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The Cat in the Hat
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This article is about the book written by Dr. Seuss. For other uses, see The Cat in the Hat (disambiguation).
The Cat in the Hat
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Book cover
Author Dr. Seuss
Country United States
Language English
Genre Children's literature
Publisher Random House, Houghton Mifflin
Publication date March 12, 1957
Pages 61
ISBN 978-0-7172-6059-1
OCLC 304833
Preceded by If I Ran the Circus
Followed by How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (plot wise)
The Cat in the Hat is a 1957 children's book written and illustrated by the American author Theodor Geisel, using the pen name Dr. Seuss. The story centers on a tall anthropomorphic cat who wears a red and white-striped top hat and a red bow tie. The Cat shows up at the house of Sally and her brother one rainy day when their mother is away. Despite the repeated objections of the children's fish, the Cat shows the children a few of his tricks in an attempt to entertain them. In the process, he and his companions, Thing One and Thing Two, wreck the house. As the children and the fish become more alarmed, the Cat produces a machine that he uses to clean everything up and disappears just before the children's mother comes home.

Geisel created the book in response to a debate in the United States about literacy in early childhood and the ineffectiveness of traditional primers such as those featuring Dick and Jane. Geisel was asked to write a more entertaining primer by William Spaulding, whom he had met during World War II and who was then director of the education division at Houghton Mifflin. However, because Geisel was already under contract with Random House, the two publishers agreed to a deal: Houghton Mifflin published the education edition, which was sold to schools, and Random House published the trade edition, which was sold in bookstores

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