Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel

Long before he started writing children's books, Theodor Geisel did advertising ("Quick Henry, the Flit!"), and even editorial cartooning. This book collects a large number of his WWII cartoon, and offers a fascinating commentary on those cartoons and on the man who drew them. The militancy of these cartoons stands in stark contrast to the gentle goofiness of, for example, "One Fish, Two Fish." Of course, he took on Hitler,... Read Full Review

Anyone who has read Dr. Seuss (and, honestly, who hasn't?) knows that his books include a great deal of political and/or social commentary disguised as children's stories. What many people don't know is that Dr. Suess started as an advertising copy writer and, early in World War II, worked as an editorial cartoonist. This is a collection of some of his best editorial cartoons from that period, together with a detail commentary... Read Full Review

This is an extraordinarily important book for educators. My students in universities all over the US tell me that their earliest and most beloved connection to literacy was through Dr Seuss. Yet, to them, Seuss stands outside history, an icon, and when I ask them to make lists of the most important people of the US in the 20th century, they rarely mention him. "He's from everywhere, for all time," one student told me. This... Read Full Review

I was quite surprised when I discovered this book of over 200 (out of 400 he drew) political cartoons by Dr. Seuss (who became a Doctor only by honorary degree years later, even though he called himself Dr. Seuss at this time). I did not realize that he had been a major producer of propaganda in favor of intervention in World War II and later in favor of winning the war. What is even more surprising is to look at the... Read Full Review

I teach World History in high school and I love this book. I would agree with a previous reviewer that for the person who is just picking this book up to read, the book would be improved by being presented chronologically. However, I found this book to be invaluable when presenting the propaganda of World War II to students. They have a natural love of Dr. Seuss and are very interested in the cartoons. Their interest... Read Full Review