WEBSITES
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Here's the Thidwick district of Seussville, the Dr. Seuss hamlet of the world wide web.
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We went looking for a Dr. Seuss biography, but we kept getting hits for this Theodor Geisel guy. Wonder why.
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Like the cheese, on this gallery website, the art stands alone.
MOVIE OR TV PRODUCTIONS
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Thidwick's tale gets the animated treatment as a bonus on this VHS release for Horton Hears a Who.
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
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Thomas Fensch's biography, The Man Who Was Dr. Seuss, has plenty of great information on all things Seuss, and that includes a certain moose-moss loving moose.
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Some readers think Thidwick is a political parable warning against socialism. Maybe. Seuss does, after all, have a history of being political.
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In Dr. Seuss and Philosophy, Thidwick is discussed alongside property rights, utilitarianism, and Aristotle. Prepare to strain the gray matter on a so-called "children's book."
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In case you still aren't thinked out, here's an article by Neil Reynolds discussing Thidwick as an analogy for the modern welfare state.
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Mental Floss shares ten stories behind ten Dr. Seuss stories for ten awesome tidbits of knowledge.
VIDEO
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A Russian animated version of Thidwick's story, with subtitles in Spanish. It's done in a beautifully painted art style, and its title, Dobro Pozhalovat, means Welcome.
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An odd mixture of live-action, animation, and an ensemble cast created In Search of Dr. Seuss, an homage Seuss and his imagination.
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Our words have failed us. Here you'll find Thidwick: the Rapsical.
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If you wrapped up all the warm feelings of grandma reading to you as a child and put them on YouTube, you'd have this video.
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Here's a sampling of the digital version of Thidwick in case you feel like tapping your way through the story.
IMAGES
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The book's cover features a certain big-hearted moose. Care to guess who?
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Thidwick's first clue that his guests are more likely pests is featured in this illustration.
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These realistic renderings of Seuss's famous characters are as impressive as they are haunting. Thidwick stands among their numbers.
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A Thidwick fan imposed his interpretation of the book on top of the illustration. For this guy, it's all social commentary.
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A Muppet version of Thidwick as featured on Nickelodeon's "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss."