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Title: Dr. Seuss Author: Dana Meachen Rau Genre: Biography

1. What is the author's purpose for writing this book? a. What Dr.Seuss Life was like. b. Why he wrote picture books for kids. 2. Who is the subject? a. Dr. Seuss 3. What is the tense of the writing? a. Past Tense 4. How are the events organized? a. They were organized from the day he was born to how many kids love reading his books. 5. What place(s) influenced the subject's life? Why? a. A college called Dartmouth in New Hampshire inspired him to write for his school's magazine and newspaper. b. A job he had was to draw cartoons for a bugs spray called Flit that got him to start drawing more. c. Dr. Seuss got to write his first book called "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" to match the rhythm of a ship's engine. 6. What event(s) influenced the subject? Why? a. In 1936, Dr. Seuss was on a ship and got the idea to write his first book. b. In the 1950's, some people thought many children's books were boring. They wanted better books to teach children how to read. Dr. Seuss wrote "The Cat in The Hat. This story changed the way people wrote books for children. c. When Dr. Seuss grew older, he even wrote a book for adults. It was called "You're Only Old Once!"  7. What person(s) influenced the subject's life? Why?  a.  b.  c.  8. How did the subject make a difference in the world?  a.  b.  c.  9. Why would you recommend this book to others?  a.  b.  c.