How did Dr. Seuss come to write The Cat in the Hat?
How long did it take him to write The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the... read full description
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Jan 29, 2008
Robert
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Philip Nel, The Annotated Cat: Under the Hats of Seuss and His Cats (Random House, 2007)
There are two different ways people will react to this book. It seems possible to me that you may be able to use it as an acid test for whether you want to keep your friends around.
The first type of person will flip through the book (or, if the word “annotated” is familiar, won't even need to do that) and then proclaim that such a book would destroy his or her enjoyment of The Cat in t More...
There are two different ways people will react to this book. It seems possible to me that you may be able to use it as an acid test for whether you want to keep your friends around.
The first type of person will flip through the book (or, if the word “annotated” is familiar, won't even need to do that) and then proclaim that such a book would destroy his or her enjoyment of The Cat in t More...
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Oct 26, 2007
David
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Although annotator Phlilip Nel doesn't quite have the rich vein of material in The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the Hat Comes Back that Martin Gardner did when he annotated Lewis Carroll's Alice books, still, he illuminates. Each two-page spread of Nel's book reproduces two pages of Dr. Seuss on the right page, while the left page comprises annotations and illustrations. We see Seuss reworking his material from colored pencil sketch and typescript to finished product. Nel indicates where the
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May 06, 2008
Lisa
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I like the idea of this book, mostly because I think too many people view children's books as dismissable and 'unliterary'.
However, I think that this book was entirely too repetitive; some times the same information (Suess's work on "Flit" comes to mind) was cited within two pages in the exact same context.
Also, a lot of the annotations referred to the Cat in the Hat TV special, comparing it with the book and providing a summation of the events there in. I was More...
However, I think that this book was entirely too repetitive; some times the same information (Suess's work on "Flit" comes to mind) was cited within two pages in the exact same context.
Also, a lot of the annotations referred to the Cat in the Hat TV special, comparing it with the book and providing a summation of the events there in. I was More...
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Mar 24, 2010
Laura
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Wow wow wow! So much I didn't know here. Sometimes it's a bit much, and sometimes the connection to the text is pretty goofy, but lots of cool stuff. Like this list of things Dr. Seuss thought were funny to children: "sounds, surprise, grotesque/incongruous, falling down (the mighty falling), absurdity, horseplay." The Mighty Falling! That's my band name, right there. Delightful.
Jun 22, 2008
Raelene
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This is incredible! Who knew there was so much to a seemingly simple story about a mischevious cat? Seuss is, quite frankly, genius and this annotated version is both a fascinating look at how we've been teaching children to read and a stunningly accurate picture of 1950s-1960s life and times.
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