Seuss

* He was born Theodor Seuss Geisel in Springfield, MA

* Dr. Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and countless others such as three Caldecott Honor Awards

* His first book, And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street (1937), was rejected by publishers 27 times before being published

* The amazing Dr. Seuss died on September 24, 1991 after battling throat cancer. His wonderful stories live on in young children’s hearts and even the young at heart.

The story starts with siblings, Sally and her brother Conrad when they are left home alone. Their mom leaves them for the day and tells them not to mess up their clean home. The children are bored because it's raining and they end up doing nothing but sit and stare out the window. Enter the crazy Cat in the Hat doing tricks to amuse the kids and persuading them to have fun. The "tricks" escalate into more daring and dangerous stunts, creating a large mess. In the meantime, the goldfish, which I see as the children’s conscience is warning the children that their mother will be home soon and they will be in trouble because of the mess. Things get even more out of control when the Cat in the Hat invites Thing 1 and Thing 2 into the picture, creating an even bigger mess. However, shortly before the mother arrives, the older brother stands up to the Cat in the Hat and demanding him to clean up the mess. The Cat in the Hat, with help from Thing 1, Thing 2 and some odd machinery manage to clean the house before the mom returns home and the children are in trouble.

In the book, the children are just stuck at home on a rainy day, with nothing to do. Suddenly a cat arrives at their house. The children are overwhelmed by the cat’s actions, but for seem to enjoy themselves for awhile. Then they realize the cat is causing a mess of their house. At the end of the book, the cat cleans up the mess he made.

The movie shows the sister, Sally being a controlling, bossy person. Her brother is not like that, he...