And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
- And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
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name = And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
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author = Dr. Seuss
cover_artist = Dr. Seuss
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Children's literature
publisher = Vanguard Press
pub_date = December 21, 1937
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 32
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oclc = 176642
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followed_by = The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
"And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" is a book written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss. Originally published in 1937, it was Seuss's first children's book. The manuscript was rejected by some 20 to 30 publishers (precise numbers vary, even from Seuss himself, who counted 27 and 28) but was eventually published by Vanguard Press. [Fensch, Thomas. "Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss: Essays on the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel", pp. 2, 73, 80. McFarland & Company, 1997.] [http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/testing/html/mss0657a.html The Register ofVanguard Press. Dr. Seuss files Geisel Library, University of California, San Diego.]
The story follows a boy named Marco, who watches the sight and sounds of people and vehicles traveling along Mulberry Street. Marco dreams up an elaborate story to tell to his father at the end of his walk, but decides instead to simply tell him what he actually saw. Dr. Seuss wrote the story as a commentary about how he felt adults stifled children's imaginations.fact|date=March 2008
Publication history
Marco was named after Marco McClintock, the son of the author's editor, Marshall "Mike" McClintock, and Helene McClintock, for whom the book is dedicated. [Cohen, Charles D. "The Seuss, the Whole Seuss and Nothing But the Seuss: A Visual Biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel", p. 184. Random House, 2004.] The book was the first to feature Marco, who appeared again in "McElligot's Pool". "Mulberry Street" is the name of a street in Springfield, Massachusetts, not far from Dr. Seuss' boyhood home on Fairfield Street, and may be the source of the book's name. [ [http://www.discoverourtown.com/MA/Springfield/Attractions-3380.html Maple Hill Historic District - City Guide to Springfield, MA] ]
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