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Dr. Seuss ABC: Flip the Flaps with the Cat in the Hat!
From Aunt Annie's Alligator to Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, this sturdy board book version of Dr. Seuss's ABC is now available in a bigger trim size. With Dr. Seuss as your guide, learning the alphabet is as fun and as funny as the feather on a Fiffer-feffer-feff!
- GenresChildrens
16 pages, Board book
Published January 1, 2005
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988 books18.4k followersAlso wrote as Theodore Seuss Geisel, see https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in 1927. He returned from Europe in 1927, and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both cartoons and humorous articles for them. Additionally, he was submitting cartoons to Life, Vanity Fair and Liberty. In some of his works, he'd made reference to an insecticide called Flit. These references gained notice, and led to a contract to draw comic ads for Flit. This association lasted 17 years, gained him national exposure, and coined the catchphrase "Quick, Henry, the Flit!"
In 1936 on the way to a vacation in Europe, listening to the rhythm of the ship's engines, he came up with And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, which was then promptly rejected by the first 43 publishers he showed it to. Eventually in 1937 a friend published the book for him, and it went on to at least moderate success.
During World War II, Geisel joined the army and was sent to Hollywood. Captain Geisel would write for Frank Capra's Signal Corps Unit (for which he won the Legion of Merit) and do documentaries (he won Oscar's for Hitler Lives and Design for Death). He also created a cartoon called Gerald McBoing-Boing which also won him an Oscar.
In May of 1954, Life published a report concerning illiteracy among school children. The report said, among other things, that children were having trouble to read because their books were boring. This inspired Geisel's publisher, and prompted him to send Geisel a list of 400 words he felt were important, asked him to cut the list to 250 words (the publishers idea of how many words at one time a first grader could absorb), and write a book. Nine months later, Geisel, using 220 of the words given to him published The Cat in the Hat , which went on to instant success.
In 1960 Bennett Cerf bet Geisel $50 that he couldn't write an entire book using only fifty words. The result was Green Eggs and Ham . Cerf never paid the $50 from the bet.
Helen Palmer Geisel died in 1967. Theodor Geisel married Audrey Stone Diamond in 1968. Theodor Seuss Geisel died 24 September 1991.
Also worked under the pen name: Theo Le Sieg
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in 1927. He returned from Europe in 1927, and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both cartoons and humorous articles for them. Additionally, he was submitting cartoons to Life, Vanity Fair and Liberty. In some of his works, he'd made reference to an insecticide called Flit. These references gained notice, and led to a contract to draw comic ads for Flit. This association lasted 17 years, gained him national exposure, and coined the catchphrase "Quick, Henry, the Flit!"
In 1936 on the way to a vacation in Europe, listening to the rhythm of the ship's engines, he came up with And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, which was then promptly rejected by the first 43 publishers he showed it to. Eventually in 1937 a friend published the book for him, and it went on to at least moderate success.
During World War II, Geisel joined the army and was sent to Hollywood. Captain Geisel would write for Frank Capra's Signal Corps Unit (for which he won the Legion of Merit) and do documentaries (he won Oscar's for Hitler Lives and Design for Death). He also created a cartoon called Gerald McBoing-Boing which also won him an Oscar.
In May of 1954, Life published a report concerning illiteracy among school children. The report said, among other things, that children were having trouble to read because their books were boring. This inspired Geisel's publisher, and prompted him to send Geisel a list of 400 words he felt were important, asked him to cut the list to 250 words (the publishers idea of how many words at one time a first grader could absorb), and write a book. Nine months later, Geisel, using 220 of the words given to him published The Cat in the Hat , which went on to instant success.
In 1960 Bennett Cerf bet Geisel $50 that he couldn't write an entire book using only fifty words. The result was Green Eggs and Ham . Cerf never paid the $50 from the bet.
Helen Palmer Geisel died in 1967. Theodor Geisel married Audrey Stone Diamond in 1968. Theodor Seuss Geisel died 24 September 1991.
Also worked under the pen name: Theo Le Sieg
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November 30, 20201. Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and three Academy Awards
2. Kindergarten
3. This book goes through the alphabet. Through each letter there are words that begin with that letter. Al the way from a to z. There is also repetition and rhyming in this book.
4. I like this book. I like the simplicity of the words and how its not just each letter, its has multiple examples of each letter.
5. I would use this book while the children in my classroom are learning the alphabet. Its a good book to start with for the alphabet because it is so engaging and interesting for students.
2. Kindergarten
3. This book goes through the alphabet. Through each letter there are words that begin with that letter. Al the way from a to z. There is also repetition and rhyming in this book.
4. I like this book. I like the simplicity of the words and how its not just each letter, its has multiple examples of each letter.
5. I would use this book while the children in my classroom are learning the alphabet. Its a good book to start with for the alphabet because it is so engaging and interesting for students.
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December 10, 20201. Pulitzer Prize; Academy Awards
2. Kindergarten
3. This books is a great book for children to go through with their ABC's.
4. This book is interesting and will keep readers paying attention while also learning their ABC's.
5. This book can be used to teach the students their ABC's and it also has rhyming in it as well.
2. Kindergarten
3. This books is a great book for children to go through with their ABC's.
4. This book is interesting and will keep readers paying attention while also learning their ABC's.
5. This book can be used to teach the students their ABC's and it also has rhyming in it as well.
February 25, 2020
I read this book to a kindergartener that is still learning the alphabet and the sounds. He enjoyed looking at the pictures which made it easier for him to think of words that started with that letter.
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December 13, 2020Awards:
Grade level: Pre-K - K
Summary: Dr. Seuss' take on the alphabet featuring the Cat in the Hat.
Review: This book has illustrations and involves a familiar character making it a fun way to learn the alphabet
Class uses:
-Teaching the alphabet
-Teaching Dr. Seuss books
Grade level: Pre-K - K
Summary: Dr. Seuss' take on the alphabet featuring the Cat in the Hat.
Review: This book has illustrations and involves a familiar character making it a fun way to learn the alphabet
Class uses:
-Teaching the alphabet
-Teaching Dr. Seuss books
April 2, 2022
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December 7, 2021
I like that this ABC book makes the ABC learning fun. I think that this would be good to read for low elementary school grades and there could be fun assignments to do with it as well
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January 25, 2018I picked up this book,
Fuck it, why not? Here we go...!
Oops just read it twice.
Fuck it, why not? Here we go...!
Oops just read it twice.
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