dr seuss wrote his first book in 1859.
when did dr seuss wrote his first book?
1859
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the grinch first appeared in a 32-line illustrated poem by dr. seuss called "the hoobub and the grinch," which was originally published in the may 1955 edition of "redbook" magazine. dr. seuss began work on "how the grinch stole christmas!" a couple of years later, around the beginning of 1957. he had recently completed "the cat in the hat" and was in the midst of founding beginner books with phyllis and bennett cerf and his wife, helen palmer geisel. helen, who had ongoing medical problems and had suffered a small stroke in april 1957, nevertheless acted as an unofficial editor, as she had with previous dr. seuss books. dr. seuss wrote the book quickly and was mostly finished with it within a few weeks. biographers judith and neil morgan wrote, "it was the easiest book of his career to write, except for its conclusion." according to dr. seuss:
how the grinch stole christmas!