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Books in Cat in the Hat's Learning Library series

  • There's No Place Like Space: All About Our Solar System

    Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Oct. 26, 1999)
    Au revoir, Pluto! In this newly revised, bestselling backlist title, beginning readers and budding astronomers are launched on a wild trip to visit the now eight planets in our solar system (per the International Astronomical Union’s 2006 decision to downgrade Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet), along with the Cat in the Hat, Thing One, Thing Two, Dick, and Sally. It’s a reading adventure that’s out of this world!
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  • Oh Say Can You Say Di-no-saur?: All About Dinosaurs

    Bonnie Worth

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, April 6, 1999)
    The Cat in the Hat makes another surprise appearance at Dick and Sally's house--only this time he makes his entrance riding atop a brachiosaurus! Soon, he's off, along with Dick and Sally, millions of years back in time to see how fossils were created. Then it's on to a tour through the Cat's own Super Dino Museum--a fabulous place where the correct pronunciation of a dinosaur's name wins you a peek at the real living thing! Beginning readers will love exploring the prehistoric world of dinosaurs with the Cat in the Hat as their guide!
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  • Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body

    Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Aug. 26, 2003)
    The Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Dick for a ride through the human body where they visit the right and left sides of the brain, meet the Feletons from far off Fadin (when they stand in the sun you can see through their skin), scuba dive through the blood system, follow food and water through the digestive tract, and a whole lot more!
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  • Hark! A Shark!: All About Sharks

    Bonnie Worth, Aristides Ruiz, Joe Mathieu

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Jan. 8, 2013)
    Learn about sharks with everyone's favorite Cat in the Hat! The Cat in the Hat dives deep in this fascinating exploration of the world of sharks. Learn about the different types of sharks, how we study them, and why they aren't so scary after all. Perfect for kids who love sharks and Dr. Seuss alike, and for any kid who loves learning and science. The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library is a nonfiction, unjacketed hardcover series that introduces beginning readers ages 5-8 to important basic concepts. Featuring beloved characters from Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat, the Learning Library titles explore a range of topics about the world we live in and include an index, glossary, and suggestions for further reading. “Pretty much all the stuff you need to know is in Dr. Seuss.” –President Barack Obama
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  • On Beyond Bugs: All About Insects

    Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Oct. 12, 1999)
    Find out all you ever wanted to know about insects when the Cat and company get an up-close view of life as a bug. Kids will learn how insects -- from the spittlebug to the honeybee to the moth -- see, smell, communicate, and pollinate, as well as sometimes pester and amaze and generally make life better for us humans. Catch the bug buzz with the Cat in the Hat and all his friends!
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  • If I Ran the Horse Show: All About Horses

    Bonnie Worth, Aristides Ruiz, Joe Mathieu

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Aug. 7, 2012)
    Calling all young equestrians and Cat (in the Hat) fanciers! In this latest installment of the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library, the Cat introduces Sally and Nick—and beginning readers—to all things horsey. At his Super-Tremendous-Stupendous Horse Show, the Cat explains how horses and people have worked together since ancient times; the difference between fillies, foals, yearlings, mares, colts, dams, sires, and stallions; horse anatomy from nose to tail; the work of a farrier, Western vs English riding; and much, much more—including fun facts about 13 of the most popular horse breeds! Fans of the new PBS Kids preschool science show the Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (which is based on The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) will whinny with glee over this new addition to the series!
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  • My, Oh My--A Butterfly!: All About Butterflies

    Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz, Joe Mathieu

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, March 27, 2007)
    With a little help from the Cat in the Hat, Sally and Dick observe a small miracle in their own backyard—the metamorphosis of an egg into a caterpillar into a chrysalis into a bright new butterfly! Along the way, beginning readers will find out how butterflies see thousands of images at once, drink nectar from flowers, avoid predators, and can be identified by size, shape, and color. Readers will also follow the amazing migration of millions of monarchs.
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  • Wish for a Fish: All About Sea Creatures

    Bonnie Worth

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, April 6, 1999)
    The Cat in the Hat, Sally, and Dick take an undersea voyage aboard the S.S. Undersea Glubber! Traveling down from the Sunny Zone to the Dark Zone to the Trench at the bottom, Captain Cat and his crew get up close and personal with the different life forms found at each level of the ocean. Along the way, they meet sharks, jellyfish, dolphins, manatees, whales, and sea cucumbers, to name just a few!
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  • Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today?: All About Weather

    Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, May 25, 2004)
    The Cat and company travel by hot air balloon up and into various weather phenomena including rain, snow, thunder, tornadoes, and (yikes!) even hurricanes! Along the way they learn about thermometers, anemometers, wind vanes, cloud formations, humidity, fog, smog, weather folklore, and how to stay safe in lightning. Written and illustrated in Seussian style, this a great addition to the Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library!
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  • Safari, So Good!: All About African Wildlife

    Bonnie Worth, Aristides Ruiz, Joe Mathieu

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Aug. 9, 2011)
    In this latest installment of the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library, the Cat takes Sally and Nick to Africa—where they meet some really big cats—and all sorts of other animals, too, including elephants, zebra, giraffe, hippos, warthogs, buffalo, baboons, side-striped jackals, spotted hyena, galagos, pythons, vipers, and six kinds of antelope! Young readers will learn how animals are either predators or prey, that elephants tend to favor one tusk over the other, how to tell the difference between a white and black rhino (both of which are grey!), that lion cubs are born covered with spots that soon disapear, and much, much more! Fans of the new PBS preschool science show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (which is based on The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) won't want to miss this wild new addition to the series!
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  • My, Oh My--A Butterfly!: All About Butterflies

    Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz, Joe Mathieu

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, March 27, 2007)
    With a little help from the Cat in the Hat, Sally and Dick observe a small miracle in their own backyard—the metamorphosis of an egg into a caterpillar into a chrysalis into a bright new butterfly! Along the way, beginning readers will find out how butterflies see thousands of images at once, drink nectar from flowers, avoid predators, and can be identified by size, shape, and color. Readers will also follow the amazing migration of millions of monarchs.
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  • My, Oh My--A Butterfly!: All About Butterflies

    Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz, Joe Mathieu

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, March 27, 2007)
    With a little help from the Cat in the Hat, Sally and Dick observe a small miracle in their own backyard—the metamorphosis of an egg into a caterpillar into a chrysalis into a bright new butterfly! Along the way, beginning readers will find out how butterflies see thousands of images at once, drink nectar from flowers, avoid predators, and can be identified by size, shape, and color. Readers will also follow the amazing migration of millions of monarchs.
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