{"id":2121046,"date":"2025-10-28T18:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2121046"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:30:24","slug":"newly-discovered-dr-seuss-manuscript-celebrating-being-published-for-americas-250th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/newly-discovered-dr-seuss-manuscript-celebrating-being-published-for-americas-250th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript celebrating being published for America\u2019s 250th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A newly discovered\u00a0Dr. Seuss\u00a0manuscript featuring the Cat in the Hat and celebrating the United States will be published next year, just in time for\u00a0America\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSing the 50 United States\u201d is the first full manuscript written by Dr. Seuss \u2014 born Theodor Geisel \u2014 to be discovered since the posthumous release of\u00a0\u201cWhat Pet Should I Get?\u201d\u00a0in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The new book aims to teach readers the names of the states. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"37508449\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.73144531;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37508449\" width=\"432\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cover-image-released-random-house-114349402.jpg?w=749\" alt=\"Illustration of the book cover for &quot;Sing the 50 United States!&quot; by Dr. Seuss, featuring the Cat in the Hat standing on a map of 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cover-image-released-random-house-114349402.jpg?resize=1200,1640&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cover-image-released-random-house-114349402.jpg?resize=42,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 42w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cover-image-released-random-house-114349402.jpg?resize=114,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cover-image-released-random-house-114349402.jpg?resize=37,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 37w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cover-image-released-random-house-114349402.jpg?resize=150,205&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cSing the 50 United States\u201d is the first full manuscript written by Dr. Seuss \u2014 born Theodor Geisel \u2014 to be discovered since the posthumous release of\u00a0\u201cWhat Pet Should I Get?\u201d\u00a0in 2015. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTo sing the 50 United States, you have to use your brain,\u201d the Cat in the Hat advises. \u201cMassachusetts. Minnesota. Missouri and Montana. M-i-s-s-Mississippi. Maryland! Michigan and Maine!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUncovering a new work from Ted is like finding a time capsule of his imagination,\u201d says Susan Brandt, president and CEO of Dr. Seuss Enterprises. \u201c\u2018Sing the 50 United States\u2019 celebrates his boundless creativity, genius with words, and enduring ability to inspire young readers everywhere. We\u2019re honored to share this new Dr. Seuss treasure with readers across America during such a meaningful milestone year.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The manuscript was found earlier this year in archival materials at the Geisel Library at the University of California, San Diego. <\/p>\n<p>Geisel also left behind a cover sketch and notes on the overall art direction. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"37508715\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49707602;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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Michigan and Maine!\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Road Red Runner \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>New illustrations were done by artist Tom Brannon, in the style of Dr. Seuss.<\/p>\n<p>Random House Children\u2019s Books will publish the book on June 2, 2026, with a first printing of 500,000 copies.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newly discovered\u00a0Dr. Seuss\u00a0manuscript featuring the Cat in the Hat and celebrating the United States will be published next year, just in time for\u00a0America\u2019s 250th anniversary. \u201cSing the 50 United States\u201d is the first full manuscript written by Dr. Seuss \u2014 born Theodor Geisel \u2014 to be discovered since the posthumous release of\u00a0\u201cWhat Pet Should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2121047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[350016,21994,389438,21741],"class_list":["post-2121046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-america","tag-books","tag-dr-seuss","tag-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Newly-discovered-Dr-Seuss-manuscript-celebrating-being-published-for-Americas.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2121046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2121048,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121046\/revisions\/2121048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2121047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}