The Cat and the Hat & The Lorax

The Cat and the Hat
I enjoyed rereading The Cat and the Hat story. As I was reading the book I didn’t notice the anarchy in it. After thinking about it more, I realized that there could be a battle between the nonsense and wanting to do the right thing. I think that mainly this book shows a good message to children that there need to be rules followed.
a. Is there a contemporary book that has this tension presented in The Cat in the Hat?
There is not a current book that I could think of that presented a tension.
b. Does this book still appeal to children and why?
This book is still adored by children and will probably always be a classic for children to read.

The Lorax
I am surprised that the Lorax was controversial. The Lorax is didactic because it displays the importance of taking care of our Earth. Many different children’s books display a message that is didactic, but I don’t think any compare to the message in this book.


Seuss. (1957). The Cat in the Hat. New York: Random House Children’s Books.
Seuss. (1971). The Lorax. New York: Random House Children's Books.