Did Dr. Seuss do all his own illustrations?
All the books bylined as “Dr. Seuss.” He also wrote books under the pen name of “Theo. Lesieg”; those had other illustrators.
I think there’s one or two books listed as written by “Dr. Seuss” but illustrated by someone else. But any book by Dr. Seuss that doesn’t have a separate listed illustrator was drawn by Geisel.
–Cliffy
For a sampling of non-Dr. Seuss illustrations, take a look at his political cartoons.
With the exception of Great Day For Up!, all of Theodor Geisel’s books for children (as well as his only two books for adult audiences, The Seven Lady Godivas and You’re Only Old Once) written under the name Dr. Seuss were illustrated by Geisel himself. The books that Geisel did not illustrate were written under the names Theo LeSeig and Rosetta Stone.
It should be noted that current printings of the LeSeig books credit the author as “Dr. Seuss writing as Theo LeSieg” and also give a brief explanation inside as to the fact that he used the LeSeig name when he did not illustrate his own work. “LeSieg” is, of course, “Geisel” backwards.
Also, besides Great Day for Up (illustrated by Quentin Blake), My Book About Me was also written under the Dr. Seuss name but illustrated by another artist. Since it is a book meant to be personalized, it is credited to “Me, Myself- with a little help from Dr. Seuss and Roy McKie.”
I love Dr. Seuss. His work (both written and drawn) are so original, inventive, and decades later, still fresh and timely. Who would have know a little Lorax and an elephant with a clover would be such enduring symbols of ecology and respect?