| Best-selling Children's books of all time (well, until 2000 at least), in an apparently random and strange order . . . The Poky Little Puppy, Janette Sebring Lowrey (1942) The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter (1902) Tootle, Gertrude Crampton (1945) Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss (1960) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J. K. Rowling (2000) Pat the Bunny, Dorothy Kunhardt (1940) Saggy Baggy Elephant, Kathryn and Byron Jackson (1947) Scuffy the Tugboat, Gertrude Crampton (1955) The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss (1957) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J. K. Rowling (1999) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J. K. Rowling (1999) Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein (1974) One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Dr. Seuss (1960) The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein (1964) The Littlest Angel, Charles Tazewell (1946) Hop on Pop, Dr. Seuss (1963) Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Dr. Seuss (1990) Dr. Seuss's ABC, Dr. Seuss (1960) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J. K. Rowling (1998) The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle (1969) The Children's Bible (1965) A Light in the Attic, Shel Silverstein (1981) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, Beatrix Potter (1904) Are You My Mother?, P. D. Eastman (1960) The Rainbow Fish, Marcus Pfister (1992) The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, Dr. Seuss (1958) Richard Scarry's Best Word Book, Richard Scarry (1963) Disney's the Lion King, adapted by Justine Korman (1994) The Tale of Jemina Puddle-Duck, Beatrix Potter (1908) The Little Engine That Could, Watty Piper (1930) Fox in Socks, Dr. Seuss (1965) Goodnight Moon (board book), Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Clement Hurd (1991) The Real Mother Goose, Blanche F. Wright (1916) Go, Dog Go!, P. D. Eastman (1961) How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dr. Seuss (1964) The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, Beatrix Potter (1903) The Tale of Tom Kitten, Beatrix Potter (1907) Macmillan Dictionary for Children, edited by Judith Levy (1975) Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne; illustrated by Ernest Shepard (1926) My Book About Me (By Me, Myself), Dr. Seuss; (1969) Where's Waldo?, Martin Handford (1987) Just Imagine (1992) OP The Great Waldo Search, Martin Handford (1989) The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg (1985) Find Waldo Now, Martin Handford (1989) Cat's Cradle, Anne Akers Johnson; illustrated by Sarah Boore (1993) The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary, Dr. Seuss (1964) Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Clement Hurd (1947) Walt Disney's Storyland, Walt Disney (1962) The Secret of Shadow Ranch (Nancy Drew #5), Carolyn Keene (1931) Barney's Favorite Mother Goose Rhymes Vol. 1 (1993) OP Falling Up, Shel Silverstein (1996) The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew #1), Carolyn Keene (1930) Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose Ever, Richard Scarry (1964) The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys #1), Franklin Dixon (1927) Guess How Much I Love You (board book), (1996) Barney's Farm Animals, (1993) OP I Can Read with My Eyes Shut, Dr. Seuss (1978) Baby Bop's Toys, (1993) OP Put Me in the Zoo, Robert Lopshire (1960) The Touch Me Book, Pat and Eve Witte (1961) I Am a Bunny, Ole Risom, illustrated by Richard Scarry (1963) Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak (1964) Never Talk to Strangers, Irma Joyce (1967) OP Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!, Dr. Seuss (1975) Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever, Richard Scarry (1968) When We Were Very Young, A. A. Milne; illustrated by Ernest Shepard (1924) The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew #2), Carolyn Keene (1930) If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Laura Numeroff; illustrated by Felicia Bond (1985) The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943) Barney's Magical Picnic, Stephen White (1993) The House on the Cliff (Hardy Boys #2), Franklin