STUDY GUIDE FOR THE CAT IN THE HAT BY DR. SEUSS

• THEODOR S. GEISEL
• POLITICAL CARTOONIST
• CHILDREN'S BOOKS CAME LATER IN CAREER
  
• NAME SEUSS CAME IN 1925 WHEN HE SIGNED A CARTOON
• NOT ALL CHILDREN'S BOOKS PUBLISHED UNDER THE NAME SEUSS
• 1955-DART MOTH GAVE GEISEL AN HONORARY PHD
• HAD 16 OUT OF 100 ALL TIME BEST SELLING HARD COVER BOOKS
• THE CAT IN THE HAT
• GEISEL WAS CHALLENGED TO WRITE A BOOK FOR 1ST GRADERS THAT THEY COULDN'T PUT DOWN; HAD A WORD LIST OF 225 WORDS
• PART OF THE BEGINNER BOOKS SERIES
• EASY READER GENRE
• POETRY
  
• EASY TO LEARN
• SUBVERSION OF AUTHORITY
• FISH- THE VOICE OF AUTHORITY
• EVERY RULE OF THE HOUSE WAS BROKEN
• CAT IS A TRICKSTER FIGURE
• LET HIMSELF INSIDE THE HOUSE
• CONS KIDS INTO LETTING HIM STAY
• CONS KIDS INTO BRAKING EVERY RULE IN THE HOUSE