Dr. Seuss Illustration Attractiveness

The picture books are spread out across the table, with their vibrant colors and hard covers. I take in all of the new books that I received for my 7th birthday. I feel the pages as I turn them in my hand one after another, taking in the fresh new book smell. This book is titled, The Little Mermaid, and I can’t wait to hear it at bedtime, once the sun goes down. This book will be added to my collection, and sit beside the others all in a row on my pink bookcase, where I know each and every one by heart (Zipes, “Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion” 207). For bedtime, Mom brings the pages to life with her enthusiastic voice, yet it’s soothing enough to fall asleep to. The way that she uses different voices for each of the characters makes me laugh. Sometimes, I don’t look at any of the pictures. Instead, I only listen. I imagine huge stone castles in faraway lands, guarded by knights in shining armor with green meadows filled with daisies and roses as far as I can see in the distance (O’Neill, par. 62).

Seuss was still able to make reading fun and enjoyable to children. Along the lines of his illustrations, Theodor Geisel was among the first authors to put illustrations equal with text, enabling his readers to follow the action and the story simultaneously. True to his eccentric character and unique perspective, Seuss basically drew things as he saw them. Surprisingly, he had strict guidelines on how to write children's books. There was only one illustration per page and nothing could describe anything pictured. That way, children can work out the story from the illustrations. In addition, his characters are unique. Although his characters may seem simplistic, Seuss' illustrations are inimitable. Through his drawings, word selection, and rhythm, Seuss created subliminal messages for his readers.

Furthermore, the illustrations paint a beautiful picture that I like to think is an insight into a child’s mind, which I is a key element in this book and what makes it so great. Since the book is narrated by a child the intentional simplicity of the words and the controlled chaos that is the illustrations breathes unadulterated life into a rather normal children’s book.

For Preschoolers 3-5 years of age, I would use pictures from the book to help children see and associate the actual name with the feeling. I would help them understand the explicit theme of this

Anthropomorphism is a healthy way for children to be introduced to difficult plots and emotional characteristics that real human beings encounter. Although some interpretations of anthropomorphic animal use in books are negative because the fear that animals in reality do not have human characteristics, and thus confuse the child reader. Others offer the view that in order to fully understand ourselves, anthropomorphism is the key to a child’s development of imagination. Bringing in the element of believable characters makes a story based upon the child’s needs and creates a lifelong love of books.

Geisel is thought to be one of the best children’s book authors. “For most people the thought of growing up in a world without Green Eggs and Ham, Grinches, and Cats in Hats is barely conceivable” (Levine 10). Children throughout the world have grown up with the wonderful books created by “Dr. Seuss”. “These odd creations occupy a special place in the earliest memories of children around the world” (Levine 10). He has been able to not only capture their minds but their hearts as well. Geisel’s colorful imagination, upbeat rhymes, and unique illustrations seem to have no limits. He has written books that range from simply humorous to impressively insightful. This has contributed greatly in him selling more than 200 million copies. To many “Dr. Seuss is by far the best-selling children’s author to date, and perhaps the most beloved” (Levine

Dr. Seuss has an interesting background that is often overlooked. Many fans do not know that the beloved children’s book author actually began his career drawing cartoons for magazines and advertisements (“The Advertising Artwork of Dr. Seuss”). In many of his advertisements and children’s books he has amazing elaborate machines that complete different tasks. This aspect of his artwork has many similarities to another famous cartoonist, Rube Goldberg. In this essay I will be comparing the artwork of Dr. Seuss to the artwork of Rube Goldberg.

Illustrations: The illustrations use a variety of colours, but always include blue and red. They are full page, realistically drawn and relatable for children. For example, there are children playing hockey on the outdoor rink, and in a driveway.

Dr. Seuss greatly impacted children’s books. He changed the way that children’s books are written and illustrated with his original style. Many people consider Dr. Seuss’s unique style to be one of his greatest achievements (“Contemporary Authors”). Before Dr. Seuss’s books, children’s books were very bland and uncreative. After the release of his books, many authors follow his example when writing their books (“Theodor

Is Dr. Seuss Considered an Artist? Imagine you were in Dr. Seuss’s shoes. You are one of the most famous artists in the world. Being able to be recognized as a child’s hero, having creativity, and being imaginable.

In elementary school, we would read Dr. Seuss books for fun, but back then we never realised that his story’s had a meaning. In Mrs. Hannon’s English class we have read multiple stories to show that Dr. Seuss is more than nonsense words and rhyming. The Dr. Seuss books that I am going to talk about are Horton Hatches Egg, The Sneetches, and Yertle the Turtle.

Overall, this book is an excellent book for children, not only is it teaching them, counting, the days of the week, and the process of becoming a butterfly, but it is also can be evaluated into a good picture book. This book is attracting to children, avoids racial, ethnic, and sexual stereotyping in illustrations. Additionally, the illustrations are appropriate for both the intended audience, and to the story. It allows the children, and the adults to connect during reading time, and keeps the children entertained that whole

The illustrations in The Cat in the Hat really show the story and even if this book was a wordless picture book then children could understand what is going on. I think that goes to show how much the illustrations really do enforce the text. On the very first page, Dr. Seuss establishes the setting with a picture of a house and one can assume that is where the story takes place (Seuss 1). Dr. Seuss uses a lot of visual elements such as lines to show movement and he only uses shades of blue and red to add color to his book. Something else that I found interesting was the fact that he used the seam in the book as a corner in the house. On the first page, you see the house with a window on its side but no door which would presumably be on the left side of the house where the stairs are. When you open to the second page, you see the children sitting at the window. On pages five and six you finally see the door appear on a separate page than the window. If you close the book slightly you can imagine this is a 3-D element to the book. I may be overthinking it but I think that if this was intentional then Dr. Seuss may have been smarter than people give him credit for.

The Cat in the Hat vs. Where the Wild Things Are: Picture books in children’s literature

This book is a high quality children’s book because of its pleasing illustrations and imaginative text. This book received the Kate Greenaway Medal award in 2000 for it’s outstanding illustrations, which have a variety of different looking textures, from photo-realistic tomatoes to scribbled clothing and hair that imitate a children’s artwork. The illustrations are multi-layered, with a variety of different mediums on each page. Every page is filled with color from edge to edge and the backgrounds all have different patterns and textures. The illustrations over them the vary as well- some appear to be stickers that were placed on, some imitate a children’s crayon drawing, and others look like a real picture of the object.