Indeed, Theodor Geisel, better known to the world as the “Green Eggs and Ham” author Dr. Seuss, was born in 1904. He died in 1991, long before these first graders of 2017 were a gleam in their parents’ eyes.

Ever since she began writing in the 1960s, Judy Blume has taken the world by storm with her countless books for children, young adults, and adults. She is best-known for her young adult novels, which deal with controversial subjects such as puberty, sex, religion, bullying, and depression.

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was first published in 1970 through Bradberry Press. It was won the following awards: Outstanding Book of the Year, New York Times; Time Magazine All-Time 100 Novels List; Scholastic Magazine’s Parent & Child 100 Greatest Books for Kids.

When the prolific writer was still alive, his books and their varied adaptations and characters made him a ton of money. According to Celebrity Net Worth, the cartoonist was worth $75 million. Dr. Seuss died of cancer in 1991 at age 87.

Seuss most famous for? Dr. Seuss is probably best known for his books to help children learn to read, such as One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, and Hop on Pop, his cautionary tales including The Lorax, and the inspirational Oh, the Places You’ll Go!.

Seuss never had any biological children. Helen Geisel was unable to bear children, and Geisel did not father any children with second wife Audrey, though he was a stepfather to her two daughters.

While Dr. Seuss never had biological children, he “created” an imaginary daughter while still married to his first wife, Helen Palmer Geisel. Seuss imagined Chrysanthemum-Pearl, whom he ultimately featured on Christmas cards, according to Smithsonian Magazine.

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