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The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books) | 
| Author: P D Eastman
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $15.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 293331
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 133
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0394810090
Dewey Decimal Number: 423.1
UPC: 038332269963
EAN: 9780394810096
ASIN: 0394810090
Publication Date: August 12, 1964
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Amazon.com Review
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. (IPhonograph/I may take some explaining; ditto Itypewriter/I, which we recently heard described as "like a computer, only with paper instead of a screen.") The 1,350 words are well balanced between the obvious stuff--common nouns and verbs--and more abstract language, from Iabout/I to Iyet/I. Each word is accompanied by a drawing and an illustrative sentence. Along the way, naturally, we meet a wacky menagerie of humans and animals: "Aaron the alligator making more machines," "Aunt Ada standing on her head," etc. (Ages 4 to 8) I--Richard Farr/I
Product Description
Illus. in full color. "The picture carries the meaning in this dictionary of over a thousand elementary words from 'Aaron' the alligator to a nest full of 'zyxuzpf' birds. The book gets a large 'A' for its commonsense-through-nonsense approach to reading." iThe New York Times. /i
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 A nice Dr Seuss book, but not a dictionary August 29, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a cute book and my 3 y/o likes it, but I was expecting it to be more like, well, a dictionary. Some pictures have no definition at all, just the word above it, and many of the definitions are along the lines of "babies do it" for the word "cry" It's also illustrated by PD Eastman, not Dr. Seuss. br /br /So all in all, if you want another Dr. Seuss/PD Eastman book, you'll be pleased, but if you're thinking, "Hey! A preschool dictionary, how cool!" you'll probably be disappointed.
 The "Politically Correct" Version August 12, 2008
In any format this is a great book, but it's not the one I had as a kid. I do have an older edition for comparison, and it's fun to guess which of the politically questionable pictures have been replaced in this slightly revised version. No more Native American or Eskimos caricatures, weapons or fighting. Christmas changed to Hanukkah for the "Holiday" entry. Now that I have a young daughter I can appreciate the reasons for these changes, but it's nice to have the "classic" for nostalgia reasons.
 Great teaching aid for kids June 25, 2008
This book is effectively an ABC for kids. Published in the 1960s it still provides a valuable teaching aid to get young children learning their alphabet. Each letter has anassociated series of words and story attached to it. With characters such as "Aaron" the alligator, and Abigail a girl, simple sentences are conveyed with quirky illustrations to help children learn various concepts. From "Abigail crosses the road" to "Aunt Ada likes Lions" the book leads the young reader from A through to Z where we learn that "Zero is very cold for zebras". A fun way for any child to learn to read.
A very fun way for children to learn to read and to develop a love of reading February 26, 2008
While all of the books with the Dr. Seuss label can be considered essential reading for children, this one is more essential than most of the others. In terms of books used to help children learn to read, I found it to be unequaled in value. I still have the copy my daughter read and it is worn to the point where the spine is falling apart. Not through misuse, but from being opened and the pages flipped over and over again. br / In the beginning, I read it to her, but it did not take long until she was sitting by herself looking through the pages and saying the words. Each word is accompanied by an illustration and in most cases a brief sentence where the word is used. Many of the illustrations incorporate the usual Seuss silliness, such as the green alligator carrying a sign stating, "I am a horse." All of which is designed to give the meaning of the word "true." br / One of the best books I have ever seen to help children learn to read, I cannot include enough superlatives to express my opinion of it. br /
Fantastic, Just fantastic June 18, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got this book 32 years ago when my first daughter was born. We began "playing with" the dictionary when she was around 1, and it was such a source of laughs for both of us. She did learn her letters. At 18 months , while walking through a marked parking lot, she surprised my friends by saying "Mommy, standing on "A". I gave the dictionary full credit! br /br /Now this same person is expecting her first child. The Dictionary is on it's way to her house right now.
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