BIRTHDAY OF A CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR

 

The Cat in the Hat is a 1957 children’s book written and illustrated
by the American author Theodore Geisel, using the
pen name Dr.
Seuss
.

The book was met with immediate critical and commercial success.

Reviewers praised it as an exciting alternative to traditional primers.

Three years after its debut, the book had already sold over a million
copies, and in 2001, Publishers Weekly listed the book at number

nine on its list of best-selling children’s books of all time. It was
adapted into a 1971 animated television special and a 2003 live-
action film
.

 


Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel
(March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991)

 

The Cat in the Hat - Seussville

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