Oh, the Places You 'll Go ! - Wikipedia Oh, the Places You 'll Go ! Oh, the Places You 'll Go ! Author Dr. Seuss Country United States Language English Genre Children 's literature Publisher Random House Publication date January 22, 1990 Media type Print ( Hardcover and paperback ) ISBN 0 - 679 - 80527 - 3 OCLC 20169007 Dewey Decimal ( E ) 20 LC Class PZ8. 3. G276 Og 1990 Preceded by I Am Not Going to Get Up Today ! Followed by Daisy - Head Mayzie Oh, the Places You 'll Go ! is a book written and illustrated by children 's author Dr. Seuss. It was first published by Random House on January 22, 1990, making it his last book published in his lifetime. The book concerns the journey of life and its challenges. Though written in the style of classics such as Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat, Oh, the Places You 'll Go ! has many specific characters including a narrator and the reader. A young boy, referred to simply as `` you '', initiates the action of the story. However, the presence of a main character helps readers to identify with the book. It is written in second person and uses future tense. Plot The story begins with the narrator, relating the decision of the unnamed protagonist ( who represents the reader ) to leave town. The protagonist travels through several geometrical and polychromatic landscapes and places, eventually encountering a place simply called `` The Waiting Place '', which is ominously addressed as being a place where everyone is always waiting for something to happen. As the protagonist continues to explore, spurred on by the thoughts of places he will visit and things he will discover, the book cheerfully concludes with an open end. Reception Upon its original release in 1990, Oh, the Places You 'll Go ! reached number one on The New York Times Best - Selling Fiction Hardcover list. That made Dr. Seuss one of the handful of authors to have number one Hardcover Fiction and Nonfiction books on the list ; among them are John Steinbeck, Jimmy Buffett and Mitch Albom ; his You 're Only Old Once hit number one on the Nonfiction list in 1986. In the United States and Canada, Oh, the Places You 'll Go ! is a popular gift for students graduating from high school and college, spiking in sales every spring. It reached number one on USA Today 's Best Selling Book list in 1997, and reached # 2 in 2015 and 2017. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its `` Teachers ' Top 100 Books for Children. '' References Jump up ^ Jacqueline Blais ; Carol Memmott ; Bob Minzesheimer ( 2007 - 05 - 16 ). `` Book buzz : Dave Barry really rocks ''. USA Today. USA Today. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Book Reviews and Best - Selling Books ''. USA Today. 2017 - 05 - 25. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 27. Jump up ^ National Education Association ( 2007 ). `` Teachers ' Top 100 Books for Children ''. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 22. Dr. Seuss Characters The Cat in the Hat The Grinch Horton the Elephant Bartholomew Cubbins Bibliography And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins The King 's Stilts The Seven Lady Godivas Horton Hatches the Egg McElligot 's Pool Thidwick the Big - Hearted Moose Bartholomew and the Oobleck If I Ran the Zoo Scrambled Eggs Super ! Horton Hears a Who ! On Beyond Zebra ! If I Ran the Circus How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! The Cat in the Hat The Cat in the Hat Comes Back Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories Happy Birthday to You ! Green Eggs and Ham One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish The Sneetches and Other Stories Dr. Seuss 's Sleep Book Dr. Seuss 's ABC Hop on Pop Fox in Socks I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew I Wish That I Had Duck Feet Come over to My House The Foot Book I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today ! and Other Stories My Book about ME Mr. Brown Can Moo ! Can You ? : Dr. Seuss 's Book of Wonderful Noises ! The Lorax Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now ! Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are ? The Shape of Me and Other Stuff There 's a Wocket in My Pocket Great Day for Up ! Wacky Wednesday Oh, the Thinks You Can Think ! The Cat 's Quizzer I Can Read with My Eyes Shut ! Oh Say Can You Say ? Hunches in Bunches The Butter Battle Book You 're Only Old Once ! I Am Not Going to Get Up Today ! Oh, the Places You 'll Go ! Daisy - Head Mayzie My Many Colored Days Hooray for Diffendoofer Day ! The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories What Pet Should I Get ? Adaptations Television The Gerald McBoing - Boing Show ( 1956 -- 57 ) Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! ( 1966 ) Horton Hears a Who ! ( 1970 ) The Cat in the Hat ( 1971 ) The Lorax ( 1972 ) Dr. Seuss on the Loose ( 1973 ) The Hoober - Bloob Highway ( 1975 ) Halloween Is Grinch Night ( 1977 ) Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You ? ( 1980 ) The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat ( 1982 ) The Butter Battle Book ( 1989 ) In Search of Dr. Seuss ( 1994 ) Daisy - Head Mayzie ( 1995 ) The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss ( 1996 -- 98 ) ( episodes ) Gerald McBoing - Boing ( 2005 -- 07 ) The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That ! ( 2010 -- present ) ( episodes ) Green Eggs and Ham ( 2018 ) Film Horton Hatches the Egg ( short ; 1942 ) Gerald McBoing - Boing ( short ; 1950 ) How the Grinch Stole Christmas ( 2000 ) The Cat in the Hat ( 2003 ) Horton Hears a Who ! ( 2008 ) The Lorax ( 2012 ) The Grinch ( 2018 ) The Cat in the Hat ( TBA ) Other media Welcome ( Russian short film ) Seussical ( musical ) Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! The Musical The Grinch ( video game ) Dr. Seuss : How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! ( video game ) `` You 're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch '' ( song ) The Lorax ( play ) Other works Private Snafu The Pocket Book of Boners Your Job in Germany Our Job in Japan Design for Death The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Hejji Society of Red Tape Cutters Flit Related A Fish out of Water Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum Beginner Books Dr. Seuss Goes to War The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss National Memorial Geisel Award Geisel Library Geisel School of Medicine Helen Palmer PM Political messages of Dr. Seuss Read Across America Seuss Landing as `` Theo. LeSieg ''. Posthumous. 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Question: what is the theme of oh the places you ll go
Answer: the journey of life and its challenges