Publishers Lunch
In the fall of 2013 the late Ted Geisel's widow Audrey and
the author's longtime secretary and friend Claudia Prescott rediscovered an
original unpublished manuscript and sketches -- along with other materials --
first found shortly after Ted's death in 1991, while cleaning his office space.
Random House Children's will publish the rediscovered WHAT PET SHOULD I GET? on
July 28. And the publisher says in their announcement that "at least two
more books will be published from the materials discovered, with titles
and publication dates to be announced."
Called "nearly complete" as found, believed to be written "somewhere between 1958 and 1962," the book features the brother and sister characters introduced in One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.
Dr. Seuss's former art director, now Random House Children's associate publishing director Cathy Goldsmith "is overseeing the meticulous editorial and creative process of preparing PET for publication."
The original materials will be kept at UC San Diego, where the Dr. Seuss Collection is housed within the Geisel Library. Random House Children's president and publisher Barbara Marcus comments, "To be able to share this newly discovered Dr. Seuss book that was created during a most prolific period in his career marks a special moment in children's book publishing."
No comments:
Post a Comment