one story.

¨             Beginner Books is a division of Random Books.  The Cat in the Hat is used as a symbol for the books published in this series but not every book was written or illustrated by Dr. Seuss.

¨             Other authors and illustrators have used the Seuss characters in books since Geisel's death in 1991.

                       

Books Written and Illustrated as Dr. Seuss

1)        And to Think I Saw it On Mulberry Street                        1937  

2)        Bartholomew and the Oobleck                                         1949  

3)        Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?                          1973  

4)        Dr. Seuss's ABC                                                                         1963  

5)        Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book                                                             1962  

6)        Fox in Socks                                                                               1965  

7)        Green Eggs and Ham                                                           1960  

8)        Happy Birthday to You!                                                        1959  

9)        Hop on Pop                                                                              1963  

10)   Horton Hatches the Egg                                                      1940  

11)   Horton Hears a Who                                                              1954  

12)   How the Grinch Stole Christmas                                        1957  

13)   Hunches in Bunches                                                               1982  

14)   I Can Draw It Myself                                                              1970  

15)   I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today!  And Other Stories (King Looie Katz, The Glunk That Got Thunk) 1969        

16)   I Can Read With My Eyes Shut                                           1978  

17)   I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Solloew                            1965  

18)   If I Ran the Circus                                                                   1956  

19)   If I Ran the Zoo                                                                        1950  

20)   Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now!                  1972  

21)   McElligot's Pool                                                                        1947  

22)   Mr. Brown Can Moo!  Can You?                                        1970  

23)   Oh Say Can You Say?                                                           1979  

24)   Oh, the Places You'll Go                                                       1990  

25)   On Beyond Zebra                                                                   1955  

26)   One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish                                1960  

27)   Scrambled Eggs Super                                                          1953  

28)   The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins                            1938  

29)   The Butter Battle Book                                                          1984  

30)   The Cat in the Hat                                                                 1957  (1966  Beginner Books)

31)   The Cat in the Hat Comes Back                                        1958  

32)   The Cat in the Hat Song Book                                            1967  

33)   The Cat's Quizzer                                                                    1976  

34)   The Foot Book                                                                          1968  

35)   The King's Stilts                                                                         1939  

36)   The Lorax                                                                                   1971  

37)   The Shape of Me and Other Stuff                                     1973  

38)   The Sneetches and Other Stories (The Zax, Too Many Daves, What Was I Scared Of?)  1961

39)   There's a Wocket in my Pocket                                           1974  

40)   Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (Gertrude Mc Fuzz and the Big Brag)                               1958

41)   You're Only Old Once!                                                          1986  

42)   Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!                                            1975  

43)   Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose                                     1948  

Books Written as Theo LeSieg

1)        Come Over to My House                                                     Richard Erdoes                   1966  

2)        Hooper Humperdinck...Not Him!                                        Illustrated by Charles Martin 1976  Scott Nash 2006

3)        I Can Write - By Me, Myself                                                   illustrated by Geisel           1971  

4)        I Wish That I Had Duck Feet                                                B. Tobey                                1965  

5)        In a People House                                                                  Roy McKie                            1972  

6)        Maybe You Should Fly A Jet! Maybe You Should Be A Vet!              Michael J. Smulin   1980  

7)        Please Try to Remember to First of Octember!              Arthur Cummings  1977  

8)        Ten Apples on Top                                                                 Roy McKie    1961  

9)        The Eye Book                                                                            Roy McKie    1968  

10)   The Many Mice of Mr. Brice (Also sold as The Pop-Up Mice of Mr. Brice)    Roy McKie    1973  (Pop 1989)                                                                     

11)   The Tooth Book                                                                       illustrated by Roy McKie 1981

12)   Wacky Wednesday                                                                George Booth         1974  

13)   Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?                                       Roy McKie    1975  

 

Other Books

1)        Because A Little Bug Went Ka-Choo!    

Author:  Rosetta  Stone (Geisel and Frith) illustrated by Michael Frith     1975  

 

Books Written As Dr. Seuss but Illustrated or finished by Someone Else

2)        The Cat in the Hat Beginner Dictionary, By the Cat Himself Dr. Seuss with Philip D. Eastman                  1964                                                              

3)        Great Day for Up!                                                                   Author:  Dr. Seuss  illustrated by Quentin Blake        1974                                                              

4)        I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!                                    Author:  Dr. Seuss  illustrated by James Stevenson                                                                      1987

5)        Gerald McBoing Boing    Short Film/Cartoon by Geisel in 1950   Book 2000

6)        My Book About Me, By Me, Myself:  I Wrote It!  I Drew It        illustrated by Roy McKie   1969

7)        My Many Colored Days                                            illustrated by Johnson and Fancher    1997  

8)        Daisy-Head Mayzie                                                    Drawings Inspired by Manuscript         1994

9)        Hooray for Diffendoofer Day                                   Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith created based on 14 rough                                                                                                       drawings and verses by Seuss  1998

 

Collections

A Hatful of Seuss (If I Ran the Zoo; Horton Who; Sleep; Oobleck; Sneetches)             1997  

Six By Seuss:  A Treasury of Dr. Seuss Classics (And to Think; 500 Hats; Horton-Egg; How Grinch; Lorax; Yertle)                                                                       Collection                1991  

The Dr. Seuss Storybook (includes Scrambled: McElligot; Zax; Lorax)     Collection                1979  

 

Not Written for Children - but what a cool title!     

The Tough Coughs as He Ploughs the Dough:  Early Writings and Cartoons by Dr. Seuss    1986