The “Cat in The Hat” is back — and the Grinch is not far behind.

All hail Dr. Seuss.

A new 37-cent commemorative stamp celebrates the life’s work of the popular Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ted Geisel, known affectionately as Dr. Seuss.

The stamp will be released March 2, 2004, in La Jolla, Calif., as part of the “Seussentenial: A Century of Imagination,” a yearlong celebration honoring his life and legacy on what would have been his 100th birthday.

The new stamp features a color photo of Geisel taken in Dallas in 1987. Geisel is seen surrounded by his illustrations of six characters from his many books. From left are The Cat in the Hat, the Grinch, the Glotz, the Skritz, the Skrink and the anonymous “young fellow.”

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Mass. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1925, he studied literature at Oxford University, but left without a degree after deciding he did not want to be a college professor. Geisel returned to Springfield in 1927 to begin his new career as an artist and writer.

He moved to New York City in the late 1920s and joined the staff of the humor magazine Judge where he first used the pen name Dr. Seuss. In 1936, Geisel wrote the first of his 44 books for children titled “And to Think That I Saw it First on Mulberry Street.”

Geisel died on Sept, 24, 1991, in La Jolla.

More information on the Dr. Seuss stamp will be reported here when it becomes available.