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Hello my new friendsHow do you do?I'm the Cat in the HatThat much is true.

But where did I come from? Who made me?Let's go through that door, and you shall see

We'll have fun that is funnyAs we all exploreThe world of the manWho just loved to draw

He was my dear friend, and a silly old goose,New friends of mine, meet Dr. Seuss

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Now hang on there Cat!I want to help tooMr Brown is the name I’m the one who can MOOOOOO.

Dr. Seuss was a talented man you will see,I'll give you the facts, so just follow me.

Cat wants to have funAnd that is okayBut there's things I can show youAlong the way.

So take out your pens, and fill in your sheets,Hand it in at the end, and you'll get a treat.

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Dr. Seuss is a name that most people know and most will have read one of his many books. He is most remembered for his fantastical imagination which created the crazy characters we have grown to love, like Sam I am from ‘Green Eggs and Ham,’ the Grinch from ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas,’ and the Elephant Bird from ‘Horton Hatches the Egg.’

DID YOU KNOW...

Dr. Seuss’ real name was Theodore Seuss Geisel.

I first used the name Dr. Seuss in college. I liked so much I used it for the rest of my

life.

1937

‘And to think that I saw it on

Mulberry street

Dr.Seuss

‘The 500 Hats of Bartholomew

Cubbins

1938

1939

‘The King’s Stilts ‘Horton Hatches the Egg

1940

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Dr. Seuss started doodling when he was a young boy, and was often inspired by places he had been and people he met. As he grew up he started to include real people and places in his books.

DID YOU KNOW...

Many of the creatures in his books were inspired by his childhood trips to the zoo. He would draw them on his bedroom wall;, but they never looked like they should.He once said, ““I was trying to do real animals, but I put too many knuckles on them!””

I am Marco from, ‘And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street.’ I am named after the son of the publisher #

1947

‘McElligot’s Pool

Doodles

‘Thidwick the Big Hearted Moose

1948

1949

‘Batholomew and the Oobleck

‘If I Ran the Zoo

1950

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1953

Scrambled Eggs Super!

Rhymes and Rhythms

‘Horton Hears a Who!

1954

1955

On Beyond Zebra!

‘If I Ran the Circus

1956

Can you clap to the rhythm?(HINT - Clap louder with the RED words)

And that is a sto- ry that no -one can beat. And to think that I saw it on Mul- berry Street.’

Dr.Seuss’ liked to write using rhymes and rhythms. When you read his books you can’t help but read to the beat. Dr.Seuss believed that this made reading his books more fun.

What do you think?

Enough of the factsjust now if you

please it‘s time for my

friends to come and find me.

Follow the arrows to door number oneand let‘s try some

rhyming now won‘t that be

fun?

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1957

Cat in the Hat and|How the Grinch Stole

Christmas

What’s wrong with reading for fun?

‘Car in the Hat Comes

Back and Yertle the Turtle

1958

1959

Happy Birthday to You!

‘Green Eggs and Ham

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish,

Blue Fish

1960

The books that children used to have to read were very different from the ones Dr.’ Seuss wrote.The stories were simple and weren’t much fun at all!

Some people thought Dr. Seuss’ books were silly nonsense, but he believed that reading should be fun. He was set a challenge to write a book using the key words children were expected to recognise. He chose 220 different words from which to write his story. He looked on his list, found the first two rhyming words and began to write...

Do you know what those two words might have been?

I’ll give you a clue ..– this book was

published in 1957

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1961

The Sneetches and Other Stories

Beginner Books

‘The Sleep Book

1962

1963

A, B, C Fox in Socks

1965

Did you guess that ‘Cat’ and ‘Hat’ were the two rhyming words?

WELL DONE!

Although it took Dr’. Seuss quite a long time to get the book right, out of the 1702 words in the book, he only used 220 different words. He changed the way children read...for the better!

By 1960, Cat in the Hat had sold over one million copies.

I’ve got some words

for you to use, to make a story if you choose.

To take the challenge

find door number two

I will be there waiting for you.

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1961

The Sneetches and Other Stories

Beginner Books

‘The Sleep Book

1962

1963

A, B, C Fox in Socks

1965

Now you’ve had a go at writing with only 200 words, do you think you could write with 50?

That's exactly what Dr. Seuss did with ‘Green Eggs and Ham.’

We can write with 50, we can!We can, we canSam I Am!

The beginner books became so popular, that for the first time, children were reading for fun as well as to learn.

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1971

The Loraz

Unless Someone like you...

‘Oh the Things you can Think!

