I really enjoy that Seuss not only includes objects you can learn about, and jobs you can learn about, but that he also includes emotions. Including the text, I just think it’s a great layout and super fun and I love the silly glasses. My favorite image is actually the first page. The newer one just has a bit more motion to it because they’re walking.
It is still a yellow background and The Cat in the Hat reading a green book with his eyes closed while the young cat looks on with his eyes open. The newer cover is surprisingly similar to the older cover. This is a reference to one of Ted’s many friends from Oxford that he added in just for fun. The second to last page has lots and lots of signs leading all different directions. The dedication is to his ophthalmologist. With this in mind he wrote a book about reading and what you miss out on if you read with your eyes shut.
Unlike most Beginner Books there is actually a dedication that reads:Īs I’ve stated in the other recent post, Seuss was having eye sight issues which was the cause for his scratching drawings and why he made so many Beginner Books in a row rather than any larger books. The final image is of The Cat in the Hat and the young cat sharing a book, winking at each other. He leaves the reader with this last note: You can learn to play the Hut-Zut (but only with your eyes open.) The full page spread is of signs pointing all different directions with all different kinds of locations (including Oz). You can learn how to make money, or donuts or kangaroo collars. Then to make reading and learning even more wonderful The Cat in the Hat points out the many places you’ll go and things you can learn. You can also read about anchors and ants and crocodile pants!Įven more things you can learn about are fishbones, and wishbones, and trombones! Then of course Seuss adds in some more made up creatures like Foo-Foo the Snoo. Then he starts to list the things you can read about, like trees, and bees and knees! Or a combination of these words. He points out that when you read with your eyes open you can read much faster.
Then he states that he can read Mississippi even with his eyes shut! Not only Mississippi but Indianapolis and Hallelujah, too! We quickly learn that reading with his eyes shut makes the Cat in the Hat’s eyebrows get read hot and that it frizzles out his hat. He continues to name different ways he can read, including in a circle and upside down. I Can Read With My Eye’s Shut is narrated by that delightfully mischievous Cat in the Hat, but he is being very educational, while still whimsical, in this particular book.
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