<P> 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 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 , </P>
<P> 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 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 , </P>
when was how the grinch stole christmas written
when was how the grinch stole christmas written
beginning of 1957
beginning of 1957