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People: Surprise! The Cat in the Hat Is Not the Best-Selling Dr. Seuss Book of All Time ... See Which One Is
Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss!
March 2 marks what would have been the famous author’s 114th birthday. In honor of the occasion, his publisher Random House gave PEOPLE the exclusive roundup of the top five best-selling Dr. Seuss books of all time — and No. 1 isn’t what you’d think.
“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child,” he once said.
Born Theodor Seuss Geisel, Dr. Seuss adopted his catchy moniker shortly after he got fired from his university’s newspaper for drinking bootleg gin. He then went on to have a lucrative career in advertising before he published his first book in 1937. After a few publishing flops, the world discovered his magical stories, like Green Eggs and Ham and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. In total, Dr. Seuss wrote more than 60 books (though not all of them were published).
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Bookyards Editor: The answer is "Green Eggs and Ham".
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