The Grinch is headed back to Who-ville.
A sequel to Dr. Seuss’ beloved children’s book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is coming this summer, the Associated Press reports. Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Random House Children’s Books announced the sequel, titled Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Lost Christmas!, on Thursday.
The original Grinch book was published in 1957 by Random House. The story of a mean, green, present-stealing machine who learns the meaning of the holiday after trying to ruin it, remains one of Seuss’ most beloved titles, along with its 1966 television adaptation.
Author Alastair Heim (No Peeking at Presents) and illustrator Aristides Ruiz are creating the new book, which takes place a year after the first one and follows the Grinch’s quest to build an impressive Christmas tree in an effort to prove to Who-ville residents that he’s changed.
Random House describes the new volume as a “heartwarming sequel” that features “a foil-enhanced jacket and full-color illustrations rendered in the iconic style of the original.”
“All throughout writing the story, I couldn’t fully believe that I was actually getting to play in the amazing creative sandbox Dr. Seuss created all those decades ago,” Heim told the AP.
How the Grinch Lost Christmas! is slated for publication on Sept. 5.
Michael Schaub, a journalist and regular contributor to NPR, lives near Austin, Texas.
