Kohl's Cares for Kids is a merchandise program created by the brand Kohl's as a way to raise money for children's hospitals. The company has featured a series of Dr. Seuss plushes and some collector books over the years. 49 total plushes (including new versions and excluding re-releases) have been released over a span of 17 years, starting in 2003 with the release of tie-in plushes for the live action Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat and the most recent Seuss plush having been released in the 2021 Holiday collection.
2003[]
The first Dr. Seuss plushes made by Kohl's Cares were released in 2003 as movie merchandise for Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat. There are five plushes in total, including The Cat in the Hat (2003 version), Nevins, Carlos K. Krinklebine, and Thing One and Thing Two.
2005[]
Kohl's Cares relased six Dr. Seuss plushes in 2005 along with their respective collector's edition books: The Lorax (character) with The Lorax (book), The Foot Guy with The Foot Book, a bird with a green shirt from Oh, the Thinks you can Think! with the respective book, a whale from If I Ran the Circus with its respective book, the dog from the cover of Go, Dog. Go! with its respective book, and the dog from Are You My Mother? with its respective book.
Note: It is unknown if the Go, Dog. Go! and Are You My Mother? books were collector's edition.
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Note: The bird with the green shirt is often mislabeled as a Sneetch by resellers.
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2007[]
Kohl's Cares relased five Dr. Seuss plushes in 2007 along with their respective collector's edition books: The Grinch and Max with How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Big Fish with One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Sam I Am with Green Eggs and Ham, and a Sneetch (it is unknown if it came with a book).
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2008[]
Kohl's Cares relased four Dr. Seuss plushes in 2008 along with their respective collector's edition books: Pop the Bear with Hop on Pop, Fox in Socks (character) with Fox in Socks (book), Yertle the Turtle, with Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, and Horton the Elephant with Horton Hatches the Egg.
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2009[]
Kohl's cares released five Dr. Seuss plushes in 2009 along with their respective collector's edition books: The Cat in the Hat with I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!, Spot from Put Me in the Zoo with its respective book, the orange bull from the cover of Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? and its respective book, and the giraffe from And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street with its respective book, and the animal from the cover of If I Ran the Zoo with the respective book.
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2010[]
Kohl's Cares relased four Dr. Seuss plushes in 2010 along with their respective collector's edition books: new versions of The Grinch and Max with 2005's How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Hooey the Parrot from Oh Say Can You Say?, and a Yot from There's a Wocket in my Pocket!
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Note: It is unclear as to why Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (book) is pictured underneath Max in the promotional image.
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2013[]
Kohl's Cares released five Dr. Seuss plushes in 2013 along with their respective collector's edition books: Albert the Alligator and Rupert the Rhino with Dr. Seuss's ABC, a new version of The Cat in the Hat (character) with The Cat in the Hat (book), one of the creatures on the cover of Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book with its respective book, and a new version of Horton the Elephant with Horton Hears a Who.
Note: Rupert was sold as an online exclusive
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2014[]
Kohl's cares released six Dr. Seuss plushes in 2014 along with their respective books: Ted and Fred with Big Dog...Little Dog, a new version of Spot from the cover of Put Me in the Zoo with its respective book, the monkey from the cover of Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb with its respective book, the purple elephant from the cover of The Nose Book with its respective book, and a dog from Go, Dog. Go! with its respective book.
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Note: Pictures of the books are very scarce for this collection. I could only find this one
2017[]
Kohl's Cares released five Dr. Seuss plushes in 2017 along with their respective books: Marvin K. Mooney with Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!, Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (character) with Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (book), a new version of a Sneetch with The Sneetches and Other Stories, A rerelease of 2013's The Cat in the Hat (character) with The Cat in the Hat (book) which included both English and Spanish translations, and a new version of the giraffe from And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street with its respective book.
Plushes[]
Note: The Happy Little Rabbit plush, respective book and Color with Mom book pictured in the promotional image are not affiliated with the Dr. Seuss brand.
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2019[]
Kohl's Cares released one Dr. Seuss plush in 2019 as a part of its holiday collection with its respective book in miniature form: a new version of The Grinch with How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (book).
2020[]
Kohl's Cares released six Dr. Seuss plushes in 2020 along with their respective books: an updated version of Fox in Socks (Character) with Fox in Socks (book), a new version of Horton the Elephant with Horton Hears a Who!, a new version of the orange bull on the cover of Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? with its respective book, a rerelease of 2013's The Cat in the Hat (character) with The Cat in the Hat (book), a new version of The Lorax (character) with The Lorax (book), and Red Fish with One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.
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2021[]
Kohl's Cares released one Dr. Seuss plush in 2021 as a part of its holiday collection with its respective book in miniature form: a re-release of The Grinch with How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (book).
Author's Note[]
I have been actively collecting these plushes for about a year and a half. Virtually all of what is in this article comes from my own research and experience as a collector (plus the kind soul who created this article in 2008 and filled out the info for that year and 2007). I hope to update this article with new releases and to find the years for the unknown plushes. Thanks for reading :) -3rdwzzzrd Update: All of the plushes' years of release have been found! Thank you to u/SabrielOrion on reddit for finding the years of the last three for me. Wil be updating this wiki with more releases! -3rdwzzzrd
Update: Proud to say that as of 4/26/2025 I have officially completed my collection! I just finished ordering the last two plushes I needed off of eBay. I will post a picture of my finished collection to the community tab once they arrive. Much love <3 -3rdwzzzrd