Title: "The Cat In The Hat"
Media: Illustrator & Author
Size: Book
Date: 1957
Biography: Seuss was born March 2, 1904 & died September 24, 1991. He was an American writer & illustrator. Best known for writing childrens books under the pen name "Dr Seuss." He studied at Dartmouth college & University of Oxford. He left Oxford in 1927 to begin his career as an illustrator & cartoonist for Vanity Fair & Life Magazine.
Statement: Geisel gave varying accounts of how he created "The Cat In The Hat" but in the version he told most often he created a story based on the first two word he found that rhymed . The First words he found was Cat & Hat.
Background: Geisel created the book in response to a debate in the United States. About literacy in early childhood & the ineffectiveness of traditional primers such as those featuring Dick & Jane."
Connection: It related to Childrens literacy.
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