Order of Dr. Seuss Books
Dr. Seuss is the pen name of American author, poet and cartoonist Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991). During his career, he wrote nearly 50 children’s books full of imaginative characters and memorable rhymes. He also wrote under the pen names Theo LeSieg and Rosetta Stone. Several of his books were adapted into animated shorts and even live action films. Among the characters he created were The Cat in the Hat, The Grinch, The Lorax, Horton (of “Hears a Who” fame) and many more.
Dr. Seuss’ first book was And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, published in 1937. Below is a list of Dr. Seuss’ books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):
Publication Order of Horton the Elephant Books
| Horton Hatches the Egg | (1940) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Horton Hears a Who! | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Cat in the Hat Books
| The Cat in the Hat | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cat in the Hat Comes Back | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cat in the Hat Songbook | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cat's Quizzer | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Picture Books
(with Theo LeSieg, Rosetta Stone)
| And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street | (1937) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Seven Lady Godivas | (1939) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The King's Stilts | (1939) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| McElligot's Pool | (1947) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose | (1948) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Bartholomew and the Oobleck | (1949) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| If I Ran the Zoo | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Scrambled Eggs Super! | (1953) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| On Beyond Zebra! | (1955) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| If I Ran the Circus | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Happy Birthday to You! | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Green Eggs and Ham | (1960) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish | (1960) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ten Apples Up on Top! | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hop on Pop | (1963) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dr. Seuss's ABC | (1963) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Fox in Socks | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| I Wish That I Had Duck Feet | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Come over to My House | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Foot Book | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Eye Book | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| My Book about Me | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Lorax | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| I Can Write! | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| In a People House | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Shape of Me and Other Stuff ) | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| There's a Wocket in my Pocket! | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Great Day for Up | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Many Mice of Mr. Brice | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Wacky Wednesday | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Because a Little Bug Went Ka-CHOO! | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hooper Humperdink...? Not Him! | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Oh Say Can You Say? | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hunches in Bunches | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Butter Battle Book | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Tooth Book | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| You're Only Old Once! | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| I Am Not Going to Get up Today! | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Oh, the Places You'll Go! | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Daisy-Head Mayzie | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| My Many Colored Days | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Seuss-isms | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dr. Seuss's Clever Creatures | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| What Was I Scared Of? | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Fox in Socks, Bricks and Blocks | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sneetches on Beaches | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dr. Seuss's Sleep Softly Book | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| My, Oh My--A Butterfly! | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Grinch's Great Big Flap Book | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| What Pet Should I Get? | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Oh, the Places I'll Go! | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| My Book About Christmas | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Happy Birthday to Me! by Me, Myself | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Gerald McBoing Boing | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dr. Seuss's 1 2 3 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dr. Seuss's I Love Pop! | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dr. Seuss's People, Places, and Things | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dr. Seuss's Thankful Things | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dr. Seuss's Oh, What I've Learned: Thanks to My Teachers! | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Children's Books
| I Can Draw It Myself, By Me, Myself | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sneetches and Other Stories | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Hatful of Seuss | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dr. Seuss on the Loose | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Who's Who of the Dr. Seuss Crew | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more Lost Stories | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street is also known as A Story That No One Can Beat. The Many Mice of Mr. Brice is also known as The Pop-Up Mice of Mr. Brice.
The books Ten Apples Up Top, I Wish That I Had Duck Feet, Come Over to My House, The Eye Book, I Can Write, In a People House, The Pop-Up Mice of Mr. Brice, Wacky Wednesday, Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?, Hooper Humperdink…? Not Him!, Please Try to Remember the First of Octember, Maybe You Should Fly a Jet and The Tooth Book were all written under the pen name of Theo LeSieg. Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo was written under the pen name of Rosetta Stone. Most of these books would later be re-published under the name Dr. Seuss.
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I am 81 years old and enjoyed introducing my little nieces to Dr. Seuss in the 1960s and enjoyed each one myself as I shared it with my nieces, Margala,Lynda and Pam. Now I am about to begin sharing Dr. Seuss’ with my first Great Grandson Jackson. Thank you for such delightful fun to share and to inspire their imagination.
Vanita Sue (Waggoner) Forrest