The Cat in the Hat: Book & CD

by Dr. Seuss

Overview

Pulitzer Prize-winning Dr. Seuss’s classic Beginner Book is now part of a book and audio CD package, with word-for-word storytelling by Kelsey Grammer.
 
Join the Cat in the Hat as he makes learning to read a joy. It’s a rainy day and Dick and Sally can’t find anything to do . . . until the Cat in the Hat unexpectedly appears and turns their dreary afternoon into a fun-filled extravaganza! This beloved book, which also features timeless characters such as Fish and Thing 1 and Thing 2, is fun to read aloud and easy to read alone. It’s a fixture in home and school libraries and a favorite among parents, children, teachers, and librarians. Highly collectible, it's a purr-fect gift for Seuss fans of all ages!

Originally created by Dr. Seuss, Beginner Books encourage children to read all by themselves, with simple words and illustrations that give clues to their meanings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780375834929
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	05/24/2005
Series:	I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books Series
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	281,461
Product dimensions:	7.31(w) x 13.88(h) x 0.27(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL—aka Dr. Seuss—is one of the most beloved children’s book authors of all time. From The Cat in the Hat to Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, his iconic characters, stories, and art style have been a lasting influence on generations of children and adults. The books he wrote and illustrated under the name Dr. Seuss (and others that he wrote but did not illustrate, including some under the pseudonyms Theo. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone) have been translated into thirty languages. Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. Dr. Seuss’s long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors for McElligot’s Pool, If I Ran the Zoo, and Bartholomew and the Oobleck, the Pulitzer Prize, and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his original stories have won three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys, and a Peabody.

Date of Birth:

March 2, 1904

Date of Death:

September 4, 1991

Place of Birth:

Springfield, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

La Jolla, California

Education:

B.A., Dartmouth College, 1925; Oxford University (no degree)