Dixon (1927) Richard's Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, Richard Scarry (1968) Guess How Much I Love You, Sam McBratney; illustrated by Anita Jeram (1995) Animalia, Graeme Base (1987) The Bungalow Mystery (Nancy Drew #3 Carolyn Keene (1930) Kay Thompson's Eloise, Kay Thompson, illustrated by Hilary Knight (1955) Charlotte's Web, E. B. White; illustrated by Garth Williams (1952) Moo Baa La La La (board book), Sandra Boynton (1982) Disney's 101 Dalmatians, adapted by Ronald Kidd (1991) Barney's Color Surprise (1993) OP Disney's Beauty and the Beast, adapted by Ronald Kidd (1991) Scholastic Children's Dictionary (1996) Eloise Wilkin's Mother Goose, Eloise Wilkin (1961) Oh Say Can You Say?, Dr. Seuss (1979) The Secret of the Old Mill (Hardy Boys #3), Franklin Dixon (1930) Disney's The Little Mermaid, adapted by Ronald Kidd (1991) Love Is a Special Way of Feeling, Joan Walsh Anglund (1960) The Very Quiet Cricket, Eric Carle (1990) The Magic Locket, Elizabeth Koda-Callan (1988) A Fly Went By, Mike McClintock; illustrated by Fritz Siebel (1958) The Going to Bed Book, Sandra Boynton (1982) There's a Wocket in My Pocket!, Dr. Seuss (1974) Big Bird's Color Game (1980) Aladdin, adapted by Ronald Kidd (1992) Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey (1941) ET: The Extra-Terrestrial Storybook, William Kotzwinkle (1983) Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? (board book), Dr. Seuss (1996) Dr. Seuss's ABC (board book), Dr. Seuss (1996) The Mystery of Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew #4), Carolyn Keene (1930) Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, Dr. Seuss (1970) The Cheerios Play Book, Lee Wade (1998) Baby's First Words, Lars Wik (1985) The Runaway Bunny (board book), Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Clement Hurd (1991) Disney's The Lion King, adapted by Ronald Kidd (1994) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Storybook Based on the Movie (1990) OP Disney's Storybook Collection (1998) The Missing Chums (Hardy Boys #4), Franklin Dixon (1930) The Way Things Work, David Macaulay (1988) The Mitten, Jan Brett (1989) Hunting for Hidden Gold (Hardy Boys #5), Franklin Dixon (1928) The Eleventh Hour, Graeme Base (1989) Thomas the Tank Engine's Noisy Trip, Rev. W. Awdry (1989) Where's Spot?, Eric Hill (1980) If You Give a Moose a Muffin, Laura Numeroff; illustrated by Felicia Bond (1991) Baby Bop's Counting Book (1993) OP Tawny Scrawny Lion, Kathryn Jackson (1952) Barnyard Dance, Sandra Boynton (1993) The Silver Slippers, Elizabeth Koda-Callan (1989) Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day?, Richard Scarry (1968) Star Wars Episode I Cross Sections (1999) House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne; illustrated by Ernest Shepard (1928) On the Day You Were Born, Debra Frasier (1991) Santa Mouse, Elfrieda Dewitt (1966) OP Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, Dr. Seuss (1958) My First Bible in Pictures, Kenneth Taylor (1989) Stellaluna, Janell Cannon (1993) Love You Forever, Robert Munsch (1986) The Sneetches and Other Stories, Dr. Seuss (1961) Ten Apples Up On Top!, Theo. LeSieg; illustrated by Roy McKie (1961) Baby's ABC, Steve Shevett (1986) The Very Busy Spider, Eric Carle (1985) I Spy Christmas: A Book of Picture Riddles, Jean Marzollo; photos by Walter Wick (1992) My First Word Board Book (1997) I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!, Dr. Seuss; illustrated by James Stevenson (1987) Thomas and the Freight Train, Rev. W. Awdry (1991) Arthur Goes to School, Marc Brown (1995) Horton Hatches the Egg, Dr. Seuss (1940) Happy Birthday to You!, Dr. Seuss (1959) Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book, Dr. Seuss (1962) Babies So Tall Board Book, Gyo Fujikawa (1963) Big Bird's Mother Goose, photos by John Barrett (1984) The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, Jon Scieszka; illustrated by Lane Smith (1989) It's Not Easy Being a Bunny, Marilyn Sadler; illustrated by Roger Bollen (1983) The Jolly Postman, Janet and Allan Ahlberg (1986) The Tall Book of Nursery Tales, Feodor Rojankovsky (1944) OP The Napping House, Audrey Wood; illustrated by Don Wood (1984) Curious George, H. A. and Margret Ray (1941) Baby's Animal Friend, Phoebe Dunn (1988) Richard Scarry's Early Words, Richard Scarry (1976) OP These are the hardback ones. This was compiled by Publisher's Weekly |
