Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat is a literary masterpiece. From the start to the end you can just feel the emotions the children are going through and it keeps you hooked throughout the whole book, I've honestly never read anything better than this story. Just seeing the boredom the children are facing completely switch to fear when the Cat in the Hat destroys their home, the thought that how much trouble they'll be in by their parents because their comfortable lovely home was destroyed by a feline in a striped hat. They'd be in fumes. Little do they know the cat actually will repair their home in an unbelievable amount of time, leaving the children in shock. Then the Cat in the Hat leaves unbothered and the parents return. Excellent novel, expect this to be around for generations more to come. 1 out of 5.

We have this on audible and I figured since I have had to listen to it dozens of times just this past couple months with my son, it should make it onto my read shelf. Hands down, Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose is our favorite.

My rating of each story in the collection:

The Cat in the Hat read by Kelsey Grammer (****)
Horton Hears a Who read by Dustin Hoffman (*****)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas read by Walter Matthau (*****)
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? read by John Cleese (**)
The Lorax read by Ted Danson (***)
Yertle the Turtle (****), Gertrude McFuzz (*****), and The Big Brag (***) read by John Lithgow
Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose read by Mercedes McCambridge (*****)
Horton Hatches the Egg read by Billy Crystal (*****)
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back read by Kelsey Grammer (***)

Where would the world be without Dr. Seuss? His writings are different, his writings are loose.
I've read all his books since I was just tiny! So read Dr. Seuss and you'll stop being Whiny!

That's it I will say! That's all that I've got! Don't ask me for more, for that I have not!

OK, I'll keep my day job! Of course Dr. Seuss has been around for generations and many of us got our first lessons in rhyming and poetry from reading (or being read) his books. Today some have been made into cartoons available on TV. They are not just entertaining but also have lessons we can learn: "A person's a person no matter how small!" This book, The Cat in the Hat and other Dr. Seuss Favorites by Dr. Seuss himself, contains many of his most popular stories that you'll likely recognize. I listened to it on an audio book and regressed to childhood with a parent reading it to me. Nice to take a break from everything and enter the Doctor's world!

Great compilation of some childhood favorites and some that I didn't know.

Very entertaining! My son loved hearing these stories read to him by different artists...

I love Dr.Seuss. Cat in the Hat uses a series of rhymes to gain the childs attention. The cat is an inventive charachter who gets the children to do wrong but in the end learn a lesson.

LE

1. What kind of animals would make good pets
2. What is right and wrong.

Another great story for children that comes with a few lessons. The children let the Cat in the Hat inside their house while their parents are gone, and the house gets turned upside down. They have to figure out how to clean it up before their mother gets home.

The Cat in the Hat is easily one of the most beloved children's books of all time. It's very likely that all the students in your classroom with be familiar with this story which makes it such a great teaching tool. It's a wonderful book for teaching poetry. There are so many lesson plans that go along with this book to teach children reading, writing, and a variety of other subjects.

I'm a bit amused that last night I wrote a review of last year's National Book Award winner, giving it two stars, and now I'm giving five stars to a collection of celebrity readings of Dr. Seuss stories. I guess that's a sign that people will still be reading Dr. Seuss when "Hell of a Book" has long been forgotten except for a precocious few college students.

I don't remember reading much Dr. Seuss as a kid, just that I saw his books in the waiting rooms of my pediatrician and dentist. In the 1980s, I shot video of a performance by forest activists in Mendocino County of "The Lorax," which wasn't published until 1971, when I was 14, so I missed out on some of his classics.

Many of his most famous books were written much earlier, in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Some of his most famous were published in 1957, the year I was born, including "The Cat in the Hat," and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," both included in the collection of nine stories published in this audiobook. And as a college student at UCSD, it was legendary that Theodor Seuss Geisel lived on a hill overlooking the ocean in La Jolla, CA. His wife donated $20 million to the world famous UCSD Library which now bears his name, and then she gifted the house to the university.

So he was a neighborhood celebrity. About time I became familiar with his oeuvre.

It may seem strange to do so with an audiobook because his books were so famous for his drawings which inspired animated movies and TV shows and even a Disney World attraction, but this was actually a pretty cool way to experience them. I think the funny illustrations, when I read them as a kid, may have distracted me from appreciating his very tight, lively, and funny poetry.

So perhaps I rate this book more highly than the National Book Award Winner because I appreciate writing in which every single line or sentence counts. The tremendous array of talented actors reading these books leaves no doubt how funny and talented a writer was Dr. S.

These recordings were made over a few decades by people like Kelsey Grammar, Dustin Hoffman, John Lithgow, John Cleese of Monty Python fame, Walter Matthau, Ted Danson, and Billy Crystal. All of them are at the top of their game here, in which every line does count so much. But my favorite reader was the lone woman actor, Mercedes McCambridge. I've never heard a woman audiobook reader do such convincing male voices. She was so good that I didn't believe she did the male voices. But when I checked the credits, nope, it was all her.

So my only gripe with this collection is that more stories weren’t read by women. That seems odd because I bet over 90% of all the readings of Dr. Seuss to children were by women: mothers, teachers, babysitters, etc.

I was surprised that so many of the stories were warnings to look out for con men that children would face in the world of grown-ups, and the idiocy of, well... Americans, both the logic-free and the logically-obsessed. To me, the cat in the hat is a coyote character: e careful what you ask for!

"Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose," the oldest story in this collection, is a caution that being too kind can get you in trouble: Be cautious with your kindness! It's an analogy for the drunk inlaw who comes to live on your sofa and then won't leave. In this case, the story is of the kindest moose in the world, who allows a bug to live in his horns, and then a tree spider moves in, and then birds nest there, and on and odd it goes.

Geisel was an FDR New Deal Democrat and his early cartoons were passionately anti-fascist, but he supported the internment of the Japanese Americans during World War II, to prevent sabotage. After the war he modified his views. "Horton Hears a Who!," included in this collection, is an allegory for the American post-war occupation of Japan. I think it is also an allegory for any kind of occupation, perhaps starting with the occupation of the lands of the First Peoples of North America, since it is the story of "not hearing" those who are occupied.

Just last year (2021), Dr. Seuss Enterprises retired six Dr. Seuss books published between 1937 and 1976 (my first year at UCSD!) due to racist and insensitive imagery: the books "portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong."

Perhaps the best way to experience this book is with the printed books in hand, after you've read them to your kids, or even after your kids have read them back to you. The stories here are all very funny and clever, spurring loads of laughs. I give all of the actors As for their renditions.

I thought I’d listen to this since I learned to read using Dr Suess books and wanted to listen to some fun readings of my childhood books. After listening, I now realize that the only books from this collection I had as a child were the Cat in the Hat books and the Grinch. I was a Green Eggs and Ham and One Fish Two Fish reader. I still enjoyed listening to some of these stories for the first time. I’ll have to listen to the other collection now.

Like being a child all over again.

"The Cat in the Hat and Other Dr. Seuss Favorites" is a timeless collection of whimsical stories by Dr. Seuss. From the mischievous Cat in the Hat to the lovable Horton the Elephant, each tale takes readers on an imaginative journey filled with rhymes, vibrant illustrations, and valuable life lessons. With its captivating storytelling and memorable characters, this collection continues to enchant readers of all ages, making it a beloved classic that brings joy, laughter, and a touch of magic to every reading experience.