The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary

A decades-old dictionary that you can still use today (and know that children will love it) is an amazing testament to the genius of the Seuss stable. The roughly 12-per-page colored drawings are dated, of course the humans far more than the animals, funnily enough but they’ve aged in a way that adds to their charm rather than detracting from it. (Phonograph may take some explaining; ditto typewriter.) The 1,350 words are well balanced between the obvious stuff common nouns and verbs and more abstract language, from about to yet. Each word is accompanied by a drawing and an illustrative sentence. Along the way, naturally, we meet a wacky menagerie of humans and animals.

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