

Seuss, points out that Bartholomew shares a name with one of the apostles of Jesus. Short (1932–2009), in his book The Parables of Dr. T., has a main character named Bartholomew Collins who is based on Cubbins, and, like his namesake, is a young boy who is wiser than the adults around him. Seuss's only film, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. Besides the three printed stories about him-and the stage adaptations of both books-Bartholomew Cubbins also appears as a character in the TV show The Wubbulous World of Dr.

Cubbins also appears in "King Grimalken and the Wishbones", the first of Seuss's so-called "lost stories" that were only published in magazines. Seuss: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938) and Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949). Bartholomew Cubbins is a fictional page and the hero of two children's books by Dr.