| Dr. Seuss Books (also written as Theo.Lesieg or Rosetta Stone) when he wrote as Theo.Lesieg, he had another illustrator; Theodor Seuss Geisel was his given name; he took his second name and added Dr. to please his father, who always wanted him to be a doctor; only one book as Rosetta Stone ... And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (1938) characters: Alderman, Dad, Marco, Mayor, Sgt. Mulvaney, Jack or Fred or Joe or Nat or even Jane, a charioteer, a Rajah, Big Brass Band, police, a Chinese boy who eats with sticks, a big magician doing tricks _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938) characters: Captain of the Guards, Bartholomew Cubbins, King Derwin of Didd, King's Musicians, Royal Coachman, Sir Alaric, keeper of the King's Records, Sir Snipps, Yeoman of the Bowmen; Executioner, Father of Nadd, Father of the Father of Nadd; Grand Duke Wilfred, Nadd _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Seven Lady Godivas (1939) characters: Brutus, a horse; Clover, a horse; Dapples, a horse; Arabella Godiva; Gussie Godiva, Hedwig Godiva, Lulu Godiva, Mitzi Godiva, Teenie Godiva, Lord Godiva, Nathan, a war horse; Parsifal, a horse; Peeping Dick, Peeping Drexel, Peeping Frelinghuysen, Peeping Harry, Peeping Jack, Peeping Tom, Thidwick, a horse _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The King's Stilts (1939) characters: Chief-in-charge-of-fish, Eric, King Birtram, Lord Droon, Nizzards, black birds, Patrol Cats _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Horton Hatches The Egg (1940) characters: Horton the Elephant; Maizie Bird _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ McElligot's Pool (1947) characters: Australian fish, Circus fish, Catfish, Dog fish, Eskimo fish, Farmer, Hummingfish, Marco, Mrs. Umbroso. Sea horse, Thing-a-ma-jigger _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thidwick, The Big-Hearted Moose (1948) characters: Bingle-Bug; Thidwick, the Moose; Tree Spider; Zinn-a-zu Bird, Zinn-a-zu Bird's wife, Uncle Woodpecker, Herman the squirrel and his family, a Bobcat, a Turtle, a Fox, some Mice, some Fleas, a Big Bear, a swarm of 362 bees, hunters _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949) characters: Bartholomew Cubbins, King Derwin, the royal magicians, bell ringer, trumpeter, Captain of the Guards, Royal Cook, Royal Laundress, Royal Fiddlers _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ If I Ran The Zoo (1950) characters: Bippo-no-bungus, Chubbs, Fizza-ma-wizza-ma-dill, Flustard, Gasket, Gherkin, Gootch, Gusset, Iota, It-Kutch, Josts, Lunks, Gerald McGrew, Mulligatawny, Natch, Nerd, Nerkle, Obsk, Preep, Proo, Russian Palooski, Seersucker, Thwerll, Tick-Tack-Toe, Tufted Mazurka _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1950) characters: (Yertle the Turtle:) Yertle the Turtle King, Mack, and many other turtles; (Gertrude McFuzz:) Gertrude McFuzz: Lolla-Lee-Lou, Uncle Doctor Dake, and many other birds; (The Big Brag:) Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Bear, the fly who coughed, hummingbird eggs, the worm _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Gerald McBoing Boing (1951) characters: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953) characters: Zuff; Bombastic Aghast; Dawf; Flannel-Wing Jay; Grice; Grickily Gractus; Ziff; Beagle-Beaked-Bald-Headed Grinch; Wogs; Tizzle-Topped Grouse; Tizzy; Stroodle; Spritz; Twiddler Owl; South-West-Facing Cranes; Ham-ikka-Schnim-ikka-Schnam-ikka-Schnopp; Single-File Zummzian Zuks; Shade-Roosting Quail; Ruffle-Necked Sala-ma-goox; Pelf; Mt. Strookoo Cuckoo; Mop-Noodled Finch; Long-Legger Kwong; Liz; Kweet; Kwigger; Lass-a-Jack; Moth-Watching Sneth; Jill-ikka-Jast; Peter T. Hooper; Ali ________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Horton Hears A Who (1954) characters: Horton the Elephant, Jo-Jo, Mrs. Kangaroo and child, Vlad-i-koff, Vlad, a black-bottom eagle _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ On Beyond Zebra (1955) characters: Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell, I, Yuzz-a-ma-Tuzz, Wumbus, Umbus, Humpf-Humpf-a-Dumpfer, Miss