This First Issue dustjacket has the words "For Beginning Readers" printed on the the front panel within a black circle. First Edition, First Printing with the 200/200 printed price located on the front top flap of the dustjacket. It was the basis for the 2003 film starring Mike Myers in the title role of the Cat in the Hat, and Dakota Fanning as Sally. "This extraordinary writer has done more to foster literacy in children than most because he manages to combine lunacy with sanity, fun with learning, and quality with exuberant readability" (Joseph Connolly). Seuss books since 1937, created a special division, Beginner Books, with the Cat in the Hat as the logo and Dr. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted." "The Cat in the Hat was so successful that Random House, publisher of all the Dr. "A person's a person, no matter how small," Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Book contains a single signature and 61 pages with a message on final page before end paper contained in an outline of the cat's hat & head. All issue points present: price of 200/200 on the dust jacket, no mention of the "Beginner Books" series on the rear panel, and has four paragraphs of educator's reviews on rear panel. Seuss." Fine in an excellent dust jacket with light wear. Octavo, original illustrated unlaminated boards.
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