Children’s book author Sharon Durgin recommends you read Dr. Seuss’s memorable “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” to your children or grandchildren, Sharon is the author of Marty and the Christmas Eve Surprise.’

Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” by Dr. Seuss is one of my favorites.

It tells an adventure that the main character leads.

The story starts with a brand new day.

It’s full of unknowns in a most exciting way

Where your life leads you, We really don’t know

But the story pushes you onward to go.

The people and places are ready for you,

Just open your mind for adventures so new.

First to your street and then to your town

Making your way,

always up,

but sometimes down.

You’ll fly high, it wants you to go,

But always knowing that some days are slow.

Those are the times when you’ll look around

Enjoying the sights and every new sound.

And then you’ll move on, the story goes

It’s time to change places and see the next show.

To a town on a hill, the story keeps going

Sending you high without ever knowing

Just where the winds blow, and who you will meet will make your mind grow, like it’s a wonderful treat.

If you keep moving in a sensible way

Life is an adventure, he seems to relay.

Who was the Doc?

Dr. Seuss’ real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel. He was born March 2, 1904.

As a cartoonist and writer, Dr. Seuss published over 60 books. ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!,’ ‘The Cat in the Hat’ and ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ were some of his most famous works.

His first children’s book, ‘And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,’ was rejected 27 times before it was finally published in 1937.

Next came a string of best sellers, including The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham. His rhymes and characters are still beloved by generations of fans.

A major turning point in Geisel’s career came when, in response to a 1954 Life magazine article that criticized children’s reading levels, a publisher asked him to write a children’s primer using 220 vocabulary words.

That book, ‘The Cat in the Hat,’ was published in 1957 and was described by one book reviewer as a “tour de force.”

Dr. Seuss won numerous awards for his work, including the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, an Academy Award, 3 Em-mys and 3 Grammys.

At Dartmouth College, he became editor in chief of its humor magazine.

When he and his friends were caught drinking in his dorm room in violation of Prohibition law, he was kicked off the magazine staff, but graduated and attended the University of Oxford in England. There he met his future wife, Helen Palmer. After her death, he married Audrey Stone Dimond, a film producer’

Audrey made films from his books, ‘The Lorax,’ ‘Horton Hears a Who!’ and ‘Daisy-Head Mayzie.’

At the start of World War II, he began contributing weekly political cartoons to magazines. During World War 2, he was too old for the draft but worked with movie director Frank Capra to make animated training films and drew savings bonds posters for the Treasury Department.

Towering writer

After the war, he and his wife bought an old observation tower in La Jolla, CA, where he wrote 8 hours a day, taking breaks to tend his garden.

Sadly, although he loved writing for children, Dr. Seuss was not a doctor nor had children of his own.

‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’ was published in 1990, the year before Dr. Seuss’ death September 24, 1991.

Reviewers called it the classic sendoff for kids of all ages, from kindergartners to college students.

Dr. Seuss teaches readers that success is within you, illustrating life’s inevitable highs and lows.

If you’re feeling down with a case of the blues,

Just read this fun book by the wonderful ... Dr. Seuss.