![]() The characters are outlined in black ink with rounded, furry features that make them appear soft and cuddly. The rest is that Seuss style you know and love. ![]() ![]() Reds, blues, and yellows are still dominate, but browns, pinks, oranges, and greens get their share of love (check out the pictures accompanying stanzas 33-36 to see what we mean) The hues are more varied throughout the book, but Seuss generally sticks to one or two main colors per page. Hop on Pop lands in the middle of the extremes. In later era Seuss, the color palette widens considerably with every color in the crayon box being given its moment in the spotlight. In early Seuss, you’ll notice a lot of black and whites with a few primary colors-reds, blues and yellows-filling things in ( If I Ran the Zoo is a perfect example). The illustrations in Hop on Pop are part of what we’d call his “bridge era drawings.” What we mean is that the style of these drawings bridges the gap between early-era Seuss and his later career styles. All right, fine, but stick with us, Shmooper dearest. Seuss and chose Theo LeSeig as his handle for most of the books he wrote but did not illustrate. Seuss wrote and illustrated all of the books under the pen name Dr. ![]() ![]() Seuss not only wrote Hop on Pop, but he illustrated it, too. ![]()
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