Fuddle-dee-Duddle, Glikker, Nutches, Nitches, Sneedle, Quandary, Thnadners, Spazzim, Nazzim of Bazzim, Floob-Boober-Bab-Boober-Bubs, Zatz-it, Jogg-oons, Flunnel, Itch-a-pods, Yekko, Vrooms brothers, High Gargel-orum _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ If I Ran The Circus (1956) characters: Mr. Sneelock, Morris McGurk, Rolf, Drum-Tummied Snumm, The Remarkable Foon, Willy Walloo, Hoodwink, Blindfolded Bowman, Juggling Jott, Truffle, Huffle, Flummox, Lurch, Fibbel, Harp-Twanging Snarp, Bolster, Nolster, To-an-Fro-Marchers, Spotted Atrocious, Zoom-a-Zoop Troupe, Colliding Collusions, Grizzly-Ghastly, Through-Horns-Jumping-Deer, Whale Number One, Whale Number Two, Tournament Knights: Sir Hector, Sir Vector, Sir Bopps, Sir Beers, Sir Hawkins, Sir Dawkins, Sir Jawks, Sir Jeers, Soobrian Snipe _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Cat in the Hat (1957) characters: Sally, me, Cat in the Hat, our mother, fish; Thing One; Thing Two _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) characters: Mayor of Who-Ville, Whos in Whoville, Grinch, Max the dog, Santa Claus, Cindy-Lou Who _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1958) characters: our mother, Sally, me, Cat in the Hat, Dad, Little Cats A to Z, Voom _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Happy Birthday to You! (1959) characters: Zummers; Alice, a Hooded Klopfer; Birthday Honk-Honker; Diver Getz; Diver Gitz; Dr. Derring's Singing Herrings; Dutter and Dutter, cake cutters; Funicular Goats; Great Birthday Bird; Hippo Heimers; Who-Bubs; Time-Telling Fish _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Green Eggs and Ham (1960) characters: Sam-I-Am, Sam-I-Am's friend, a mouse, a fox, a goat, _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960) characters: Red Fish, Blue Fish, Black Fish, Old Fish, New Fish, Dad, Mother, Wump, Mr. Gump, Wump of Gump, Ned, Mike, Nook, Zans, Gox, Ying, Yink, Yop, Pop, Joe, Zeds, Ish, Gack, Clark, Zeep _____________________________________________________________________________________________________The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961) characters: The Sneetches: Star-Belly Sneetches, Plain-Belly Sneetches, Star-Belly children, Plain-Belly children, Sylvester McMonkey McBean, Sneetches The Zax: North-Going Zax; South-Going Zax Too Many Daves: Mrs. McCaveDave McCave (all 23 of them) What Was I Scared Of?: I, pale green pants _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ten Apples Up On Top (1961) (Theo.LeSieg, illustrated by Roy McKie) characters: a dog, a lion, a tiger, bears, birds _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (1962) characters: Van Vleck, Biffer-Baum Birds, Herk-Heimer Sisters, drawbridge drawer, Stilt-Walkers, Hinkle-Horn Honking Club, Collapsible Frink, Jo and Mo Redd-Zoff, Santa Claus, Hoop-Soup-Snoop Group, Curious Crandalls, Chippendale Mupp, Mr. and Mrs. J. Carmichael Krox, Snorter McPhail, Snore-a-Snort Band, Foona-Lagoona Baboona, Jedd, Offt, a moose and a goose, Bumble-Tub Club, Zizzer-Zoof seed sellers _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Seuss's ABC (1963) characters: Aunt Annie, Alligator, Barber, baby, bumblebee, Camel, David Donald Doo, duck-dog, elephant, Fiffer-Feffer-Feff, Girl, Goat, Hungry Horse, Hen in a Hat, Ichabod, I, Jerry Jordan, Kitten, Kangaroo, King, Little Lola Lopp, Lazy lion, Many mumbling mice, Oscar, Oscar's only ostrich, orange owl, Policeman, Peter Pepper, Peter Pepper's puppy, Papa, Queen of Quincy, Quacking Quacker-oo, Rosy Robin Ross, Red rhinoceros, Silly Sammy Slick, Ten tired turtles, Tuttle-tuttle tree, Uncle Ubb, Vera Violet Vinn, Willy Waterloo, Warren Wiggins, Waldo Woo, Nixie Knox, extra fox, Yawning yellow yak, Young Yolanda Yorgenson, Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hop on Pop (1963) characters: Dad, Pup, Mouse, Jim, Bee, Three Fish (in a tree), Red, Ted, Ed, Ned, Pat, Cat, Thing, Pop, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown, Mr. Black, Two Dogs, Will, Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Other Brother _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fox in Socks (1965) characters: Mr. Fox, Mr. Knox, Sue, Slow Joe Crow, Goo-Goose, Bim, Ben, Luke Luck _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (1965) characters: