Because a Little Bug Went Ka-choo

Dr. Seuss, or Theodore Geisel, or Theo LeSeig, did write this book but under the name Rosetta Stone. It's crazy all the things you can learn about an author when you set out to read all their books!

I couldn't find this book anywhere. I did find a video on youtube someone made for their class of the book. So we watched it instead of reading it.

Here's the link.

It's a pretty cute little book.

By Theo. LeSieg

This week I ordered the last of the Dr. Seuss books that our library has. I realized we aren't going to get through all of them by going to the library. There's quite a few they don't carry and I'm not sure where to find them.

But I did a little extra digging...

Theo. LeSieg is Dr Seuss. 

There a number of books written by this guy.

Apparently Theo. LeSieg and Dr. Seuss live parallel lives within Theodor Geisel. Dr. Seuss writes and illustrates his own books. But sometimes, when Dr. Seuss doesn't want to illustrate what he writes he enlists the help of Theo LeSieg who writes and hires someone else to illustrate. By the way, LeSieg is Geisel spelled backwards.

So if you come to a shortage of Dr. Seuss books remember Theo LeSieg is Dr. Seuss, just another part of him.

But we're still going to be a little short. I'm going to have to do some digging to find the rest. Sadly I've realized we may never get them all. But here's to hoping!!

Hooray For Diffendoofer Day!

Here is another book by Dr. Seuss that was and yet wasn't written by him. The editor of this particular book shared the story of how this book came to be. It seems there are quite a few of Dr. Seuss's books that have similar stories...

Before his death, Dr Seuss told the editor he was working on a book about a teacher and the different ways to learn. But he couldn't figure out how to finish it so he left it on his desk, drawings pinned on the wall and an idea hidden deep in his brilliant mind. Dr. Seuss died in 1991 leaving Miss Bonkers to drive other people bonkers. His secretary sent what Dr. Seuss had written and drawn to the editor who enlisted Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith, two children's authors, to finish this story in Dr. Seuss fashion.

Dr. Seuss left many of his ideas unfinished. A lot of authors and editors have tried to mimic his style and finish them. I would have never guessed he didn't write this entire story himself. They did a good job. Others...not so much...

Our First Non-Seuss Seuss Books

Today I ran to the library to pick up Baby's newest Dr Seuss books they had on hold for us. Usually we go every Tuesday morning and hang out with friends for about an hour. But the non-sleeping Baby decided to take a good nap this morning. And I wasn't about to argue!

For her afternoon nap (might I add nonexistent afternoon nap) we read two of them: Gerald McBoing Boing and All Aboard The Circus McGurkus.

Although both these books are Dr. Seuss books they aren't technically written by him. They were both based on and inspired by one of his books. Or in the case of Gerald McBoing Boing, a movie Dr. Seuss came up with.

So neither of these books are considered to be one of Dr. Seuss's main, original books. But they're still cute and worth a read.

List of Dr Seuss Books

I had mentioned earlier that I wanted to read all of Dr. Seuss's books. We've been doing pretty well. We've gotten some from the library and Baby got a few for Valentine's Day. And some day I would like Baby to have all his books. 


I searched for a complete list of Dr. Seuss's books and had a hard time finding one. I found a few that were missing pieces so I put them together into this long list!! Dr. Seuss himself wrote and illustrated most of his books but there are a few that someone else either illustrated of co-wrote with him. There are also some that were published after his death in 1991 that were written from various sketches and notes that he had left behind.


Here's the list! I'll be keeping track of the books we read in a different section of the blog (up above).  




And to Think That I saw it on Mulberry Street, 1937
Bartholomew and the Oobleck, 1949
Because a Little Bug Went Ka-choo, 1975 Illustrated by Michael Frith
Come Over to My House, 1966 Illustrated by Richard Erdoes
Daisy-Head Mayzie, 1994
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?, 1973
Dr. Seuss's ABC, 1963
Dr. Suess's Sleep Book, 1962
Fox in Socks, 1965
Great Day for Up, 1974
Green Eggs and Ham, 1960
Happy Birthday to You!, 1959
Hop on Pop, 1963
Horton Hatches the Egg, 1940
Horton Hears a Who!, 1954
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 1957
Humperdink...? Not Him!, 1976 Illustrated by Charles E. Martin
Hunches in Bunches, 1982
I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!, 1987 Illustrated by James Stevenson
I Can Draw It Myself, 1970
I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories, 1969
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!, 1978
I Can Write, 1993 Illustrated by Roy McKie
I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollw, 1965
I Wish that I had Duck Feet, 1965 Illustrated by B. Tobey
If I Ran the Circus, 1956
If I Ran the Zoo, 1950
In A People House, 1972 Illustrated by Roy McKie
Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!, 1972
Maybe You should fly a Jet, Maybe You Should be a Vet, 1980 Illustrated by Michael McElligot's Pool, 1947
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, 1970
My Book About Me, 1969, written with Roy McKie
My Many Colored Days, 1996 (Posthumous). Paintings By Steve Johnson and Lou Fr Oh Say Can You Say?, 1979
Oh, the Places You'll Go!, 1990
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!, 1975
On Beyond Zebra, 1955

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, 1960
Please Try to Remember the First of Octember, 1977 Illustrated by Art Cummings Scrambled Eggs Super!, 1953
Ten Apples Up On Top, 1961
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, 1938
The Butter Battle Book, 1984
The Cat in the Hat, 1957
The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary, 1964 written with P.D. Eastman
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back! , 1958
The Cat in the Hat Song Book, 1967
The Cat's Quizzer, 1976
The Eye Book, 1968 Illustrated by Joe Mathieu & Roy McKie
The Foot Book
The Foot Book, 1968
The King's Stilts, 1939
The Lorax, 1971
The Pop-Up Mice of Mr. Brice 1989 Illustrated by Roy McKie
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, 1973
The Sneetches and Other Stories, 1961
The Tooth Book
The Tooth Book, 1989 Illustrated by Joe Mathieu & Roy McKie
There's a Wocket in My Pocket!, 1974
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose, 1948
Wacky Wednesday, 1974 Illustrated by George Booth
Would You Rather be a Bullfrog?, 1975 Illustrated by Roy McKie Hooper
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, 1958
You're Only Old Once!, 1986