If interested in some QR code read-a-louds - click on this link - Read Across America Day is March 2, 2020. Here are some Dr. Seuss read-alouds (YouTube with QR codes) available in a Wakelet collection.
We're celebrating Dr. Seuss with five facts about his life you may not have known.
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1. Theodor Seuss Geisel says he adopted the pen name "Dr. Seuss" because he was saving his real name for the Great American Novel he intended to write one day.
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2. Dr. Seuss was not a doctor. He briefly studied English literature at Oxford after graduating from Dartmouth but instead became a cartoonist. In 1955, Dartmouth awarded him an honorary doctorate.
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3. Only four of the 44 books Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated are written in prose.
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4. Dr. Seuss wrote "The Cat in the Hat" because he was concerned about kids learning
to read. A publisher reportedly challenged him to "Write me a story that first-graders can't put down!"
![](https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/541045_030215-ap-drseuss-4-img.jpg)
5. Dr. Seuss has received two Emmys, a Peabody award and a Pulitzer Prize
(special citation).
![](https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/541044_030215-ap-drseuss-3-img.jpg)
1. Theodor Seuss Geisel says he adopted the pen name "Dr. Seuss" because he was saving his real name for the Great American Novel he intended to write one day.
![](https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/541048_030215-ap-drseuss-5-img.jpg)
2. Dr. Seuss was not a doctor. He briefly studied English literature at Oxford after graduating from Dartmouth but instead became a cartoonist. In 1955, Dartmouth awarded him an honorary doctorate.
![](https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/541049_030215-ap-drseuss-6-img.jpg)
3. Only four of the 44 books Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated are written in prose.
![](https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/541041_030215-ap-drseuss-2-img.jpg)
4. Dr. Seuss wrote "The Cat in the Hat" because he was concerned about kids learning
to read. A publisher reportedly challenged him to "Write me a story that first-graders can't put down!"
![](https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/541045_030215-ap-drseuss-4-img.jpg)
5. Dr. Seuss has received two Emmys, a Peabody award and a Pulitzer Prize
(special citation).
Take care,
Brad
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