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The new book picks up one year after the original, and like the first, teaches a valuable lesson about the true spirit of the holiday, Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Random House ChildrenB次元官网网址檚 Books announced Thursday.

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The original Grinch book has sold nearly 10 million copies in North America alone and like other Seuss books has been translated into multiple languages. It was made into a 1966 animated TV special narrated by Boris Karloff, a 2000 live-action movie starring Jim Carrey and a computer-animated film in 2018 with Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the Grinch.

The new book, scheduled for release Sept. 5, is written by Alastair Heim and illustrated by Aristides Ruiz. Heim has written Seuss-themed books like B次元官网网址淚f I Ran Your SchoolB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淚 Am the Cat in the Hat.B次元官网网址� Ruiz has illustrated the Cat in the HatB次元官网网址檚 Learning Library books for more than two decades.

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Working on the Grinch sequel was an awesome responsibility, Ruiz said via email.

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In the original, the Grinch tries to ruin Christmas for the people of Who-ville by making off in the middle of the night with all the material trappings and sumptuous food of the holiday.

When the Whos gather to sing on Christmas morning, the Grinch realizes that the holiday is not about toys and feasting, but about joyously celebrating with family and neighbors and as Seuss wrote, the GrinchB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址渉eart grew three sizes that day.B次元官网网址�

In the sequel, the Grinch wants to show how much he loves the holiday by winning Who-villeB次元官网网址檚 Christmas Crown with the most spectacular Christmas tree ever seen, according to Dr. Seuss Enterprises.

But when his plan goes awry, the Grinch turns into his old, cold-hearted self, until his friend Cindy-Lou Who, reminds him that Christmas is not all about winning.

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But his work remains popular. Forbes magazine ranked him eighth on a 2022 list of the highest-paid dead celebrities, with $32 million in earnings.

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