Dr. Seuss looks at all the past books he wrote. He was relieved to see how popular his children’s books were getting. He was excited to see what the future would bring for him.

Dr. Seuss wonders how he made it this far? He never imagined becoming an author of children's books.

Flash. He then looks back to his childhood and remembers the fond memories he had with his mother and sister.

They rhymed every night and took turns rhyming. One would say ran then was followed by ban, fan, pan, man, began, plan, and so on. It was their own little chanting.

Fan

Pan

Man

Every night instead of being read bedtime stories they rhymed. This brought out his inner artistry and helped him to create fun rhymes for his books.

His father also supported him a lot and especially helping him develop his drawing skills. His father took him to the zoo and gave him a lot of inspiration for his drawings.

Before being known as Dr. Seuss an American writer and illustrator, he was known as Theodor Seuss Geisel, who worked as a successful illustrator and a comedy writer.

Geisel drew unique looking characters that brought out his success and the comedy in his writings.  Some of these characters are seen in his children's books.

Geisel was content with his life. He had a good job and things were looking great for him.

One day, Geisel was riding a ship back to the United States from Europe. The noises, thump thump thump from the engines popped an idea into his head. 

The noise inspired him and he started writing. Once he had finished he then realized he created a book. He wanted to add images to it because he thought it would bring the story more alive.

This book was a special book. Why was it a special book? This book was for children. It was something that Geisel never wrote before.

The book was called, And to Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street. The book was about a boy who describes his walk to his father but his father frowns on the boy's imaginative nature.

After finishing the book, he thought a lot about whether he should publish the book or not. He questioned himself, will it even become successful? Will it be worth the trouble? Will it even be read by kids?

After he thought a lot about the decision he finally decided to publish the book. One of the main reasons why he decided to publish his book was that he was worried that not every child got to read. He wanted children to enjoy reading and to learn.

Geisel was a kind-hearted man, who wanted the best for everyone. He was very passionate about reading and writing. He saw unfortunate kids who didn't get to read or enjoy books and wanted them to enjoy reading as much as he did.

So he took his book to several different publishers in hope for his book to be published.

Every publisher he went to gave the same answer to him. No, no, and no. He kept trying, but Giesel got rejected a total of 27 times and each time was a different publisher. Almost every single publisher said that his book was too odd or would be too risky to publish.

No.

The moment he was about to give up he bumped into his former classmate Mike McClintock. Mike McClintock was an editor and gave a shot for Geisel’s book. Then they went to McClintock's office and signed a contract.

Let's sign a contract!

Geisel was very excited for his book to be published. He hoped his book would do well. This was the first step for Geisel to achieve his goal of every child being able to read and have fun while reading.