Y O U H A V E T O B E O D D T O B E N U M B A O N E ☝🏽. 💯. #DRSEUSS 👌🏽. #TheCatInTheHat resulted from a theory Seuss had that the ‘Dick and Jane’ children’s books were so boring, reading levels were down in schools because kids refused to read them. To fix this, a director at Houghton Mifflin sent Seuss a list of about 350 words kids should know and then challenged him to write a book kids couldn’t put down with only 250 of those words in it. In the end, the book uses 220 of the words most used by children. • #GreenEggsAndHam were the results of a bet . In 1960, Bennett Cerf, Seuss’ editor, bet Seuss he couldn’t write a book using only 50 words. The resulting story was ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ which uses exactly 50 words. Appearing in this order, they are: I am Sam; that; do not like; you green eggs and ham; them; would here or there; anywhere; in a house with mouse; eat box fox; car they; could; may will see tree; let me be; train on; say the dark; rain; goat; boat; so try may; if; good; thank. We could not say that five times fast. Would not, could not. • His Books Were Not Initially A Success . Seuss’ first book ‘And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street,’ which was inspired by the rhythm of the ship’s engines on a return trip from Europe, was rejected by 27 publishers. He almost burned it, but finally found a publisher for it in 1937. The title comes from the name of the street on which his grandmother lived. • He coined the word #Nerd . Dr. Seuss has an even bigger impact on pop culture than you might think. The first recorded instance of the word “nerd” is in Seuss’ ‘If I Ran the Zoo’ published in 1950. • THRU N THRU HE WROTE CHILDRENS BOOKS THAT CHANGED THA WAY PEOPLE READ THEIR CHILDRENS #BEDTIMESTORIES AND THAT IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, ALONG WITH THESE FACTS I READ ABOUT YEARS AGO AND RESURFACED FOR YALL TODAY N THIS POST 💯. • • • #WusG ? #WusInYoCup ? #KushNYac #ThasWussup #UKnowT #Uniqness #UKnowDisMayne #KeepItG #KeepSmokin #KeepThaHitsComin #ThaV #Vancouver #VanCity #604 #604100 #PerfectionChasers #Gyeahhhhhhh #InstaClassix #HipHop #PeaceNLove #HOLLA #1
