A Hometown Tribute Fit for a Seuss

AND FINALLY ...

The New England city where a zoo superintendent’s son named Theodor Geisel grew into children’s book author Dr. Seuss is preparing to unveil a memorial to the man behind the Grinch and the Cat in the Hat.

Every child knows a staid bronze bust just wouldn’t do, so Geisel is being remembered with a sculpture garden of the fantastical creatures he brought to life in his colorful books.

They frolic on the green linking the Springfield, Mass., library and its four museums, which gave wing to the author’s imagination.

The opening of the $6.2-million sculpture garden will launch a weekend of Seussian celebrations for young and old, including a read-a-thon and a parade down Mulberry Street.