Word: seuss
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first communes to rise and fall, Author Houriet reports, was Oz, a fantasy-ridden experiment near Meadville, Pa., which featured daily readings from Dr. Seuss, Winnie the Pooh and (naturally) The Wizard of Oz. Meadville's citizens, at first tolerant, gradually turned against Oz, largely because of the commune's lack of concern with flush toilets and regular baths. Once, Houriet reports, an Ozite named Patty-Pooh tried to "vibe away" unfriendly visitors by "performing a nude dance on the farmhouse roof. Of course," he adds, "it had the opposite effect...
...sound Ph.D. dissertation could be written on the curious phenomenon of children's literature written by childless authors. From Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll to Dr. Seuss and Maurice Sendak, the phenomenon persists. The incidence is too high to be coincidental. Perhaps the writers substitute audience for family. Perhaps, like Beatrix Potter, they seem more comfortable in the domain of childhood, where fantasy is the norm and reality the intruder...
...doubt part of the constantly increasing sales of the Little House series (more than 2,000,000 so far) is accounted for by grandmothers and indulgent aunts bearing gifts. The books are standard stock (along with E.B. White, The Wizard of Oz and Dr. Seuss) in virtually every U.S. bookstore with a children's section. The publisher, Harper & Row, reports receiving upwards of 3,000 fan letters a year (which they answer with a form letter originally prepared by Mrs. Wilder...