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Tish Rabe — 200+ Children’s Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs, and More (#854)
Interview with Tish Rabe on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
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February 18, 2026
Tish Rabe — 200+ Children’s Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs, and More (#854)
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Tish Rabe (@tishrabebooks) is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 children’s 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 The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library, 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.
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’s 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’s book publishing company, Tish Rabe Books.
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Tish Rabe — 200+ Children's Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs, and More
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Products
Books
- Bert and the Broken Teapot by Tish Rabe (as Tish Sommers) and Diane Dawson Hearn (Out of print.)
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- Central Park You Can See is the Best Place to Be by Tish Rabe and Andrea Boatta (Not yet published, but raising funds for the underserved.)
- Days Can Be Sunny for Bunnies and Money by Tish Rabe and Steve Brown
- Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss
- Fine Feathered Friends: All About Birds by Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz, and Dr. Seuss
- Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss
- Huff and Puff series by Tish Rabe and Gill Guile
- I Believe Bunny series by Tish Rabe and Frank Endersby
- If I Ran the Circus by Dr. Seuss
- If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss
- Is a Camel a Mammal?: All About Mammals by Tish Rabe, Jim Durk, and Dr. Seuss
- Kindness is Caring, Friendship is Sharing by Tish Rabe and Moka Celess
- Love You, Hug You, Read to You! by Tish Rabe and Frank Endersby
- Mystic by the Sea is the Best Place to Be by Tish Rabe and Andrea Boatta
- Oh, Baby, the Places You’ll Go! by Tish Rabe and Dr. Seuss
- Oh, the Pets You Can Get!: All About Our Animal Friends by Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz, Joe Mathieu, and Dr. Seuss
- Oh, the Things You Can Do That Are Good for You! All About Staying Healthy by Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz, and Dr. Seuss
- Sometimes Apart, Always in My Heart by Tish Rabe and Gill Guile
- Sweet Dreams Ahead Time for Bed by Tish Rabe and Gill Guile
- There’s No Place Like Space!: All About Our Solar System by Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz, and Dr. Seuss
- Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose by Dr. Seuss
- Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
Companies & Organizations
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