This is a great book for younger students who are working on rhyming words. Not only is it a fun book to read, but there are rhyming words on every page. It could also be a good book to read in the winter months since it deals with snow. Great book for kindergarten to first graders. ( )

This is a great rhyming book for children. Cat in the hat made a big mess and had to get some friends to help.

The cat and the hat gets the children in trouble by making a stain, even though the children tell him to go away. The stain gets bigger and bigger and messier and messier as the cat in the hat tries to clean up his mess. In the end, the stain goes away and all of the work gets done before Mom gets home. A good website for this book is: www.seussville.com.

In this story the cat in the hat is back and thing time he did not bring thing one and thing two but her brought 26 other friends a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,w,y,and z , who all live in his hat and they are all up to the same old tricks. ( )

Summery: The Cat in the Hat is back up to his old tricks. While Sally and her brother are shoveling snow, the Cat goes into their home and takes a bath. He leaves a pink ring in the tub that he wipes up with the children's mother's dress, which ends up then on the walls, and then on their father's shoes, and so on and so on until the pink spot ends up all over the yard. The Cat brings out all of his friends from inside his hat--cats A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, and finally the smallest of them all, Voom. While all the others only make the mess worse, Voom gets it all clean in time for the children's mother to return.

Reflection: What a cute story! I think this is my favorite Seuss book so far. I can't help but laugh out loud reading this book. I was a bit of a trouble-maker growing up, and can relate to the Cat. I would do something I knew I'd get in trouble for and try to fix it, only to have the "solution" make the problem worse. If only I'd had a Voom...

Extension Ideas: I would use this book to get the children interested in writing poetry. I'd have the children work in groups to create a short poem. For a craft idea, the kids could make their own "Cat Hat" out of paper, and wear it while they share their group's poem with the class.