Dr. Seuss: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Theodor Seuss Geisel''' ([[2 Maret]] [[1904]] –– [[24 September]] [[1991]]), yang lebih dikenal dengan [[nama pena]]nya, '''Dr. Seuss''', adalah seorang [[pengarang]] dan [[kartunis]] [[Amerika Serikat|Amerika]] yang paling dikenal karena [[buku anak-anak]]nya, khususnya ''[[The Cat in the Hat]]''. Ia juga menulis dengan nama pena yang lain, yaitu '''Theo. LeSieg''' dan '''Rosetta Stone'''.

At the same time, an important development occurred that influenced much of Seuss's later work. In May [[1954]], ''[[Life magazine|Life]]'' magazine published a report on [[illiteracy]] among school children, which concluded that children were not learning to read because their books were boring. Accordingly, Seuss's publisher made up a list of 400 words he felt were important and asked Dr. Seuss to cut the list to 250 words and write a book using only those words. Nine months later, Seuss, using 220 of the words given to him, completed ''[[The Cat in the Hat]]''. This book was a ''tour de force''—it—it retained the drawing style, verse rhythms, and all the imaginative power of Seuss's earlier works, but because of its simplified vocabulary could be read by beginning readers. A rumor exists, that in [[1960]], [[Bennett Cerf]] bet Dr. Seuss $50 that he couldn't write an entire book using only fifty words. The result was supposedly ''[[Green Eggs and Ham]]''. The additional rumor that Cerf never paid Seuss the $50 has never been proven and is most likely untrue. These books achieved significant international success and remain very popular.