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Krull, Kathleen

The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss

48 pp. | Random | January, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-375-82298-4 $$16.95 | Library ISBN 0-375-92298-9 $$18.99
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher. With additional illustrations by Dr. Seuss. This affectionate survey centers on Geisel's boyhood, plus a bit on his brush with higher education, concluding with the first months of his career. The high points are summarized, but the real story here is of a boy who couldn't stop doodling. Krull does a good job of linking such early propensities with what turned up later in Geisel's books. Nostalgic full-page paintings nicely recall illustrations of the period.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2004

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