Top Fun With Dr Seuss (The Cat in the Hat - Dr Seuss)

Member Name: Daisy

Product:	The Cat in the Hat - Dr Seuss
Date:	02/07/01 (72 review reads)
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Advantages: Great fun, Easy to read

Disadvantages: none

My two children are both keen readers but until recently we had not encountered the Dr Seuss books. For some reason I had the impression that they were too 'Americanised' and had bypassed them on the bookshelves in favour of others.

However, when we went on holiday recently and I told my 4 year old he could choose any book in the shop I was a little disheartened when he insisited on having Cat In The Hat. On the aeroplane we read the book 4 or 5 times and fell in love with it. The book is written in rhyme form and it is very easy to read. The whole thing is somewhat nonsensical but hilarious. It is great for kids imagination but has no scary parts.

Basically the storyline follows 2 children (from the drawings they are aged about 4 or 5) who have been left alone at home (!). They let this strange cat in a hat into their house and allsorts of missadventures follow. The children start to worry about what will happen when their mother gets home but of course the cat fixes that problem as well.

There is of course a moral to the story (other than don't leave your children at home alone obviously!) and it makes the children think. My son seems to think of a new question to ask each time we pick the book up. The excellent style of writing makes it a pleasure to read, and very easy for children to read themselves. If you have children or neices/ nephews etc and haven't tried Dr Seuss I can heartily recommend it. Also if your kids fall asleep while you're reading it to them at bedtime I'm sure you'll finish it off yourself

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