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) |    |
| Horton Hears a Who! | (1954) | |
Publication Order of The Cat in the Hat Books
| The Cat in the Hat | (1957) | |
| The Cat in the Hat Comes Back | (1958) | |
| The Cat in the Hat Songbook | (1967) | |
| The Cat's Quizzer | (1976) | |
| I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! | (1978) | |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street | (1937) | |
| The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins | (1938) | |
| The Seven Lady Godivas | (1939) | |
| The King's Stilts | (1939) | |
| McElligot's Pool | (1947) | |
| Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose | (1948) | |
| Bartholomew and the Oobleck | (1949) | |
| If I Ran the Zoo | (1950) | |
| Scrambled Eggs Super! | (1953) | |
| On Beyond Zebra! | (1955) | |
| If I Ran the Circus | (1956) | |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | (1957) | |
| Happy Birthday to You! | (1959) | |
| Green Eggs and Ham | (1960) | |
| One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish | (1960) | |
| Ten Apples Up on Top! | (1961) | |
| Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book | (1962) | |
| Hop on Pop | (1963) | |
| Dr. Seuss's ABC | (1963) | |
| Fox in Socks | (1965) | |
| I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew | (1965) | |
| I Wish That I Had Duck Feet | (1965) | |
| Come over to My House | (1966) | |
| The Foot Book | (1968) | |
| The Eye Book | (1968) | |
| My Book about Me | (1969) | |
| Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? | (1970) | |
| The Lorax | (1971) | |
| I Can Write! | (1971) | |
| In a People House | (1972) | |
| Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! | (1972) | |
| The Shape of Me and Other Stuff ) | (1973) | |
| Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? | (1973) | |
| There's a Wocket in my Pocket! | (1974) | |
| Great Day for Up | (1974) | |
| The Many Mice of Mr. Brice | (1974) | |
| Wacky Wednesday | (1974) | |
| Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? | (1975) | |
| Because a Little Bug Went Ka-CHOO! | (1975) | |
| Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! | (1975) | |
| Hooper Humperdink...? Not Him! | (1976) | |
| Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! | (1977) | |
| Oh Say Can You Say? | (1979) | |
| Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! | (1980) | |
| Hunches in Bunches | (1982) | |
| The Butter Battle Book | (1984) | |
| The Tooth Book | (1984) | |
| You're Only Old Once! | (1986) | |
| I Am Not Going to Get up Today! | (1987) | |
| Oh, the Places You'll Go! | (1990) | |
| Daisy-Head Mayzie | (1994) | |
| My Many Colored Days | (1996) | |
| Seuss-isms | (1997) | |
| Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! | (1998) | |
| Dr. Seuss's Clever Creatures | (2008) | |
| What Was I Scared Of? | (2009) | |
| Fox in Socks, Bricks and Blocks | (2011) | |
| Sneetches on Beaches | (2012) | |
| Dr. Seuss's Sleep Softly Book | (2012) | |
| My, Oh My--A Butterfly! | (2014) | |
| The Grinch's Great Big Flap Book | (2014) | |
| What Pet Should I Get? | (2015) | |
| Oh, the Places I'll Go! | (2016) | |
| My Book About Christmas | (2016) | |
| Happy Birthday to Me! by Me, Myself | (2017) | |
| Gerald McBoing Boing | (2017) | |
| Dr. Seuss's 1 2 3 | (2019) | |
| Dr. Seuss's I Love Pop! | (2019) | |
| Dr. Seuss's People, Places, and Things | (2019) | |
| Dr. Seuss's Oh, What I've Learned: Thanks to My Teachers! | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Children's Books
| I Can Draw It Myself, By Me, Myself | (1970) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories | (1958) | |
| The Sneetches and Other Stories | (1961) | |
| A Hatful of Seuss | (1967) | |
| I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories | (1969) | |
| The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough | (1987) | |
| The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories | (2011) | |
| Dr. Seuss on the Loose | (2011) | |
| A Who's Who of the Dr. Seuss Crew | (2013) | |
| Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more Lost Stories | (2014) | |
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