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! (TV special) narrator. The Grinch (voiced by Boris Karloff) is the film's main character. He lives in a cave atop Mt. Crumpit, located above the village of Whoville. The Grinch is a surly character with a heart "two sizes too small" who has especially hated Christmas for 53 years. On Christmas Eve, he finally becomes fed up with seeing the decorations and hearing all the music and caroling in the village and wishes he could stop Christmas Day from coming to Whoville. When he sees his dog, Max, with snow all over his face in the shape of a hat and beard,