Dr. Seuss’S Long-Lasting Message Surpasses Written Words

It surprised me at first that Contemporary Realistic Fiction is the most popular genre in children’s books. But after reading this it made more sense why contemporary realistic fiction is the most popular genre. It approaches the reality of children’s own lives. They can also connect to it so much easier than other genres.

For the most part, though a childrenʻs story, The Lorax is an environmentalist message targeted to urge young readers who are in time, going to determine our future, to learn from the tragic results of the Oncelerʻs actions. In the beginning of the story, the Onceler discovers the trufffula trees and begins to cut them down carelessly to make clothing, which in turn provided him money to use for his own selfish reasons. In reaction to the Oncelerʻs cruel actions, the Lorax confronts and warns the Onceler that if he continues to pollute the environment and cutting down the resources and homes of the species that live in it there will be consequences. Not caring about anything or anyone but himself, the Onceler continues to cut down the trees and use them for his own benefits, which continues to cause damage to the land and the species

Geisel drew in different mediums and for different audiences. He had a 30-year career in advertising, drawing for major companies like Standard Oil (Morgan & Morgan, 1995). His ad for an insecticide called Flit became the “Got Milk?” of the time period (Morgan & Morgan, 1995). He spent 3 years drawing political cartoons for a New York Magazine, PM (Morgan & Morgan, 1995). And of course, Geisel illustrated and wrote children’s primers (Morgan & Morgan, 1995). However, he also dabbled in the world of animation during his stint in what he dubbed “Fort Hollywood”, to create training videos for the troops during WWII (Morgan & Morgan, 1995). His second wife, Audrey Geisel, also dabbled in animation after the death of her husband in 1991 (Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, 2016). She has co-produced all of the Dr.Seuss movies that have come out in recent years, including The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who, The Grinch, and The Lorax (Morgan & Morgan, 1995); (Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, 2016). Mrs. Geisel has also worked in conjunction with Seuss’ same publisher, Random House, to continue generating his unpublished children’s novels (Morgan & Morgan, 1995); (Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine,

Throughout his life Dr. Seuss became a well known child writer. He used various books to bring awareness to bring attention to different problems in the environment. One good example is The Lorax. It shows how one human finds something he can make out of trees, but does not conserve or preserve. He just uses as many trees as he wants because of how many there are. Eventually, it caught up to him. He ran out of trees and with this he ran out of money. Without trees, the town had to run on artificial air because the trees could not produce it. From this lesson, the public could learn as well. Although this book is intended for kids, mature audiences can find a lesson in it as well.

Art and books: We created Dr. Seuss’s famous hat, by using red, white stripes papers and crayons. We traced, cut, and colored letter Ii. Mrs. Miller was impressed with the children's imagination this week while creating various art projects including Dr. Seuss shapes, Stamp Paintings, and Rainbow Paper. We read the following stories; “The Cat In The Hat, “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back”, “Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories”, “Thidwick the Moose”, “Oh the Thinks You Can Think”, “Go, Dog, Go”, “One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish”, and watched Dr. Seuss’s “Green Eggs & Ham” movie.

Seuss is one of the most inspiring writers, and his skill to capture children’s attention. As well as a brief overview of what he went through to be where he is in society now. These changes didn’t just happen instantly, it took plenty of time, patience, and motivation. Throughout his life, it seems he was most creative as a child. His love for animals, reading comic strips, and writing poems allowed him to be successful and do what he loves the most. That is what is so inspiring about Dr. Seuss is he went with his natural talent and did something that he enjoys. I am very happy that until this day his books still reach out and inspire many. I do feel as if his stories were a big influence in my life even till this day. It is important that teachers still utilize his stories the right way and help our new generation of students. Though his stories are historically old, they still retain plenty of

Dr. Seuss is well known for his inspirational yet creative writing. He is able to motivate others through his life lessons he teaches through books. He has accomplished much while he was alive and won’t be forgotten for a while. Dr. Seuss is pasted in the minds of children and adults, due to his talents of being an

Seuss made the wacky style of drawing he used work in his books work (s2).He started with drawings then added dialogue to make his books flow with the pictures (s2).Seuss created new and unique concepts and ideas when it came to writing and illustrating books (s1). Seuss Created whimsical books for children and adults by illustrating and writing most of them (s1).

Children’s books, specifically for young children, are full of pictures that cause the stories to be more entertaining while contributing to the plot of the story. Early-stage children’s books are light in text and dense in pictures; as the stories progress the pictures increase. Stories such as The Bernstain Bears and The Spooky Old Tree by Stan and Jan Bernstain do not have a great deal of words and rely on pictures to provide setting, details, and help tell the story. Picture use is essential in child development and understanding of a story, as well as keeping the children interested in reading. Images are a crucial component in Children’s Literature, bringing stories to life for young children, as well as captivating readers and helping

This book illustrates the threatening reality of excessive resource consumption fueled by corporate greed and the impact it has on the natural world. Even though more than one issue is addressed, the effect on the environment stands out as the governing problem. The Lorax prophesizes his message, “ I speak for the trees, as the trees have no tongues”, throughout the book in order to defend his loyalty to the Truffula trees.

After Geisel talked about how his books had hidden messages. While I was reading the Lorax, the theme I discovered was environment. The Lorax is talking about how people take nature for granted and waste our resources. We have so many factories which cause pollution and many trees are still getting cut down. It’s ridiculous how a book was written in 1971 about the miss treat in our environment and still no change is discovered in 2015.

The story of The Lorax may be animated and exaggerated to the point of talking animals, but in reality, it is true. Destroyed habitats and forests are the products of capitalism. Karl Marx believed that capitalism benefits nobody except the greedy owners who take no consideration for anyone or anything other than the money they are getting from the next sell. Seuss uses Marx’s ideas in The Lorax to demonstrate how capitalism goes from private riches, to exploitation of others, resulting in exploitation of the environment, which Marx would not only have agreed with but would have joined the fight against the destruction of the environment.

If it’s a picture book, what makes the illustrations “work” with the story – and in what ways do the illustrations add or subtract from the book’s effectiveness – in what way(s)? (2

“Literature reflects the interests and concerns of the culture that produces it (Galda, Sipe, Liang, & Cullinan, 2013, pp. 24)”. Contemporary trends in children’s literature are allowing for more influence from throughout the world, they are not just keeping to the society trends in which the work was created. Trends are also allowing for lead female roles and inclusion of diverse cultures. This follows the trends and issues in that society which is now more accepting of females and diversity in our everyday living.

The format chosen for this project will be based on research and reading of Dr. Seusses collection of books. In addition to this research, side historical research describing the current political and national and international current events will also influence the body of work. Dr. Seuss was shown to demonstrate political perspectives reflecting an anti-fascist persuasion and distaste for people like Hitler and Hideki Tojo. Piecing together Dr. Seuss’s perspective through this lens, my research will show how this passion continued with his work addressing environmental issues in a child friendly narrative. Such books like, Yertle the Turtle and his anti-Nuclear position in the writing of The Butter Battle Book in I 1984.