These guides clarify Dr. Seuss’s books by providing details that the everyday reader may or may not detect. Books are listed with bibliographic information, as well as call numbers and locations. A short description follows each title.
Jones, Raymond E. “Dr. Seuss.” Characters in Children’s Literature. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. (R J 809. 3, children's reference in the CH Public Library)
This useful reference book summarizes the characters and plots in several of Dr. Seuss’s best-known books, including Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears a Who!, The Cat in the Hat, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Lathem, Edward Connery. Who’s Who and What’s What in the Books of Dr. Seuss. Hanover: Dartmouth College, 2000. (PS3513. E2 Z74, 8th floor stacks in Davis Library)
This book offers a comprehensive, alphabetical list of words that appear in Dr. Seuss’s children’s books (e.g. “Fiffer-feffer-feff: Creature cited (as part of a phrase) in providing examples of the use of the letter F/f--in Dr. Seuss’s ABC”).