How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Poster of the 1966 movie and cover of the 1957 book
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, 1957
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Chuck Jones, Ben Washam, 1966

Everybody in Who-ville enjoys Christmas very much, but the Grinch who lived just to the north of Who-ville didn’t! So the Grinch tries to ruin Christmas for the happy Who-villains, only to realize that perhaps Christmas isn’t what he originally believed it to be. Maybe Christmas has a little bit more significance now!


Horton Hears a Who!. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1954 book
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Horton Hears a Who!
Dr. Seuss, 1954
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Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino, 2008

A dust speck is dislodged from its obscure place and sent adrift through the Jungle of Nool. Once Horton begins carrying the speck with him, the city starts experiencing strange phenomena (earthquakes and changes in the weather), and the Mayor finds his attempts to caution Whoville challenged by the Town Council, led by the opportunistic yet condescending Chairman.


The Lorax. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 1971 book
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The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, 1971
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Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda, 2012

12-year-old Ted Wiggins lives in Thneedville, a walled city where all vegetation and plant-life are artificial. Ted has a crush on environmentalist Audrey, and decides to impress her with a real tree. His grandmother tells him the legend of the Once-ler, who knows what happened to the trees. Leaving Thneedville in search of the Once-ler, Ted discovers that the outside world is a barren, contaminated wasteland.


The Grinch. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1957 book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, 1957
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Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier, 2018

In the town of Whoville, the human-like people called Whos are filled with excitement about celebrating Christmas. She takes this response literally and attempts to go to the North Pole to talk to Santa, but when Donna tells her that it would take a month to travel there, she instead decides to try trapping Santa with the help of her friends.


The Grinch. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Dr. Seuss' The Grinch: The Junior Novelization
Random House, 2018
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Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier, 2018

In the town of Whoville, the human-like people called Whos are filled with excitement about celebrating Christmas. She takes this response literally and attempts to go to the North Pole to talk to Santa, but when Donna tells her that it would take a month to travel there, she instead decides to try trapping Santa with the help of her friends.


How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the 1957 book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, 1957
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Ron Howard, 2000

All the Whos of Whoville enjoy celebrating Christmas. Bully Augustus MayWho, however, was jealous that Martha liked the Grinch more than him and began to mock him for having a beard. He fled to the top of Mount Crumpit, north of Whoville, where he then took up residence.


The Cat in the Hat. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1957 book
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The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss, 1957
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Bo Welch, 2003

Conrad and Sally Walden live in the city of Anville with their single mother Joan, who works for neat-freak Hank Humberfloob as a real estate broker. In the process, the Cat leaves a trail of destruction throughout the house and releases two troublemaking creatures, named Thing 1 and Thing 2, from a crate which he locks and forbids Conrad to tamper with, explaining that it is a portal to his world.


The Mean One. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1957 book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, 1957
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Steven LaMorte, 2022

Cindy You-Know-Who witnessed the death of her parents by the Mean One, a murderous green-skinned creature sporting a red Santa suit, in the quiet mountain village of Newville. Twenty years later, as the hungry monster starts terrorizing the neighborhood and threatening to destroy the holiday, she discovers a new motivation for putting an end to the beast.