List of works based on Dr. Seuss stories
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Theodor Seuss Geisel, more commonly known as Dr. Seuss, was an American children's author, illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books. His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.
Theatrical
While Geisel was most famous for his literary works, he helped write several propaganda films, several cartoon shorts, and a feature-length film. Many of his literary works have also been adapted for the television and as feature-length films.
| # | Title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Neath the Bababa Tree[1] | June 1, 1931 |
| 2 | Put on the Spout[1] | June 1, 1931 |
| Series | Private Snafu | June 28, 1943–1946 |
| 3 | Your Job in Germany | 1945 |
| 4 | Our Job in Japan | 1945 |
| 5 | Design for Death[2] | 1947 |
| 6 | The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. | July 1, 1953 |
Theatrical short films
| Year | Film | Format | Director | Writer | Distributor | Length | Budget | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Horton Hatches the Egg | traditionally animated | Bob Clampett | Michael Maltese and Rich Hogan | Warner Bros. Pictures | 10 min. | – | – |
| 1943 | The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins | stop motion | George Pal | Paramount Pictures | – | – | ||
| 1944 | And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street | – | – | |||||
| 1950 | Gerald McBoing-Boing | traditionally animated | Robert Cannon | Phil Eastman and Bill Scott | UPA and Columbia Pictures | – | – |
Feature film adaptations
| # | Title | Release date | Production company | Distributor(s) | Rotten Tomatoes | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | November 17, 2000 | Imagine Entertainment | Universal Pictures | 51%[3] | $123 million[4] | $345.1 million[4] |
| 2 | The Cat in the Hat | November 21, 2003 | Universal Pictures (United States) DreamWorks Pictures (International) | 9%[5] | $109 million[6] | $133.9 million[6] | |
| 3 | Horton Hears a Who! | March 14, 2008 | Blue Sky Studios | 20th Century Fox | 79%[7] | $85 million[8] | $297.1 million[8] |
| 4 | The Lorax | March 2, 2012 | Illumination | Universal Pictures | 53%[9] | $70 million[10] | $348.8 million[10] |
| 5 | The Grinch | November 9, 2018 | 60%[11] | $75 million[12] | $540 million[12] | ||
| 6 | The Mean One | December 9, 2022 | Sleight of Hand Productions Amy Rose Productions Kali Pictures | Atlas Film Distribution | 17%[13] | N/a | $612,260[14][15] |
| 7 | The Cat in the Hat | November 6, 2026[16][17] | Warner Bros. Pictures Animation | Warner Bros. Pictures | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 8 | Oh, the Places You'll Go! | March 17, 2028[18] | N/a | N/a | N/a | ||
| 9 | Thing One and Thing Two | TBA[16] | N/a | N/a | N/a |
Musicals
| # | Title | First Production Year | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical | 1994 | Mel Marvin | Timothy Mason |
| 2 | Seussical | 2000 | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens |
| 3 | The Lorax | 2018 | Charlie Fink | Charlie Fink[19] |
Television
Specials
| # | Title | Release date | Director | Studio | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | December 18, 1966 | Chuck Jones | MGM Animation/Visual Arts | CBS |
| 2 | Horton Hears a Who! | March 19, 1970 | |||
| 3 | The Cat in the Hat | March 10, 1971 | Hawley Pratt | DePatie-Freleng | |
| 4 | The Lorax | February 14, 1972 | |||
| 5 | Dr. Seuss on the Loose | October 15, 1973 | |||
| 6 | The Hoober-Bloob Highway | February 19, 1975 | Alan Zaslove | ||
| 7 | Halloween Is Grinch Night | October 29, 1977 | Gerard Baldwin | ABC | |
| 8 | Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? | May 2, 1980 | |||
| 9 | The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat | May 20, 1982 | Bill Perez | Marvel Productions | |
| 10 | The Butter Battle Book (final TV special aired in Dr. Seuss's lifetime) | November 13, 1989 | Ralph Bakshi | Bakshi Animation | TNT |
