# Dr. Seuss Books **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-books/530605 "2010-02-27T03:07:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-books/530605/1 "2010-02-27T03:07:23Z")
Did Dr. Seuss do all his own illustrations? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-books/530605/2 "2010-02-27T03:11:37Z")
All the books bylined as “Dr. Seuss.” He also wrote books under the pen name of “Theo. Lesieg”; those had other illustrators. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-books/530605/3 "2010-02-27T04:42:05Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-books/530605/4 "2010-02-27T05:01:10Z")
For a sampling of non-Dr. Seuss illustrations, take a look at his [political cartoons](http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm). ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-books/530605/5 "2010-02-27T12:09:02Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-books/530605/6 "2010-02-27T12:14:32Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-books/530605/7 "2010-02-27T13:47:55Z")
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?