How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is one of the best-known children's books by Dr. Seuss. It is written in rhymed verse, with illustrations by the author. It showcases the famous character, The Grinch, and has been adapted to other media, also discussed below.
Seuss completed How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in 1957. The mid-1950s were a fruitful period for Seuss, during which he wrote many of the stories for which he is most admired today, including The Cat in the Hat, If I Ran the Circus, and On Beyond Zebra.
The book is one of the purest examples of Seuss's style. The ink-drawn illustrations make use of only black, red, and pink (the latter being the color of the Grinch's eyes), and the versification is strict and never skips a syllable. The purity of the verse is increased by the fact that Seuss avoided introducing made-up words intended to fit the meter (for example, "Jill-ikka-Jast" or "Sala-ma-goox", both from Scrambled Eggs Super).
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- 1966 TV adaptation of
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at the Internet Movie Database
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at Keyframe - the Animation Resource
- Chuck Jones and the preparation of the television version
- Report on the television version by National Public Radio
- 2000 film adaptation of
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at the Internet Movie Database
- 2006 Premier of How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical on Broadway Grinch on Broadway
- Halloween Specials.Net with review of Halloween is Grinch Night
- Hilton Theatre Broadway now showing The Grinch Musical