The Cat in the Hat

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Product Details

Author : Dr Seuss
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780717260591
Number of Pages : 72
Product Group : Book
Publication Date : 1957-03-12
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Reading Level : Ages 4-8
Release Date : 1957-03-12
UPC : 400307299532

ASIN : 039480001X

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Editorial Reviews

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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. The Cat in the Hat is a must for any child's library.

Customer Reviews

Cats are Rascals (2007-01-11)

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss is filled with excitement. In this book, there is never a dull moment. It also has great illustrations. The Cat in the Hat is one of the best children's books I have ever read. If you liked The Cat in the Hat, you will love the sequel to it, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, also written by Dr. Seuss. I also highly recommend a series of books titled Cats are Rascals. If you have never read this book, you must go out and buy this book. Once you have read this book, you will immediately fall in love with it.

Satanic Undertones! Buyer beware! (2004-06-02)

I cannot believe that there are still parents out there who havent figured out the simple underlying theme to this book! Clearly the "cat in the hat" represents a satanic creature or symbol, whose sole purpose is the corruption and temptation of the children. He is DEMONIZING them! The fish represents reason and sensibility (God), and the author has made the cat satan... so look at this: Cats EAT fish! (...)Suess has basically said in his story that Satan will eventually devour all that is good and will corrupt all of his children while he watches helplessly from his glass prison. Parents BEWARE!

The Cat in the Hat (2004-05-30)

A book from my childhood - who could forget - it is Dr. Seuss, gang - you will love it I bet!

Cat in the Hat - a hard-hitting novel of prose and poetry (2004-05-07)

"The Cat in the Hat" is a hard-hitting novel of prose and poetry in which the author re-examines the dynamic rhyming schemes and bold imagery of some of his earlier works, most notably "Green Eggs and Ham", "If I Ran the Zoo", and "Why Can't I Shower With Mommy?" In this novel, Theodore Geisel, writing under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, pays homage to the great Dr. Sigmund Freud in a nightmarish fantasy of a renegade feline helping two young children understand their own frustrated sexuality.

The story opens with two youngsters, a brother and a sister, abandoned by their mother, staring mournfully through the window of their single-family dwelling. In the foreground, a large tree/phallic symbol dances wildly in the wind, taunting the children and encouraging them to succumb to the sexual yearnings they undoubtedly feel for each other.

Even to the most unlearned reader, the blatant references to the incestuous relationship the two share set the tone for Seuss's probing examination of the satisfaction of primitive needs. The Cat proceeds to charm the wary youths into engaging in what he so innocently refers to as "tricks." At this point, the fish, an obvious Christ figure who represents the prevailing Christian morality, attempts to warn the children, and thus, in effect, warns all of humanity of the dangers associated with the unleashing of the primal urges. In response to this, the cat proceeds to balance the aquatic naysayer on the end of his umbrella, essentially saying, "Down with morality; down with God!"

After pooh-poohing the righteous rantings of the waterlogged Christ figure, the Cat begins to juggle several icons of Western culture, most notably two books, representing the Old and New Testaments, and a saucer of lacteal fluid, an ironic reference to maternal loss the two children experienced when their mother abandoned them "for the afternoon." Our heroic Id adds to this bold gesture a rake and a toy man, and thus completes the Oedipal triangle.

Later in the novel, Seuss introduces the proverbial Pandora's box, a large red crate out of which the Id releases Thing One, or Freud's concept of Ego, the division of the psyche that serves as the conscious mediator between the person and reality, and Thing Two, the Superego, which functions to reward and punish through a system of moral attitudes, conscience, and guilt. Referring to this box, the Cat says, "Now look at this trick. Take a look!" In this, Dr. Seuss uses the children as a brilliant metaphor for the reader, and asks the reader to re-examine his own inner self.

The children, unable to control the Id, Ego, and Superego, allow these creatures to run free and mess up the house, or more symbolically, control their lives. This rampage continues until the fish, or Christ symbol, warns that the mother is returning to reinstate the Oedipal triangle that existed before her abandonment of the children. At this point, Seuss introduces a many-armed cleaning device which represents the psychoanalytic couch, which proceeds to put the two youngsters' lives back in order.

With powerful simplicity, clarity, and drama, Seuss reduces Freud's concepts on the dynamics of the human psyche to an easily understood gesture. Mr. Seuss's poetry and choice of words is equally impressive and serves as a splendid counterpart to his bold symbolism. In all, his writing style is quick and fluid, making "The Cat in the Hat" impossible to put down. While this novel is 61 pages in length, and one can read it in five minutes or less, it is not until after multiple readings that the genius of this modern day master becomes apparent.

Book is great, film is doomed... (2004-03-17)

If you haven't read tCitH, buy the book right now. Buy/read all Dr Seuss books, today, and mercilessly indoctrinate your offspring. Or, you could doom them to never having a sense of humour; they're your offspring, so it's your choice...

Yeah, we've seen the Grinch, which was really a good interpretion. (for my money, Jim Carey will osmote into Jack Nicholson, history repeats.)

But Mike Myers is overstretching himself this time. He's just not cool enough to be the Cat. Carey probably could've been, Myers will fail. Even in the preview mpgs, it just sucks. Pretend the movie doesn't exist, it's ugly and nasty, read the books, watch the cartoon... Myers has got it bottom-backwards; the cat's careless irresponsibility is the core of the character, dictating "right-minded correct behaviour" is just dumb. Kids got brains...

Ah, jeez, it's so depressing. The Cat is an iconic figure, and Myers is gonna destroy him, 'cos he's run out of ideas. (Wayne, Austin P, worn out..) It'll be like the the Batman films, which were all garbage, betraying the Batman concept, (c.f. the Superman films, which really portrayed Supes, "the blue booby". Bats is much darker, and smarter than the films, etc..)

So don't go see the Cat in the hat film, until you've read the books. After the film, you'll want to read all the other books, and won't go to see Cat in the Hat II; more inane japes.

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