How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Book cover
Author	Dr. Seuss
Illustrator	Dr. Seuss
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Children's literature
Publisher	Redbook (magazine) Random House (book)
Publication date	October 12, 1957 (Redbook) November 24, 1957 (renewed in 1985)
Media type	Print
Pages	64[1]
ISBN	0-394-80079-6
OCLC	178325
Preceded by	The Cat in the Hat (publication date) Horton Hears a Who! (in universe)
Followed by	The Cat in the Hat Comes Back

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a Christmas children's book by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a cranky, solitary creature who attempts to thwart the public's Christmas plans by stealing Christmas gifts and decorations from the homes of the nearby town of Whoville on Christmas Eve. Miraculously, the Grinch realizes that Christmas is not all about money and presents.

The story was published as a book by Random House in 1957, and at approximately the same time in an issue of Redbook.^[2] The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas and the holiday season.^[3]

The book has been adapted many times, first as a 1966 animated TV film narrated by Boris Karloff, who also provided the Grinch's voice. In 1977, a Halloween prequel, Halloween Is Grinch Night, aired with the Grinch voiced by Hans Conried. These were followed with a 2000 live-action feature film starring Jim Carrey, a 2007 musical, a 2018 animated film starring Benedict Cumberbatch, a 2020 live television adaptation of the musical starring Matthew Morrison, a unauthorized 2022 slasher horror parody film starring David Howard Thornton and a 2023 Wondery podcast starring James Austin Johnson.