1975

1976

The Cat’s Quizzer ‘I Can Read with my Eyes Shut

1978

Dr.Seuss’ books were not always about silly goings on and travels through weird lands. Sometimes, his stories had a moral (the difference between right and wrong.)His first story with a moral was ‘Horton Hatches the Egg.’ This story teaches about responsibility and keeping promises.

Dr.Seuss also teaches a valuable lesson about looking after the environment in ‘The Lorax.’

‘Unless someone like youCares a whole awful lot,

Nothing is going to get betterIt’s not!

‘I’ meant what I said, and I said what I meant

An elephant's faithful one hundred percent. ‘

You can find ‘Horton

Hatches the Egg’ and ‘The Lorax’ in the Book Nook’!

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1979

Oh Say Can You Say?

Back to the nonsense!

‘Hunches in Bunches

1982

1984

Butter Battle Book

‘You’re Only Old Once

1986

Dr. Seuss loved to name his kooky creatures. Even the ones he drew on his bedroom wall got special names. Here’s just a few...

Ruffle-Necked Sala-ma-goox, the Tizzle-Topped Grouse, the Shade-Roosting Quail, the Lass-a-lack, the Spritz, the Flannel-Wing Jay, the Twiddler Owl, the Kweet, the Stroodel, the Kwigger, the Long-Legger Kwong, the Grice, the Pelf, the Single-File Zummzian Zuks, the Mt. Strookoo Cuckoo, the three-eyelashed Tizzy, the Grickily Gractus, the Ziff, the Zuff, the Moth-Watching Sneth, the Dawf, the Bombastic Aghast, the Mop-Noodled Finch, the Beagle-Beaked-Bald-Headed-Grinch (apparently unrelated to the Christmas-stealing Grinch), Wogs (“the world’s sweetest frogs”), the Ham-ikka-Schnim-ikka-Schnam-ikka Schnopp, and a Jill-ikka-Jast.

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1990

Oh the Places You'll Go

‘Dr’ Seuss died at his home in Springfield

1992

2003

Cat in the Hat Movie released

‘The Lorax Movie released

2012

Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated forty-four books but even though he had devoted his life to writing for children, he never had a child of his own. But you should know by now, that Dr.’Seuss was the King of make-believe.He invented a daughter for himself and his wife and even dedicated a new book to her. Sometimes he included Chrysanthemum-Pearl (aged 89 months going on 90) in his Christmas cards.

Chrysanthemum-Pearl There's one more

chancecome and find me

I'll be hiding behind door number three.

With crayons and pencils

coloured paper and all

come create your own creature

to hang on your wall.

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Dr. Seuss is one of the most read and loved children’s authors in the world.His characters found their way in to people’s hearts and the movie screens.There is a Cat in the Hat theme park at Universal studios in Florida and a memorial garden in his home town of Springfield, Massachusetts, where he can be found sitting in a chair next to the Cat in the Hat.

TIME FOR GOODBYES, FAREWELLS, TOO-DA-LOOS

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You've had all the factsYou've now had them all

But this isn't the endNo, no, not at all!

There's still plenty to do before you get to the doorThere's the Book Nook full of wondrous books

galore!

Maybe you'd like to try on a hat

Bartholomew's oneOr maybe the Cats

There's computerised screens with buttons to press

With questions and answers for you to guess

Then right at the endFor your poor tired feet

A cafe awaitsChock full of treats

There's a shop to shopAnd books you can buy

Blank pads and colouring pensWhy? You ask why?

To let your tiny imagination looseIt's about tine we found the next Dr. Seuss

Now it’s over to you!

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We owe you our thanksMr Brown and I

You've been such good friendsBut now it’s goodbye

We hope you've had fun, we've done all that we can

We hope you've learned lots, about the GREAT man

Now off you trot,Goodbye, too-da-loo

We’ll miss you, we willSo come back real soon

The things we will do, the creatures we’ll meet

Now you know how to get here, just steer your feet.

WE HOPE YOU’VE HAD FUN!

Moooo!

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Entrance panels 2+ 3 Cat in the Hat/

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Activity Room Number 1Rhymes and Rhythms Finding rhyming words and practicing rhythms

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Beginner BooksPanel 8

Beginner BooksPanel 9

Unless someone like youPanel 10

Back to the nonsensePanel 11

Chrysanthemum

PearlPanel 12

Activity Room Number 2Key Words story writingTrying to write a story using on 220 unique words

Picture and illustrations from Beginner books

Blackboard wall for doodles

Magnetic board with nonsense words

Activity Room Number 3Creature colouring and drawingPrint outs, paper, glue, feathers, googly eyes etc

Over to you Panel 14

Time for G

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Photograph of DS around the w

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The Book Nook and Interactive Center – touch screen players and headphones – clips of films, readings from books and Q/A

Exit to Cafe/Shop