![]() ![]() Seuss saw his original text about feelings and moods as part of the "first book ever to be based on beautiful illustrations and sensational color." The quest for an artist finally ended-after the manuscript languished for more than two decades-at the paint brushes of husband-and-wife team Steve Johnson and Lou Fancherįor What Pet Should I Get, the manuscript was only discovered after his death.Īs noted by Matt Thrower in a comment, Seuss himself never sent What Pet Should I Get to a publisher. Seuss wrote in 1973, was a letter outlining his hopes of finding "a great color artist who will not be dominated by me." The late Dr. But the author wanted to find a great colour artist to complement his writing for the story, and apparently he never found one that satisfied him.Īccompanying a manuscript Dr. My Many Coloured Days, apparently the only posthumously published Seuss work to be written entirely by the man himself, was written in 1973. For My Many Coloured Days, probably because he didn't find a good enough illustrator. ![]()
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