• Theodor Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in the year 1904.
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• His mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, often soothed him to sleep by chanting rhymes.
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• He often visited the local zoo with his father and would draw pictures of the animals. 

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• As a child he would draw unique characters using his imagination.
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