[DOC] [TLE] Dr. Seuss Wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" on a Bet that He Couldn't ... [PAR] May 24, 2011 ... Today I found out Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham on a bet that he couldn't write a book with fifty or fewer distinct words. The bet was made in 1960 with Bennett Cerf, the co-founder of Random House, and was for $50 (about $382 today). [DOC] [TLE] 7 Curious Facts About 7 Dr. Seuss Books | Mental Floss [PAR] Sep 9, 2010 ... Hop on Pop. Green Eggs and Ham. The Cat In The Hat. Horton Hears A Who. And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. The Sneetches and Other Stories. [DOC] [TLE] Green Eggs and Ham - Wikipedia [PAR] Green Eggs and Ham is a best-selling and critically acclaimed children's book by 
Dr. Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960. As of 2001, according to 
Publishers Weekly, it was the fourth best-selling English-language children's 
book of all time. The story has appeared in several adaptations starting with 
1973's Dr. Seuss ... Green Eggs and Ham is one of Seuss's "Beginner Books", 
written in a very... [DOC] [TLE] The Weird Strategy Dr. Seuss Used to Create His Greatest Work ... [PAR] The Weird Strategy Dr. Seuss Used to Create His Greatest Work ... not be able to 
write an entertaining children's book using only 50 different words. ... What Dr. 
Seuss discovered through this little bet was the power of setting constraints. ... 
For example, The Cat in the Hat was written using only a first-grade vocabulary 
list. [DOC] [TLE] 10 facts about 'Green Eggs and Ham' - POLITICO [PAR] Sep 25, 2013 ... ... only 50 different words. Seuss's editor bet him after The Cat in the Hat, which 
used 225 words, that he couldn't write a book using fewer. 5. [DOC] [TLE] I don't like most Dr. Seuss books - CafeMom Mobile [PAR] After it Dr. Seuss then wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" to win a bet. "Random House 
publisher Bennett Cerf then bet Seuss $50 he couldn't do a book in just 50 words. 
... publisher bet that Geisel couldn't write a book using only 50 different words. [DOC] [TLE] 8 things you didn't know about Dr. Seuss | PBS NewsHour [PAR] Jul 22, 2015 ... Seuss wrote his first children's book, an unpublished A-B-C book of ... The made-
up words and insistent rhymes did not diminish the Lorax's ... Dr. Seuss' editor 
Bennett Cerf bet him he couldn't write a book using 50 or fewer words. ... His 
other adult book was the picture book You're Only Old Once,... [DOC] [TLE] 15 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Dr. Seuss - TheFW [PAR] Mar 1, 2012 ... She added, He couldn't just sit down on the floor and play with them. ... Not only 
was Seuss a Pulitzer-prize winning author, he won two ... after the devastation of 
WWII, and Seuss wrote about Horton's plight with ... In 1960, Bennett Cerf, Seuss' 
editor, bet Seuss he couldn't write a book using only 50 words. [DOC] [TLE] Wanna bet? - BennettInk.com [PAR] Jun 2, 2016 ... Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat with only 236 different words, so his editor 
bet him he couldn't write a book with only 50 different words. [DOC] [TLE] The QI Elves on Twitter: "Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" to ... [PAR] Oct 6, 2016 ... Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" to win a bet against his publisher who 
said he couldn't complete a book with only 50 words. Retweets... [DOC] [TLE] 10 stories behind Dr. Seuss stories - CNN.com [PAR] Jan 23, 2009 ... Loggers were so upset about the book that some groups within the ... Story 
Highlights; Dr. Seuss wrote "The Cat in the Hat" because of bet over 50-word 
book ... the book used to contain the

Question: Dr. Seuss wrote this book to win a bet that he couldn't write a book using only 50 different words
Answer: Green Eggs and Ham