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《戴高帽子的猫》无疑是50多年来全美最畅销的儿童图书之一，1999年美国教育协会评选了“100本最佳童书”，该书在“适于4-8岁儿童阅读”书单中名列榜首。仅在美国，该书自1957年出版至今，销量已超过800万册，几乎是每个孩子成长阶段必读的书。
该书讲述了一只带着高帽子、打着领结的猫在一个湿冷乏味的下雨天不期而至，带给被妈妈留在家里百无聊赖的两姊妹各种搞怪把戏的故事。家里所有的东西几乎都成了猫的道具，以至于天翻地覆，最糟糕的是，猫还弄脏了妈妈漂亮的连衣裙……当一切破坏捣蛋看似越演越烈的时候，门外传来了妈妈的脚步声，孩子们面对着一团糟的屋子措手不及，他们该怎么面对即将推门而入的妈妈呢？闯了那么多祸，戴帽子的猫又该如何收拾残局呢？
1957年，苏斯博士应兰登书屋邀请创作《戴帽子的猫》，全书仅用236个属于6岁儿童识字范围的单词，就为大家展现了一个押韵连贯、妙趣横生的故事，很快就吸引了孩子们的眼球，引起巨大反响。除趣味性和语言学习的实用性外，苏斯博士作品也体现出极强的教育意义。《戴帽子的猫》给孩子们的警示就是：当一个人在家时，是否应该随便放陌生人进入家中？犯下了错误，又该如何面对？给孩子读一本《戴高帽子的猫》，看看他的反应，相信他会给你一个意外的惊喜。
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外面下着瓢泼大雨，妈妈有事外出，被迫窝在家里的一对小兄妹正在发愁如何才能熬过无聊至极的一天时，外面传来了敲门声，“谁会在这样的坏天气造访？”心里犯嘀咕的两个小家伙开门后大吃一惊，访客竟然是——一只戴高帽子、会说美语的猫！就在他们刚刚回过神的时候，这只戴帽子的猫开始向两个小鬼兜售自己的绝活，又是杂耍、又是魔术，正发愁无法打发时间的两个小家伙开始以为这是件天大的好事，毕竟找到了一个伴儿。不过相处时间久了，势头似乎有点越来越不对劲，家里开始变得乱糟糟。本来陪他们解闷儿的宠物鱼也成了这个怪猫垂涎三尺、跃跃欲试的猎物，这只猫的拿手好戏也不再是变什么戏法了，反而成了一个讨厌的闯入者。时间嘀哒嘀哒的走着，离妈妈回来的时间越来越近了，怎样把这个不速之客请出去反倒成了两个小家伙的当务之急。
He may be an old standby, but he never lets us down. When indoubt, turn to the story of the cat that transformed a dull, rainyafternoon into a magical and just-messy-enough adventure. There'sanother, hidden adventure, too: this book really will help childrenlearn to read. With his simple and often single-vowel vocabulary,the good Doctor knew what he was doing: hear it, learn it, readit--laughing all the way. The Cat in the Hat is a must for anychild's library. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
To accompany the release of the live action movie of The Cat inthe Hat, starring Mike Myers, HarperCollins are proud to presentDr. Seuss's original, classic tale of the coolest, hippest cat inhistory!When the Cat in the Hat steps in on the mat, Sally and herbrother are in for a roller-coaster ride of havoc and mayhem! TheCat can rescue them from a dull rainy day, but it means lots ofthrills and spills along the way. The wonderfully anarchic Cat inthe Hat is one of the most popular characters in children'sfiction, and this book is ideal for budding readers to tackle ontheir own.
作者简介
Theodor Suess Geisel - better known to millions of his fans asDr. Seuss - was born the son of a park superintendant inSpringfield, Massachussets, in 1904. After studying at DartmouthCollege, New Hampshire, and later at Oxford University in England,he became a magazine humorist and cartoonist, and an advertisingman. He soon turned his many talents to writing children's books,and his first book - 'And To Think That I Saw It On MulberryStreet' - was published in 1937. His greatest claim to fame was theone and only 'The Cat in the Hat', published in 1957, the first ofa successful range of early learning books known as BeginnerBooks.
