The Cat in the Hat (Dr Seuss Green Back Books)

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
He may be an old standby, but he never lets us down. When in doubt, turn to the story of the cat that transformed a dull, rainy afternoon into a magical and just-messy-enough adventure. There's another (hidden) adventure, too: this book really will help children learn to read. With his simple and often single vowel vocabulary, the good Doctor knew what he was doing: hear it, learn it, read it--laughing all the way. IThe Cat in the Hat/I is a must for any child's library. I--Susan Harrison/I

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Amazon.co.uk Review
He may be an old standby, but he never lets us down. When in doubt, turn to the story of the cat that transformed a dull, rainy afternoon into a magical and just-messy-enough adventure. There's another, hidden adventure, too: this book really will help children learn to read. With his simple and often single-vowel vocabulary, the good Doctor knew what he was doing: hear it, learn it, read it--laughing all the way. IThe Cat in The Hat/I is a must for any child's library.

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-02-02 rating:
As good as I remember!
I bought this for a seven year old girl for Christmas because I LOVED it as a child. Well so does she. It is the first book she has read from cover to cover without putting it down, she has read it to anyone who will sit and listen to her. A super book which encourages reading. BE WARNED this book may start a lifelong love affair with the written word...

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review by: Twenty20 date: 2008-12-18 rating:
Very popular
What can I say, our kid loves this! It's a lot of the 'characters' from the other books but with flaps. We had to buy a second copy of this because the first one got too much use! There's no story, or verse as in the books but it does help with the alphabet and numbers. If your kid likes lots of flaps and Dr Zeus then go for it!

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review by: Mej_da_reviewer date: 2008-03-01 rating:
brill book
Dr. Seuss has done it again. He has written a lovely rhyme, which has been made into a movie which was really good, and he left me astounded. Remember: This book is based on the movie not the real rhyme by Dr. Seuss (I think)! Please check out all the other reviews I have written of other Dr. Seuss's books (the list is at the bottom) and please, please, please comment one! br / br /Let's get back to the book; it starts at the Walden household when it was a total uproar. It finishes in the Walden household after, the Cat in the Hat, the hero, finishes cleaning the whole place up and driving away! br / br /This book is one of my favourites and I would rate it 9/ 10; I would recommend it to anyone who watched the movie but forgot about it and wanted to tell somebody else who hadn't watched the movie all about it. I would also recommend it to anybody who's a great Dr. Seuss fan, especially the young ones (around 5 - 7) br / br /List of reviews on Dr. Seuss books: br /How the Grinch Stole Christmas br /Fox in Socks br /And this one (the Cat in the Hat)

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review by: Annathens date: 2007-05-29 rating:
What? You haven't bought it yet?
Don't waste time reading reviews in your wonderous pursuit of a convincing pitchline. You don't need a pitch to buy anything written by Dr. Seuss. br / br /In his invincible style of ending stories with a question, this book does nothing but helping me to very diplomatically persuade my children to do and say the right thing. "So, what would you do if your mother asked you?" has the most astonishing effect on my three under-7 children. Their inner monsters are wiped away, their curious eyes are looking at me with a guilty smile shyly tucked somewhere around the nostrils and I always get a COLLECTIVE hug after reading it to them. Add this book and all the others written by Dr. Seuss to your library and never get bored when reading to them. br / br /Yes, and don't forget, before resorting to philosophical analyses of Dr. Seuss's verse (just so you feel like the adult you are), don't shy away from just having fun (because fun is so fun, when you know how it's done).


review by: FrKurt Messick date: 2006-04-28 rating:
A word just absurd
I could not not review this book br /I could not let it be forsook br /for on this day was Geisel born br /that we should not be so forlorn br / br /What would I do without the cat? br /Where would I be without the hat? br /I do not know, I can not say br /I wouldn't want to see that day br / br /For in this book, so short and sweet br /is such, for all, a great big treat br /The cat of mischief, cat of wise br /Cat with gleaming knowing eyes br / br /And of the hat! br /What's up with that? br /Where did those stripes come from? br /Yes I know br / br /Poor grammar, oh, br /I'm really not that dum! br / br /I would the world would know the cat br /I hope the world will wear the hat br /Can such a book be left alone? br /Can such a tale be overblown? br / br /I thinkest not, I thought antiquely br /For this is writing most uniquely br /And such will never come again br /To grace the page with such a pen br / br /To give us such unbridled joy br /To please and, yes, and to annoy br /But in the end to satisfy br /With merriment and laughing sigh br / br /For on this day we give our thanks br /For treasure that is not in banks br /But on the printed page before us br /Thank you, oh dear Dr. Seuss! br / br /------------------------ br / br /I wrote this in honour of Theodor Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, on the anniversary of his birthday. Using a vocabulary of a mere 223 words, 'The Cat in the Hat' has become a standard children's classic throughout the English-speaking world. I remember as a child delighting at the discovery of rhyming words and what fun they could be, and when coupled with the imaginative drawings and simple yet engaging plot lines, Dr. Seuss became my favourite almost instantly. br / br /The plot of 'The Cat in the Hat' is simple yet meaningful. A cat, a perfect creature for exhibiting independence and mischief, is befriended by children who express delight, astonishment, and occasional disapproval of their be-hatted feline. Children learn behaviour in a humourous and touching way by relating to the children. br / br /However, all of Seussian literature was almost not to be. Geisel had literally dozens of rejections for his early works, from publishers who doubted the appeal or the marketability. Fortunately for us, Geisel continued to pursue both writing and publication, which he continued up to the time of his death in 1991. He still had a book on the bestseller list at that time. br / br /Long Live Dr. Seuss! br / br /

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