--- description: The book will come out 24 years after Dr. Seuss' death title: Catch a First Glimpse From Inside the New Dr. Seuss Book image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Catch a First Glimpse From Inside the New Dr. Seuss Book by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 21, 2015 9:16 PM CUT by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 21, 2015 9:16 PM CUT Fans of Dr. Seuss who are anxiously awaiting the new book _What Pet Should I Get?_ from the late author are finally getting a sneak peek at what’s due in July. > [](https://twitter.com/CNN/status/590259841555398656) CNN [released an image from the book](http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/20/living/dr-seuss-new-book-first-picture-feat/ "undefined") on Monday that shows a pair of siblings—from _One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish_—looking into a pet store window. It reads: “We want a pet. We want a pet. What kind of pet should we get?” The book’s publisher, Random House Children’s Books, said in a statement Monday it increased its first printing from 500,000 to 1 million copies to meet demand. Theodor Geisel’s (Dr. Seuss) widow found the manuscript and illustrations for _What Pet Should I Get?_ in their home shortly after his death in 1991. \[[_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/20/living/dr-seuss-new-book-first-picture-feat/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3830317/dr-seuss-book-what-pet-should-i-get/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3830317/dr-seuss-book-what-pet-should-i-get/"},"headline":"Catch a First Glimpse From Inside the New Dr. Seuss Book","datePublished":"2015-04-21T21:16:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:33:41.842Z","description":"The book will come out 24 years after Dr. Seuss' death","url":"https://time.com/3830317/dr-seuss-book-what-pet-should-i-get/","keywords":["Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3830317/dr-seuss-book-what-pet-should-i-get/","name":"Catch a First Glimpse From Inside the New Dr. Seuss Book"}}]}] ```