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Helen Palmer Geisel

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born

in Amherst, Mass., The United States

September 11, 1899

died

October 23, 1967

gender

female

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Children's Books

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Helen Palmer Geisel was an American actress and author and the wife of children's book writer Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel). Her most well known book is Do You Know What I'm Going To Do Next Saturday?, published in 1963. This book, along with two others — I Was Kissed by a Seal at the Zoo (1962) and Why I Built the Boogle House (1964) — combined Ms. Palmer's stories with photographs by Lynn Fayman. The photographs in I Was Kissed by a Seal at the Zoo were taken at the San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, and featured children from the Francis Parker School in San Diego interacting with the zoo's animals and staff.

Palmer also expanded Dr. Seuss's short story Gustav the Goldfish into the book A Fish Out Of Water, which was...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 4,971 ratings · 111 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors

	A Fish Out of Water by Helen Palmer Geisel, P.D. Eastman (Illustrator) 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 4,951 ratings — published 1961 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why I Built the Boogle House by Helen Palmer Geisel, Lynn Fayman (Photographs) 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1964	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Was Kissed by a Seal at the Zoo by Helen Palmer Geisel, Lynn Fayman (Photographer) 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1962	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Was Kissed by a Seal at the Zoo 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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