Newspaper article on Dr. Seuss

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'We even pronounce his name wrong. Seuss, in fact, rhymes with "zoice"
-- it was Geisel's mother's maiden name.'

'Geisel's own favourite of his books, however, was The Lorax.'

'The origins of The Cat in the Hat, too, are political -- in the
broadest sense of empowering the powerless. Geisel was of the opinion
that "too many writers have only contempt and condescension for
children, which is why we give them degrading corn about bunnies."
Clearly, they deserved better. Responding to dropping literacy rates,
his publisher Bennett Cerf challenged Geisel to write a book using
just 220 easy-to-read words, a book that children could read on their
own, and an antidote to the dreary wholesomeness of so much early
reading. (Green Eggs and Ham, which followed it, was written using
just 50 words.) It was, as Geisel put it, "a way of kicking Dick and
Jane out of the school system."'

These are quotes form the article on Seuss in Saturday's (November 22)
Globe and Mail newspaper.

The whole article is here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031123.wseuss1123/BNStory/Entertainment/