{"id":12445,"date":"2026-02-18T21:28:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/tish-rabe-200-childrens-books-getting-picked-for-dr-seuss-lessons-from-early-sesame-street-how-to-write-300-songs-and-more-854\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:28:55","slug":"tish-rabe-200-childrens-books-getting-picked-for-dr-seuss-lessons-from-early-sesame-street-how-to-write-300-songs-and-more-854","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/tish-rabe-200-childrens-books-getting-picked-for-dr-seuss-lessons-from-early-sesame-street-how-to-write-300-songs-and-more-854\/","title":{"rendered":"Tish Rabe \u2014 200+ Children&#8217;s Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs, and More (#854)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NYT Bestselling Author on Writing 200+ Children&#039;s Books \u2014 Tish Rabe\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pJEh9qy14wI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Tish Rabe<\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tishrabebooks\">@tishrabebooks<\/a>) is the <em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling author of more than 200 children\u2019s books with more than 11 million copies sold. She has written for Sesame Street, Disney, PBS Kids, Curious George, Clifford, and many more. In 1991, following the death of Dr. Seuss, she was asked by Random House to write <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cat-Hats-Learning-Library-Boxed\/dp\/0593815173\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\">The Cat in the Hat\u2019s Learning Library<\/a>, a series of science books for early readers that were the brainchild of Dr. Seuss, who died before he could finish the first one. Tish has written more than 50 Cat in the Hat books as well as books for the Grinch and the Lorax.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trained as a professional singer, she began her career as the music production assistant for Sesame Street in its first seasons and was hired by Jim Henson to sing for the Muppets. She has written more than 300 children\u2019s songs for broadcast television, is an animation head writer and scriptwriter, was a creative consultant for the Cartoon Network, Scholastic, and HBO Family and now heads her own children\u2019s book publishing company, <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tishrabebooks.com\/\">Tish Rabe Books<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>This episode is brought to you by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"podcast-player\">\n<div class=\"podcast-player-inner-wrap\">\n<p>Tish Rabe \u2014 200+ Children&#8217;s Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs, and More<\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.art19.com\/shows\/58dacbdc-646e-4585-9914-19c3de11d1ba\/episodes\/6c418fed-3425-4328-99a6-187d7a4dd50a\/embed?type=micro\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 30px; border: 0 none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional podcast platforms<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Listen to this episode on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/854-tish-rabe-200-childrens-books-getting-picked-for\/id863897795?i=1000750369837\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3eZCmdRj1jPicf1mpNSKXM?si=VN6hz2ljSkWV0qfgoXU7qQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/+AAKebvEfw_Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overcast<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcastaddict.com\/podcast\/2031148#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Podcast Addict<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/timferriss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pocket Casts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/castbox.fm\/channel\/id1059468?country=us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Castbox<\/a>,\u00a0<a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@tishrabebooks\/\">Threads<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tishrabebooks\/\">Facebook<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TishRabe\/videos\/\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Products<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0679885722\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>Oh, Baby, the Places You\u2019ll Go!<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe and Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tishrabebooks.com\/sweet-dreams-ahead-time-for-bed-buy\"><em>Sweet Dreams Ahead Time for Bed<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe and Gill Guile<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1101936576\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>Love You, Hug You, Read to You!<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe and Frank Endersby<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tishrabebooks.com\/sometimes-apart-buy\"><em>Sometimes Apart, Always in My Heart<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe and Gill Guile<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tishrabebooks.com\/days-can-be-sunny-for-bunnies-and-money\"><em>Days Can Be Sunny for Bunnies and Money<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe and Steve Brown<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trumbullrotarykidsbooks.com\/\"><em>Kindness is Caring, Friendship is Sharing<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe and Moka Celess<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/Central_Park_You_Can_See_Is_the_Best_Pla\/0Q2a0QEACAAJ\"><em>Central Park You Can See is the Best Place to Be<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe <em>(Not yet published.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1736237284\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>Mystic by the Sea is the Best Place to Be<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe and Andrea Boatta<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0375810986\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>The Things You Can Do That Are Good for You!<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz, and Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0679891153\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>There\u2019s No Place Like Space!: All About Our Solar System<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz, and Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/037582278X\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>Oh, the Pets You Can Get!: All About Our Animal Friends<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz, Joe Mathieu, and Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0593903706\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>Is a Camel a Mammal?: All About Mammals<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe, Jim Durk, and Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0593903714\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>Fine Feathered Friends: All About Birds<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz, and Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/servlet\/BookDetailsPL?bi=32318423347\"><em>Bert and the Broken Teapot<\/em><\/a> by Tish Rabe (as Tish Sommers) and Diane Dawson Hearn (Out of print.)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tishrabebooks.com\/i-believe-bunny\"><em>I Believe Bunny<\/em> series<\/a> by Tish Rabe and Frank Endersby<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=tish+rabe+huff+and+puff&amp;crid=15N8PC0GE94BA&amp;sprefix=tish+rabe+huff+and+puff%2Caps%2C174&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=offsitoftimfe-20&amp;linkId=93ac88441b4fc3b2c04e580ed0fd6951&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\"><em>Huff and Puff<\/em> series<\/a> by Tish Rabe and Gill Guile<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0679800034\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>Horton Hears a Who!<\/em><\/a> by Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0394800001\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>The Cat in the Hat<\/em><\/a> by Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0394800818\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>If I Ran the Zoo<\/em><\/a> by Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0394800842\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>If I Ran the Circus<\/em><\/a> by Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0394800877\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories<\/em><\/a> by Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0394800869\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose<\/em><\/a> by Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0394800915\/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20\"><em>Dr. Seuss\u2019s Sleep Book<\/em><\/a> by Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Websites &amp; 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