| 11 | In Search of Dr. Seuss | November 6, 1994 | Vincent Patterson | Turner Home Entertainment | |
| 12 | Daisy-Head Mayzie | February 5, 1995 | Tony Collingwood | Hanna-Barbera Tony Collingwood Productions | |
| 13 | Dr. Seuss's The Sneetches[20] | November 3, 2025[21] | Bronagh O'Hanlon[21] | Dr. Seuss Enterprises Brown Bag Films Netflix | Netflix |
| 14 | Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose[20] | TBA | TBA | ||
Series
| # | Title | Premiere date | End date | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (only TV series aired in Dr. Seuss's lifetime) | December 16, 1956 | March 10, 1957[22] | CBS |
| 2 | The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss | October 13, 1996 | May 15, 1998 | Nickelodeon |
| 3 | Gerald McBoing-Boing | August 22, 2005 | November 28, 2007 | Cartoon Network (US) Teletoon (Canada) |
| 4 | The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! | September 6, 2010 | October 14, 2018 | PBS Kids (US) CITV/Tiny Pop (UK) Treehouse TV/CBC Kids (Canada) |
| 5 | Green Eggs and Ham[23] | November 8, 2019[24] | April 8, 2022 | Netflix |
| 6 | Dr. Seuss's Red Fish, Blue Fish[20] | September 8, 2025[21] | TBA | |
| 7 | Dr. Seuss's Horton![20][25] | October 7, 2025[21] | ||
| 8 | Wacky Wednesday[20] | TBA | ||
Direct-to-video
This Dr. Seuss collection was a series released by Random House. They are a video version of a "book on tape". None of these productions are animated. This section does not contain duplicate entries. While Horton Hatches The Egg, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Horton Hears a Who, The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and Because A Little Bug Went Ka-Choo! were adapted into full animation, they were also adapted into a non-animated production for this Dr. Seuss collection.
Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Video
- Dr. Seuss's ABC plus I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! and Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
- Hop on Pop plus Oh Say Can You Say? and Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish plus Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! and The Foot Book
- The Cat in the Hat Comes Back plus Fox in Socks and There's a Wocket in My Pocket!
- I Am Not Going to Get Up Today! plus The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, Great Day for Up! and In a People House
- 2 Dr. Seuss Favorites: Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat
- The Cat in the Hat plus Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet!
- Green Eggs and Ham plus The Tooth Book and Ten Apples Up On Top!
Dr. Seuss Video Classics
- Circus Classics/Horton Hatches the Egg (narrated by Billy Crystal) plus If I Ran the Circus
- Treasury Classics/Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (narrated by John Lithgow)
- Holiday Classics/How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (narrated by Walter Matthau) plus If I Ran the Zoo
- Big Animal Classics/Horton Hears a Who! (narrated by Dustin Hoffman) plus Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
- Lucky Classics/Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (narrated by John Cleese) plus Scrambled Eggs Super!
- Bedtime Classics/Hunches in Bunches plus Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (narrated by Madeline Kahn)
Other
- Notes Alive! Dr. Seuss's My Many Colored Days (1998)
- Read with Me DVD! Green Eggs and Ham (2005)
Video games
- Dr. Seuss' Fix-Up the Mix-Up Puzzler (1984)
- Dr. Seuss's ABC (1995)
- Green Eggs and Ham (1996)
- The Cat in the Hat (1997)
- Dr. Seuss Toddler (1999)
- Dr. Seuss Preschool (1999)
- Dr. Seuss Kindergarten (1999)
- Dr. Seuss Reading (1999)
- The Grinch (2000) – Game Boy Color
- The Grinch (2000) – PlayStation, Dreamcast, Windows
- Green Eggs and Ham (2003)
- The Cat in the Hat (2003)
- The Cat in the Hat (2005)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2007) – Nintendo DS
- The Grinch: Christmas Adventures (2023)