Hershey added: "Why should [school primers] not have pictures that widen rather than narrow the associative richness the children give to the words they illustrate — drawings like those of the wonderfully imaginative geniuses among children's illustrators, Tenniel, Howard Pyle, 'Dr. Seuss,' Walt Disney?" The Cat in the Hat announces candidacy for president | Boston.com". www.boston.com . Retrieved 2019-12-20. Big Friendly Giant) The kind-hearted giant from Roald Dahl's book is also a popular choice for World Book Day. A giant suit, with a peaked cap and a trumpet, is all it takes to become the BFG. Willy Wonka Adapt a PE or sports kit, or their school uniform - think Football Academy for sports kit, Harry Potter and St Trinian's for the uniform. MY FRIEND SWEARS THE THINGS RYAN SAYS IN THESE GIFS ARE EITHER CUTE OR HOT. PHILLIPE FROM CRUEL INTENTIONS IS HOT

After three years in print, The Cat in the Hat had sold nearly one million copies. By then, the book had been translated into French, Chinese, Swedish, and Braille. [21] In 2001, Publishers Weekly placed it at number nine on its list of the best-selling children's books of all time. [23] As of 2007, more than 10 million copies of The Cat in the Hat have been printed, and it has been translated into more than 12 different languages, including Latin, under the title Cattus Petasatus. [24] [25] In 2007, on the occasion of the book's fiftieth anniversary, Random House released The Annotated Cat: Under the Hats of Seuss and His Cats, which includes both The Cat in the Hat and its sequel, with annotations and an introduction by Philip Nel. [19] Reception [ edit ] Geisel in 1957, holding a copy of The Cat in the Hat If you're after more book-smart ideas on how to make easy World Book Day costumes, we've got you covered! Here are just some of our vital tips for making easy and affordable costumes for World Book Day:

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Fensch, Thomas (2001). The Man Who Was Dr. Seuss. Woodlands: New Century Books. ISBN 0-930751-11-6. This article caught the attention of William Spaulding, who had met Geisel during the war and who was then the director of Houghton Mifflin's education division. [5] Spaulding had also read the best-selling 1955 book Why Johnny Can't Read by Rudolf Flesch. [6] Flesch, like Hersey, criticized primers as boring but also criticized them for teaching reading through word recognition rather than phonics. [7] In 1955, Spaulding invited Geisel to dinner in Boston where he proposed that Geisel create a book "for six- and seven-year-olds who had already mastered the basic mechanics of reading". [5] He reportedly challenged, "Write me a story that first-graders can't put down!" [5] O'Brien, Anne (2 March 2011). "An Educational Innovation: The Cat in the Hat". Learning First Alliance. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013 . Retrieved 8 November 2013.

Fensch, Thomas, ed. (April 14, 1986). " 'Somebody's Got to Win' in Kids' Books: An Interview with Dr. Seuss on His Books for Children, Young and Old". Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss: Essays on the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel. McFarland & Company. pp.125–127. ISBN 0-7864-0388-8. Dr. Seuss; Jennifer Morrish Tunberg; Terence Tunberg (2000). Cattus petasatus: The cat in the hat in Latin (in Latin). Bolchazy-Carducci. p.75. ISBN 9780865164710 . Retrieved 29 November 2013.The ensuing freedom proves too much for them, though. They turn against the Cat, and finally they capture and cage Things One and Two. Meanwhile the Cat in the Hat literally becomes the machine: But just in case, my personal clear message is: Kids! Stay in school, don’t do drugs and don’t let strangers in your houses (much less if you’re alone!) and don’t get up in their cars neither! (I can’t get more clear than that! Geez!)