Quilligan Quail; General Ghengis Kahn Schmitz; Dr. Sam Snell; Skrink; Skritz _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I Wish That I Had Duck Feet (1965) (Theo.LeSieg) (illustrated by B Tobey) characters: narrator, Man at the Shoe Shop, Big Bill Brown, Mother, Miss Banks, Dad, Which-What-Who _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book (1966) characters: Aaron, an alligator; Abigail; Aunt Ada _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Come Over To My House (1966) (Theo.LeSieg; illustrated by Richard Erdoes) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Cat in the Hat Song Book (1967) characters: Benjamin B. Bickelbaum; Frederick Futzenfall; Zumm Zumm Zummer; Sally Spingel Spungel Sporn; Uncle Terwilliger; Waldo Wilberforce _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Foot Book (1968) characters: (just feet) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Eye Book (1968) (Theo.LeSieg, illustrated by Joe Mathieu) characters: a boy, a bunny, a bird, a girl, a man, another boy, a horse, bees, flies, ants, dogs _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today and Other Stories (1969) characters: King Looie Katz characters: Blooie Katz; Chooie Katz; Fooie Katz; Kooie Katz; Looie, King of Katzen-Stein; Prooie Katz; Zooie Katzen-bein; The Glunk That Got Thunk characters: the Glunk, the Sister _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ My Book About Me, By Me Myself (1969) characters: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (1970) characters: Mr. Brown _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I Can Draw It Myself! By Me, Myself, With a Little Help From My Friend Dr. Seuss (1970) characters: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Lorax (1971) characters: Brown Bar-ba-loots; Hummingfish; Lorax; the Once-ler; Swomee Swans _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now! (1972) characters: Marvin K. Mooney, a cow, Zike-Bike, fish, Crunk-Car, a lion, Zumble-Zay, a camel, Bumble-Boat, Ga-Zoom _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ In a People House (1972) (Theo.LeSieg; illustrated by Roy McKie) characters: Mr. Bird, the mouse, people _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shape of Me and Other Stuff (1973) characters: Blogg; George _____________________________________________________________________________________________________Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973) characters: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ There's a Wocket In My Pocket (1974) characters: Wasket, Nureau, Woset, Jertain, Zlock, Zelf, Nink, Zamp, Yot, Yottle, Zable, Ghair, Bofa, Nupboards, Nooth Grush, Vug, Quimney, Zall, Yeps, Tellar, Nellar, Gellar, Dellar, Bellar, Wellar, Zellar, Geeling, Zower, Zillow _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Great Day For Up! (1974) characters: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wacky Wednesday (1974) (by Theo.LeSieg; illustrated by George Booth) characters: I, the Sutherland sisters, Miss Bass, Patrolman McGann, _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? (1975) (Theo.LeSieg, illustrated by Roy McKie) characters: Dog, Cat, Bullfrog, Butterfly, Minnow, Whale, Rooster, Hen, Bloogle Bird, Bumble Bee, a Mermaid, a Spook, Jellyfish, Sawfish, Sardine, This Thing, That, Thing that's in between _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo! (1975) (writing as Rosetta Stone, illustrated by Michael Frith) characters: a little bug, a worm, a turtle named Jake, a hen, Farmer Brown, policemen, Mrs. Brown _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Oh, The Thinks You Can Think! (1975) characters: Beft; Bloogs; Guff; Jibboo, Kitty O'Sullivan Krauss; Peter the Postman; Rink-Rinker-Fink; Snuvs; Vipper of Vipp; Zong _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Cat's Quizzer (1976) characters: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hooper Humperdink? Not Him! (1976) (by Theo.LeSieg; illustrated by Charles E. Martin) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! (1977) (by Theo.LeSieg, illustrated by Art Cummings) characters: a big green kangaroo, Jook-a-ma-Zoon, Jeep-a-Fly Kite, I _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I