Lorax Fun Facts!

There are many versions of the Lorax, but this post is all about the book written by Theodore Geisel or, Dr. Seuss.

• The book was published in 1971 by Random House

• It is 45 pages long

• In 2012, The Lorax was named one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time by a School Library Journal online poll

• The line, "I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie" was removed over 14 year after the book was published when two people wrote to Dr. Seuss about the cleaning up of Lake Erie

• Two audio book versions of the Lorax have been released. One by Ted Danson in the U.S and one by Rik Mayall in the U.K

• Some copies of the Lorax are printed on recycled paper!

I hope you enjoyed these fun facts! Some of these facts are from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lorax