Essay on Newfound Popularity of Books From the 1900's

Mr Popper's Penguins was published in 1938 by not one but two authors Richard and Florence Atwater. Richard started the book but fell ill and could not finish the book and the book was soon finished by his wife Florence so the ending is a bit weird. Decades later in 2011 Mark waters created a movie but went a little off track but created a awesome film non the less they recreated the book with the original drawings and adding a little still scenes from the movie resulting in a old fashion/modern book.

Seuss’s career took a huge turning point when Mifflin and Random House asked him to write a children’s book with 220 vocab words. That’s when the famous “Cat in the Hat” was made. It was published in 1957. After that, Seuss wrote many more children books. Eventually he and Chuck Jones created the animated movie “The Grinch” In

Seuss’ greatest qualities within his career was his ability to create great illustrations. “Though Geisel would later gain fame because of his unique artistic style, he never once had an art lesson” (“The Gale Group”). Along with having great artistic skills Seuss wrote many books that are greatly loved by people of all ages. Two of Dr. Seuss’ books spent several months on the bestsellers list. The book that Dr. Seuss became most famous for was the book The Cat in the Hat (“The Gale Group”). Also among Seuss’ many successful books Seuss won many awards for his work. Some of those awards include and academy award in 1946, a young reader’s choice award for the book If I Ran the Zoo in 1950, the Critics award for the animated cartoons How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Horton Hears a Who, and many more (“The Gale Group”). Dr. Seuss along with his work was and always will be loved by many. “Dr. Seuss was probably the best-loved and certainly the best-selling children’s book writer of all time”(“Dr. Seuss” Contemporary

Reading was a very popular thing to do back during the 1920’s. Before radio and television existed almost all people gained knowledge of the wider world and current events through books and literature. Literature contributed to society a lot more in the 1920’s than it did today. Many authors contributed to the learning and shaping of minds young and old by writing books that would define the time period. Some of these authors were F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and T.S. Elliot. They defined and shaped the 1920’s by their writings and literature.

Hobbit and many other widely famous nonfiction books are successful not just because of an

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. His birthday has been adopted as the National Read Across America Day, an initiative started by the National Education Association. He published his first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, under the name of Dr. Seuss in 1937. The “Dr.” in “Dr. Seuss” was in homage to his father’s hope that he would get his PHD, but it never happened because he decided to drop it in college. Seuss was his middle name so that’s how he came up with the pen name “Dr. Seuss”. He's famous for his made-up words, his catchy rhymes, and his distinctively loopy illustration style. As he said himself "Children's literature as I write it and as I see it is… satirizing the mores and habits of the world".

Was the 1920’s really roaring? What really happened in order for this period to obtain this name? Well, the 1920’s gets the name Roaring Twenties due to the major change in political and social living. This period of time changed the way humans lived and viewed everyday life. With the start of many inventions including the automobile and the radio, social life began to improve for some, on the other hand the earlier generations saw this to be a coming of difference in social and racial views. This period had it reasons for being “Roaring”.

We can decide how “American” a piece of writing is by seeing if it is written about America or makes reference to America. Also, was it written by an American? America contains people of so many different backgrounds, cultures, etc. America’s values and morals have changed over the years. If you read American literature, you can see how much it has changed. You can also learn about the history of America. The language has changed from formal and now is more modern. The form has changed over the years. Some of the writings like the poems were very deep that it can be difficult for somebody in this age to decipher the poem. They are very deep and had meaning, but the meaning may not be even close to what we think without doing some research

Occupying five of the top fifteen spots in Publisher Weekly's list of all time best-selling children's books, Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as "Dr. Seuss", is the most well known children's author to date, with forty-seven published books and more than two-hundred million copies sold(Levine 37). Born in 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts, Theodor Seuss Geisel, wrote books with memorable characters that have become classic children's' books such as The Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Horton Hears a Who, and Green Eggs and Ham(Schwartz). Geisel earned two Emmy and Academy Awards, a Peabody Award, and the Pulitzer Prize during his lifetime for his works of writing(Dreier). Geisel became one of the most popular children's authors of all time through his influences, writing style, and themes of his books.

throughout his life. One legacy Milne left behind, was the short story series “Winnie the

The Hobbit was written on September 21 1937 by J.R.R. Tolkien about 36 years after the Victorian era but the portages Bilbo Baggins was highly influenced by that era. The Victorian era had dramatically change England and was when most people started to change the ways they looked at everyday life. Wanted to invented things that would be everything in life much simpler, easier but also lazy. It reflects how our new generation is now with all the new technology to advance our people to easier but yet lazy life styles.

"A persons a person, no matter how small, said author and illustrater Theodor Geisel. Geisel's first book for children, And to Think That i Saw It on Mulberry Street, was rejected by 27 publishers before it was printed. Geisel, who was born on March 2, 1904, who was also know as Dr. Seuss. He published The Cat in the Hat at a time where many childrens books were dull since then, millions of Dr. Seuss books has been

Their son,Christopher Robin, was born in 1920. Milne’s greatest success were in his books Winnie the Pooh (1926) and ‘’The House at Pooh corner’’ (1928). In the 1930s and 40s Milne began to return back to writing for adults, publishing novels, short story collections and nonfiction, anti war book entitled ‘’The Peace With Honour’’. He wrote an autobiography it's too late in 1939. A.A. Milne was very good at Mathematics which he intended in college. A.A. Milne wrote books and poetry like “When We Were Young”,’’ Now We Are six’’,’’ Winnie the Pooh’’, ‘’The House At Pooh Corner,’’ ‘’His Toad Of Toad Hall’’, ‘’The Wind In The Willows’’, ‘’And The Red House Mystery’’.( a.a. Milne,2016, biography.com), the biography.com, December 14,2016,publisher A&E television

By 1921, Hitler was leading the National Socialist German Workers' Party. He was a very effective speaker and captivated audiences for hours. He was persuasive and told people what they wanted to hear. Because of this, he was a very successful propaganda artist. Driven by Germany's loss in WWI and humiliation, which was a result of the terms in the treaty of Versailles, Hitler found many followers who sympathized with his cause. After his political group failed an attempt to overpower the Bavarian government, he was arrested and jailed for nine months. While imprisoned, Hitler wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle), which was his autobiography, and it was full of his political ideas as well as the policies for what would become the Nazi organization. Later, he would use this book to spread his ideas and indoctrinate people into the Nazi party. At one point in time, he tried to destroy all other books in Germany. He required that Mein Kampf be taught in the schools, and children learned at a very young age that they were to be Nazis and support Hitler.

The Lord of the Rings is the most sold novel ever, with approximately 150 million copies sold worldwide since its release. The most peculiar thing about it all is that this novel was only intended to be a short sequel to The Hobbit. Still, Tolkien somehow managed to write a whole trilogy. A lot of work has been put into the writing of these novels, as more or less every character has its own background story as well.