Imagine That! How Dr.Seuss Wrote the Cat in the Hat

Imagine That! How Dr.Seuss Wrote the Cat in the Hat

Title: Imagine that! How Dr.Seuss Wrote The Cat in the Hat

Genre: Non-Fiction

Author: Judy Sierra

Illustrator: Kevin Hawkes

Awards: None

Age group: 3-7 year olds

I loved this book! I found it very informative and colorful and just a great story to read on how Dr.Seuss made the cat in the hat in his own special way.

Summary:

In 1954 kids were having trouble in school going from reading a few words to a whole book because the readers were too boring for the children. So they turned to the beloved author Dr.Seuss, but they said he must only use certain words from a no nonsense word list for the book. After some bumps in road he landed on the words cat and hat in the list and went on from there. It took him a year to get it just right. When it came out everyone wanted a copy of the book. But he didn’t just stop there he wrote a sequel to cat in the hat and kept writing more books for beginning readers to read. Then one day a friend of his challenged him to write a book using only 50 words, and from that came the famous book Sam-I-am.

I definitely would use this book in my classroom because it is a simple, colorful and great book that tells the backstory on how a book can and was created. This book can also inspire children to try out new writing techniques.

The appropriate grade level for this book would be Pre-K- 2nd grade. Though I believe this book can be enjoyable at any age (even by adults).I do believe though if the student knows more about Dr.Seuss books it can be more enjoyable then if they had no knowledge.

A way I would use this book in the classroom is on a unit on famous authors and as an example of what might go into making a book.

HAVE FUN READING!💙-Lacy