In the first book featuring the character (The Cat in the Hat, 1957), the Cat brings a cheerful, exotic and exuberant form of chaos to a household of two young children one rainy day while their mother is out. Bringing with him two creatures appropriately named Thing One and Thing Two, the Cat performs all sorts of wacky tricks to amuse the children, with mixed results. The Cat's antics are vainly opposed by the family pet, who is a sentient and articulate goldfish. The children (Sally and her older brother, who serves as the narrator) ultimately prove exemplary latchkey children, capturing the Things and bringing the Cat under control. He cleans up the house on his way out, disappearing seconds before the mother arrives.
The book has been popular since its publication, and a logo featuring the Cat adorns all Dr. Seuss publications and animated films produced after Cat in the Hat.
Seuss wrote the book because he felt that there should be more entertaining and fun material for beginning readers. From a literary point of view, the book is a feat of skill, since it simultaneously maintains a strict triple meter, keeps to a tiny vocabulary, and tells an entertaining tale. Literary critics occasionally write recreational essays about the work, having fun with issues such as the absence of the mother and the psychological or symbolic characterizations of Cat, Things, and Fish. This book is written in a style common to Dr. Seuss, anapestic tetrameter (see Dr. Seuss's meters).
The Cat in the Hat has also been translated into Latin with the title Cattus Petasatus and into Yiddish with the title "di Kats der Payats".
The story is 1626 words in length and uses a vocabulary of only 236 unique words, of which 54 occur exactly once and 33 twice. Only a single word – another – has three syllables, while 14 have two and the remaining 221 are monosyllabic. The longest words are something and playthings.
The Cat in the Hat has gone on to sell 7.2 million copies in the United States alone (up to 2000), making it the 9th best-selling hardcover children's book of all time.
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0 有用 MackAFish 2020-10-13 09:37:12
过去一个月的睡前故事,今天小辣椒强烈要求自己翻书读给妈妈听,什么“妈妈么咯?(妈妈不在家)喵喵(摸头,指戴帽子的猫)啊噗啊噗啊噗(手指天花板,说的是up up up,指戴帽子的猫举着东西爬高高),鱼no no no,no喵喵(鱼不要爬高高,要喵喵走),all bump!all down!(东西都摔下来啦)啊呀呀呀(嫌弃脸)!”讲得手舞足蹈绘声绘色。到后半部分有一页,字多画少,她有点发懵,谁知她稍稍... 过去一个月的睡前故事,今天小辣椒强烈要求自己翻书读给妈妈听,什么“妈妈么咯?(妈妈不在家)喵喵(摸头,指戴帽子的猫)啊噗啊噗啊噗(手指天花板,说的是up up up,指戴帽子的猫举着东西爬高高),鱼no no no,no喵喵(鱼不要爬高高,要喵喵走),all bump!all down!(东西都摔下来啦)啊呀呀呀(嫌弃脸)!”讲得手舞足蹈绘声绘色。到后半部分有一页,字多画少,她有点发懵,谁知她稍稍停顿一下,就很自得地把书举到嘴边,吧唧亲了一口,若无其事地翻到下一页继续讲了起来。这么看来,相比于她的记忆里和表达能力,最让我震惊的大概是她做presentation时候临场发挥的能力了 (展开)
0 有用 阿赳 2018-09-19 18:59:04
好佩服Dr.Seuss的想象力啊!某种程度上,我认为时光是我们脱下的却再也穿不下来的衣服,想象力专属于孩童时代。而例外是,写童书的大人们拥有在时间之间穿梭的能力,不会忘记自己曾经是个孩子,也将永远都是个孩子,所以像纯粹、天真和想象力这样的美好品质不会随着衰老磨去。 但愿每一只豺狼都像夏加尔那样,但愿每一个大人都像孩子痴迷银色星球那样。just kids
0 有用 付豪 2020-11-26 19:54:13
蓝思430L
0 有用 逆流河 2022-03-20 01:36:15
学英语啦😺🎩👦🏼🧒🏼🐟🍰☕️📔
0 有用 ♪温吞吞♫ 2020-03-30 13:59:19
识词、押韵、收拾玩具
0 有用 Yellow. 2024-03-12 11:29:25 安徽
罗肖尼老师 第五本
0 有用 April 2024-01-12 21:49:57 广东
420L
0 有用 筱朋友 2023-12-10 11:44:32 北京
戴帽子的猫猫先生什么时候来我家做客呀
0 有用 伲仲烁Albert. 2023-11-06 23:22:58 广东
what a mass、what a funny
0 有用 老白兔累又饿 2023-10-24 11:30:04 美国
从Daddy’s 10-dollar shoes推测这本书有多老