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Cat in the Hat Turned 50

March 5, 2007

Updated: March 5, 2007

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On March 1, Dr. Seuss’ beloved classic The Cat in the Hat celebrated its 50th Birthday. Over 10.5 million copies have sold. Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, wrote the book in response to a challenge from Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Hersey. Ted credited his mother, Henietta Seuss Geisel, with both his ability and desire to create the rhymes for which he became so well known. Geisel wrote Cat in the Hat, using only 236 words selected from then common vocabulary word lists for beginning readers. Random House published the book in 1957. Congratulations to everyone who participated in making this simple, effective story available to so many of us. We wish you well in distributing this book to more readers of all ages. And, thanks for all those warm and wonderful smiles. They help keep life in perspective.

Robert Heiny http://www.robertheiny.com

Robert W. Heiny, Ph.D. is a retired professor, social scientist, and business partner with previous academic appointments as a public school classroom teacher, senior faculty, or senior research member, and administrator. Appointments included at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Peabody College and the Kennedy Center now of Vanderbilt University; and Brandeis University. Dr. Heiny also served as Director of the Montana Center on Disabilities. His peer reviewed contributions to education include publication in The Encyclopedia of Education (1971), and in professional journals and conferences. He served s an expert reviewer of proposals to USOE, and on a team that wrote plans for 12 state-wide and multistate special education and preschools programs. He currently writes user guides for educators and learners as well as columns for TuxReports.com.

Cat in the Hat Turned 50

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