You’ve probably heard of “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham,” but you might not know that Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated more than 60 children's books over his lifetime.

And while Geisel himself was always apprehensive of adaptation, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T was meant to be his expedition into the media with total originality. In doing so, he created a Seuss-ian ...