Oh now say, have you heard? Why, today is the day!
That most joyous occasion! Give a hoot, shout hooray!
Whether grinchy or grinning, like a big-hearted moose,
Sing out “Hip-Happy Birthday,” to dear Dr. Seuss.
Born as Theodore Geisel on the 2nd of March,
The year 1904’s when the Doctor’s tale starts.
As a young man, Ted Geisel drew pictures for ads,
And magazine cartoons, jokes, and doodads.
But dear Mr. Geisel was not quiet content,
He dreamed greater things were for which he was meant!
So he scribbled away at a kid’s book, so sweet,
And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
And for a new book, why he’d need a new name,
A fine nom de plum to propel him to fame!
So his middle name Seuss, (which he said rhymed with ‘voice’)
Became Theodore Geisel’s preferred pen-name of choice.
After Mulberry Street, he wrote 60 books more,
Six decades of whimsical stories galore!
Take a gander below to find which ones you see
On the shelves of your branch of the ACLD.