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Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship debuts Dr. Seuss WaterWorks, an onboard water park featuring two splash-tastic slides.read more

A partnership with Carnival Cruise Line brings “Seuss At Sea” to ships fleet-wide. This immersive onboard experience includes story times, parades, a dedicated “Bookville” library, and a Green Eggs and Ham character breakfast.read more

Theodor Seuss Geisel is born in Springfield Massachusetts on March 2nd.read more

Geisel attends Dartmouth College and graduates in June 1925.read more

Geisel adds “Dr.” to “Seuss” and uses the pseudonym “Dr. Seuss” thereafter.read more

Dr. Seuss’s first children’s book is published: And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. The book was previously rejected by publishers 27 times. Beatrix Potter writes to a friend, “I think it the cleverest book I have met with for many years.”read more

McElligot’s Pool brings Dr. Seuss’s first Caldecott Honor (awarded in 1948).read more

Bartholomew and the Oobleck is published, which wins a Caldecott Honor the following year (awarded in 1950).read more

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is published.read more

The Cat in the Hat is published and is an immediate success. Dr. Seuss was challenged to write “a story that first-graders can’t put down,” and he uses only 236 words chosen from a list of 348. The book’s runaway success is the inspiration for Random House’s Beginner Books series.read more

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back is published and helps launch the Beginner Book series, a new division of Random House that will publish books designed to help children learn to read.read more

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish is published.read more

Green Eggs and Ham is published. Dr. Seuss’s publisher, Bennett Cerf, bet him that he could not make a book using fifty or fewer different words. The resulting book is his best-selling title.read more

Hop on Pop and Dr. Seuss’s ABC are published.read more

Fox in Socks is published.read more

Chuck Jones directs the animated television special How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which goes on to become a Christmas staple. Boris Karloff (the narration) and Thurl Ravenscroft (the songs) provide the Grinch’s distinctive voice.read more

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? is published.read more

The Lorax is published.read more

Dr. Seuss wins a Pulitzer Prize for his special contribution to the education and enjoyment of America’s children and their parents.read more

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! is the last book to be published before Dr. Seuss’s death. This title tops the best-seller lists each year around the graduation time period.read more

Dr. Seuss dies on September 24 in La Jolla, California.read more

Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. is established in order to protect the legacy and intellectual property of Dr. Seuss.read more

Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! makes its debut at Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota.read more

The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss airs on Nickelodeon, a television series produced by The Jim Henson Company.read more

Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! musical launches at the Old Globe in San Diego, California.read more

The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library book franchise launches with the title Fine Feathered Friends. To date, the Learning Library series is comprised of 38 titles.read more

The Seuss Landing theme park opens at Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida.read more

Grinchmas debuts at Universal Studios Hollywood as a seasonal addition to the park.read more

Universal Pictures releases How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a live action feature length film starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch.read more

Seussical opens on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.read more

The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden opens in Springfield, Massachusetts.read more

Dr. Seuss Enterprises launches Seussville.com, a unique and interactive educational website.read more

Universal Pictures releases The Cat in the Hat, a live action feature length film starring Mike Myers and Alec Baldwin.read more

Dr. Seuss is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.read more

Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! is released by Twentieth Century Fox. This film is an animated feature length film with Jim Carrey as the voice of Horton and Steve Carell as the voice of the Mayor.read more

The Royal National Theatre in London debuts Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat, a theatrical adaptation of the classic story.read more

The animated television series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! premiers on PBS Kids in the US and on Treehouse TV in Canada. The show is based on The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library book franchise, and to date the series consists of three seasons…read more

Seussical opens on the West End at the Arts Theatre in London.read more

Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches is created for orchestra with an original and brilliant score by Lorenzo Palomo, with a world premiere at Oberlin College in Ohio.read more

Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures present The Lorax, a fully animated feature length film with a voice cast including Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, and Betty White.read more

The Art of Dr. Seuss, a Retrospective Exhibition goes on international tour.read more

Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax stage adaptation makes its world premiere at The Old Vic in London.  read more

Random House Children’s Books publishes What Pet Should I Get? The book is an immediate best-seller and becomes the fastest-selling children’s book in the history of Random House Children’s Books.read more

The Fantastic World of Dr. Seuss exhibit debuts at the Discover Children’s Story Centre in London.read more

Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax stage adaptation returns to The Old Vic in London, then makes its North American debut at the Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Canada.read more

The Sneetches The Musical makes world premiere at Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota.read more

The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum opens in Springfield, Massachusetts.read more

Seussian (“of, relating to, or suggestive of the works of Dr. Seuss”) is officially entered into the Merriam-Webster dictionary.read more

Dr. Seuss secures a partnership with the animated film production arm of Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Animation Group, to produce multiple Dr. Seuss feature films, starting with an adaptation of the classic 1957 children’s book The Cat in the Hat.read more

Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures present The Grinch, a fully animated feature length film starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the voice of the Grinch. The Grinch has become the highest-grossing holiday movie of all time.read more

Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax stage adaptation travels to Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and The Old Globe in San Diego, California.read more

A Very Good Production and Warner Bros. Animation produce Green Eggs and Ham, an animated television series which releases worldwide on Netflix. The all-star voice cast includes Michael Douglas, Diane Keaton, Adam DeVine, and Keegan-Michael Key.read more

Kilburn Live debuts The Dr. Seuss Experience in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a 15,000 sq. foot sensory journey through the wondrous world of Dr. Seuss by means of visually stunning rooms themed after his beloved stories and characters. The experience follows the Toronto debut with a tour in the US in…read more

Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum is published by Random House Children’s Books. The book is based on a manuscript and sketches created by Dr. Seuss, with acclaimed illustrator Andrew Joyner completing the unfinished artwork to accompany Dr. Seuss’s original text.read more