Editing Fox in Socks (section)

== Writing and publication ==
''Fox in Socks'' was written by [[Theodor Seuss Geisel]], using his pen name Dr. Seuss.{{Sfn|Nel|2004|pp=3–4}} He wrote the book through most of 1964, also working on ''[[I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew]]'' at the same time.{{Sfn|Jones|2020|p=326}} Geisel met [[Audrey Dimond]] while he was working on ''Fox in Socks'', and she was the only one of the adults who could read the tongue twisters aloud.{{Sfn|Morgan|Morgan|1996|p=185}} He married Dimond in 1968.{{Sfn|Nel|2004|p=111}}

The main characters Geisel created for ''Fox in Socks'' are Mr. Knox and Mr. Fox, also called Mr. Socks Fox.{{Sfn|Lathem|2000|p=49}} Other named characters include Ben and Bim, Luke Luck, Slow Joe Crow, and Sue.{{Sfn|Lathem|2000|pp=10, 77, 114, 124}} They are accompanied by several animals, including chicks, a duck, pigs, a poodle,{{Sfn|Lathem|2000|p=25, 38, 96, 99}} and fictional animals Goo-Goose and tweetle beetles.{{Sfn|Lathem|2000|pp=55, 133}}

To test his editor [[Bennett Cerf]], Geisel added the inappropriate line "Moe blows Joe's nose, Joe blows Moe's nose" to his manuscript of ''Fox in Socks''. This followed a similar incident two years prior when he added the word "contraceptive" to his manuscript of ''[[Hop on Pop]]''.{{Sfn|Morgan|Morgan|1996|pp=178–179}} ''Fox in Socks'' was published by [[Random House]]{{Sfn|Morgan|Morgan|1996|p=187}} on January 12, 1965, as part of its [[Beginner Books]] series.{{Sfn|Penguin Random House}} Geisel dedicated the book to Audrey Dimond and Mitzi Long, describing them as members of the Mt. Soledad Lingual Laboratories despite no such place existing.{{Sfn|Morgan|Morgan|1996|p=187}}