Welcome to the Wonderful World of Dr. Seuss: The Man Behind the Legend

For Those Who Know Latin…

Terence and Jennifer Tunberg are a husband and wife team who teach classics at the University of Kentucky. And together, they translated three popular Dr. Seuss books into Latin. Published in 1998, their edition Latin edition of “ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ” was titled “ Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit .”

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Source: Publishing Perspectives

Then they published “ Cattus Petasatus ,” the Tunbergs’ version of “ The Cat in the Hat .” Finally, they created “ Virent Ova! Viret Perna! ” which is much better known as “ Green Eggs and Ham .”

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