How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Latin as "Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit". The translation was published in October 1998 by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers Inc. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". In 2012 it was ranked number 61 among the "Top 100 Picture Books" in a survey published by "School Library Journal" – the fourth of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The book's main characters have made appearances in other works. The Grinch appears in the animated specials "Halloween Is Grinch Night" and "The
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) be willing to pay $5 million for the material and hand over 4 percent of the box-office gross, 50 percent of the merchandising revenue and music-related material, and 70 percent of the income from book tie-ins. The letter also stated that "any actor submitted for the Grinch must be of comparable stature to Jack Nicholson, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman." Additionally, it was stipulated that the estate would not consider a director or writer who hadn't earned at least $1 million on a previous picture. 20th Century Fox pitched its version with director Tom Shadyac and producers Dave