Table of Contents: “…Cat in the hat -- Cat in the hat comes back -- "Strange shirt spot" -- "How Orlo got his book" -- "My hassle with the first grade language" '' Endnotes -- Selected references -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- About the author.…”

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Race, racism, and the cultures of childhood -- The strange career of The Cat in the Hat; or, Dr. Seuss's racial imagination -- How to read uncomfortably: Racism, affect, and classic children's books -- Whiteness, nostalgia, and fantastic flying books: William Joyce's racial erasures vs. …”

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Subjects: “…Cat in the Hat -- (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.…”

Table of Contents:

Table of Contents: “…Not-so-nice kitty (The cat in the hat) ;…”

Table of Contents: “…T (1951-1953) -- La Jolla (1953-1955) -- The Cat in the Hat (1955-1960) -- Green Eggs and Ham (1960-1963) -- Fox in Socks (1964-1967) -- The Lorax (1967-1971) -- Audrey Stone Geisel (1971-1974) -- I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! …”

Table of Contents: “…Bedtime rhetoric -- Part I: PICTURE BOOKS: TSZ, TSZ, TSZ to industrial "cap"italism -- Pigs and wolves -- The cat in the hat -- Mommy and daddy were married, and other creation myths in children's books about sex -- Part II: YA LITERATURE -- "Good readers' in Narnia -- "Why do you hurt these children?" …”
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Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Early, Easy, First, Beginner, Chapter; SECTION I: History; 1 From the New England Primer to The Cat in the Hat: Big Steps in the Growth and Development of Early Readers; 2 The Boxcar Children and The Box-Car Children: The Rewriting of Gertrude Chandler Warner's Classic and the origins of the Early Reader; 3 Creating and Marketing Early Reader Picture Books; SECTION II: Aesthetics and Form; 4 The End?…”
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Table of Contents: “…Frog and toad are friends / Arnold Lobel -- Little bear / Else Holmelund Minarik -- Henry and Mudge / Cynthia Ryland -- The cat in the hat / Dr. Seuss -- -- BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS : ages 7 to 9. …”