Famous Book by Dr. Seuss about Christmas Gets a New Version
2023-02-27
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1The famous children's book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by the writer known as Dr. Seuss, will get a follow-up story, or sequel, later this year.
2The new book is likely to be called How the Grinch Lost Christmas and will be released in September.
3It was not written by Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Geisel.
4The famous writer of children's books died in 1991 at the age of 87.
5Instead, it will be written by Alastair Heim, an author who has worked on other books in the Dr. Seuss "universe."
6The person who draws the pictures to go along with the story is called an illustrator.
7For the new book, the illustrator is Aristides Ruiz.
8He worked on a series of books based on Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat for about 20 years.
9Heim wrote a message to the Associated Press about the chance to work on a story created by the famous author.
10"All throughout writing the story, I couldn't fully believe that I was actually getting to play in the amazing creative sandbox Dr. Seuss created all those decades ago," Heim wrote in an email.
11Ruiz called the job of working on the new book "difficult and daunting," because it is such a big part of the Christmas tradition in the U.S.
12How the Grinch Stole Christmas came out in 1957 and sold 10 million copies in North America alone.
13It has been translated into many languages.
14There was a television version and two movie versions, all with famous actors playing the character or performing the voice of the Grinch.
15The new book will come out in September.
16In the first book, the Grinch tries to ruin Christmas for all the people who live in Who-ville by stealing their presents and decorations.
17In the end, he discovers the holiday is not about gifts and large meals but spending time with family and friends.
18In the new book, the Grinch wants to win an award for decorating a large Christmas tree.
19He gets caught up in the competition until he learns from Cindy-Lou Who that Christmas is not all about winning.
20Geisel created many books, including The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham.
21Some of his books are no longer published.
22They have been described by critics as racist because they do not like the images in them. But his work is still popular.
23The magazine Forbes ranks Geisel as one of the wealthiest dead people.
24That means the organization that oversees his works still makes a lot of money.
25I'm Faith Pirlo.
1The famous children's book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by the writer known as Dr. Seuss, will get a follow-up story, or sequel, later this year. 2The new book is likely to be called How the Grinch Lost Christmas and will be released in September. 3It was not written by Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Geisel. The famous writer of children's books died in 1991 at the age of 87. 4Instead, it will be written by Alastair Heim, an author who has worked on other books in the Dr. Seuss "universe." 5The person who draws the pictures to go along with the story is called an illustrator. For the new book, the illustrator is Aristides Ruiz. He worked on a series of books based on Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat for about 20 years. 6Heim wrote a message to the Associated Press about the chance to work on a story created by the famous author. 7"All throughout writing the story, I couldn't fully believe that I was actually getting to play in the amazing creative sandbox Dr. Seuss created all those decades ago," Heim wrote in an email. 8Ruiz called the job of working on the new book "difficult and daunting," because it is such a big part of the Christmas tradition in the U.S. 9How the Grinch Stole Christmas came out in 1957 and sold 10 million copies in North America alone. It has been translated into many languages. There was a television version and two movie versions, all with famous actors playing the character or performing the voice of the Grinch. 10The new book will come out in September. 11In the first book, the Grinch tries to ruin Christmas for all the people who live in Who-ville by stealing their presents and decorations. In the end, he discovers the holiday is not about gifts and large meals but spending time with family and friends. 12In the new book, the Grinch wants to win an award for decorating a large Christmas tree. He gets caught up in the competition until he learns from Cindy-Lou Who that Christmas is not all about winning. 13Geisel created many books, including The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham. 14Some of his books are no longer published. They have been described by critics as racist because they do not like the images in them. But his work is still popular. The magazine Forbes ranks Geisel as one of the wealthiest dead people. That means the organization that oversees his works still makes a lot of money. 15I'm Faith Pirlo. 16Dan Friedell adapted this story for VOA Learning English based on a report by the Associated Press. 17______________________________________________________________________ 18Words in This Story 19author -n. a person who writes books 20sandbox -n. an area or container filled with sand where a child plays with toys 21daunting -adj. difficult or worrisome 22translate -v. to change written work from one language to another 23character -n. a person in a story 24present -n. a gift 25decoration -n. something created to make a building or room look nice for a celebration, such as balloons, lights or ribbons 26_____________________________________________________________________ 27We want to hear from you. Will you buy the new book in the "Grinch" series? 28We have a new comment system. Here is how it works: 29Each time you return to comment on the Learning English site, you can use your account and see your comments and replies to them. Our comment policy is here.