Can Read With My Eyes Shut (1978) characters: Foo Foo the Snoo; Jake the Pillow Snake _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Oh Say Can You Say (1979) characters: Hooey, Finney, Dinn, Pinner Blinn, Bed Spreaders, Bread Spreaders, Ape, Grox, Skipper Zipp, Fuddnuddler Brothers: Bipper, Bud, Skipper, Jipper, Jeffrey, Jud, Horatio, Horace, Hendrix, Hud, Dinwoodie, Dinty, Dud, Fitzsimmon, Frederick, Fud, Slinkey, Stinkey, Stuart, Stud, Lud; Blue, Black, Schnack, East Beast, West Beast, Pete Briggs, Fritz, Fred, Glotz, Klotz, Blinn's Musical Twins, Gretchen von Schwinn, tin Schwinn mandolin, Soapy Cooper, Daddy Jim, Daddy Dwight, Daddy _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet! (1980) (Theo.LeSieg; illustrated by Michael J. Smollin) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Tooth Book (1981) (by Theo.LeSieg, illustrated by Roy McKie) characters: Billy Billings; Donald Driscoll Drew; Jimbo Jones, jellyfish; Katy Klopps; Pam the Clam; Quincy Queek; Simon Sneeth, the snail; Ruthie; Smiling Sam the Crocodile _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hunches in Bunches (1982) characters: I, my pup, Happy Hunch, Real Tough Hunch, Better Hunch, Homework Hunch, James, Sour Hunch, Very Odd Hunch, Spookish Hunch, Four-Way Hunch, Nowhere Hunch, Up Hunch, Down Hunch, Super Hunch, Munch Hunch _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Butter Battle Book (1984) characters: Chief Yookeroo; Daniel the Kick-a-poo Spaniel; Grandpa; Zooks; Right-Side-Up Song Girls; VanItch; Yookie-Ann Sue; Yooks _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ You're Only Old Once! (1986) characters: Quiz-Docs, Grandfather, Grandma, Cousins, Uncle, Oglers, Clinicians, Norval, Miss Becker, Von Crandall, Whelden the Wheeler, Dr. Schmidt, Dr. Smoot, Dr. Sinatra, Dr. Sylvester, Dr. Fonz, Dr. Pollen, Dr. Van Ness, Dr. Von Eiffel, Dr. Spreckles, Dr. Ginns, Dr. McGrew, Dr. McGuire, Dr. McPherson, Dr. Blinn, Dr, Ballew, Dr. Timpkins, Dr. Tompkins, Dr. Diller, Dr. Drew, Dr. Fitzsimmons, Dr. Fitzgerald, Dr. Fitzpatrick; Antrums and Shins Man _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I Am Not Going To Get Up Today! (1987) illustrated by James Stevenson characters: I, kids all over the world, a hen, neighbors, police, United States Marines, big brass band, _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Tough Coughs as He Ploughs The Dough: Early Writings and Cartoons by Dr. Seuss (1987) this book is edited by Richard Marshall. It is a compilation of short writings and drawings. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Oh, The Places You'll Go! (1990) characters: You, Uncle Jake is mentioned; Hakken-Kraks; strange birds; Boom Bands; names but not characters, though the "you" may be named: Buxbaum, Bixby, Bray, Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Daisy Head Mayzie (1995) characters: Finagle the Agent; Daisy-Head Mayzie; Principal Grumm; _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ My Many Colored Days (1996) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! (1998) (finished by Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith after Dr. Seuss' death, 1991) characters: Miss Bobble, Miss Wobble, Miss Fribble, Miss Quibble, Miss Twining, Miss Vining, Miss Bonkers, Mr. Lowe, Miss Clotte, Mr. Plunger, Mrs. Fox, Mr. Breeze, Mr. Katz, Mr. Bear, Miss Loon, McMunch cooks (3) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Tooth Book (2000) (by Theo.LeSieg; illustrated by Joe Mathieu) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook (2006) characters revisiting: Sam-I-Am, Peter T. Hooper, Glunk, Cats, Moose, Silly Sammy Slick, Yink, Morris McGurk, Sneelock, Hoop-Soup-Snoop Group, Cat in the Hat, Nook, Noodle-Eating Poodles, Zans, Daisy-Head Mayzie, Nupboards, Fritz-Fed Fred, Schlottz, Mr. Brown, Mr. Black, Brown Bar-ba-loots, Obsk, Gertrude McFuzz, Mice on Ice, Skipper Zipp, Jedd, Remarkable Foon, Finney, Who-Roast-Beast, Grinch, Natch, Gerald McGrew, Yot, Blindfolded Bowman from Brigger-ba-Root, Snookers and Snookers, Sneetches, Ape, Cindy-Lou Who, Whos in Whoville _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| lovely illustration by Gary Bialki from the book "Amanda's Monster" by J.L.Clark. www.amandasmonster.com |
