Title: Horton Hatches the Egg
Content: Horton Hatches the Egg Horton Hatches the Egg is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and published in 1940 by Random House. The book tells the story of Horton the Elephant, who is tricked into sitting on a bird's egg while its mother, Mayzie, takes a permanent vacation to Palm Beach. Horton endures a number of hardships but persists, often stating, "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent!" Ultimately, the egg hatches, revealing an elephant-bird, a creature with a blend of

Title: Horton Hatches the Egg
Content: and that the wind had blown one sketch on transparent paper on top of another, making it look like an elephant was sitting in a tree. This account was based on interviews with Geisel, who had told similar stories about the book's creation to reporters asking about his creative process since as early as 1957. The story had changed with each telling but always involved the fortuitous juxtaposition of drawings of an elephant and a tree. Charles Cohen, on the other hand, found traces of "Horton Hatches the Egg" in early Dr. Seuss works. In an early installment of Geisel's

Title: Horton the Elephant
Content: Horton the Elephant Horton the Elephant is a fictional character from the 1940 book "Horton Hatches the Egg" and 1954 book "Horton Hears a Who!", both by Dr. Seuss. Horton is a kind, sweet-natured elephant who cares about other animals or people. Though he goes through many hardships, whether trying to keep an egg warm through storms, rough travels, and humiliating shows, or tries to save a small planet from harm, he always triumphs; the egg hatches into an elephant-bird, while the planet is saved and respected by the others. He is very popular because of his big heart and

Title: Horton Hatches the Egg
Content: elephant's name changed from Osmer to Bosco to Humphrey. The final choice, Horton, was apparently after Horton Conrad, one of Geisel's classmates at Dartmouth College. The bird's name changed from Bessie to Saidie and finally Mayzie. In the first draft, the elephant character volunteered to sit on the eggs for the bird, who was very reluctant. "Horton Hatches the Egg" was published by Random House in fall 1940 to immediate success. It received primarily positive notice from critics. "Kirkus Reviews" called it "sheer nonsense, but good fun." The reviewer for "The New York Times Book Review" wrote, "A moral is

Title: Horton Hatches the Egg
Content: Mayzie's and Horton's features. According to Geisel's biographers Judith and Neil Morgan, Geisel claimed the story was born in early 1940, when he left a window open in his studio, and the wind fortuitously blew a sketch of an elephant on top of a sketch of a tree. However, according to later biographer Charles Cohen, this account is probably apocryphal. He found elements of "Horton" in earlier Dr. Seuss works, most notably the 1938 short story "Matilda, the Elephant with a Mother Complex". "Horton Hatches the Egg" was published to immediate critical acclaim and financial success and has remained popular

Question: What is the name of Dr. Seuss's egg-hatching elephant?
Answer: Horton