NEA's Read Across America

The Cat In The Hat's 50th Birthday

Teacher Activity Guide

• Cover Page
• The Story Behind Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat"
• Project 236: What Can You Do?
• Help First Book by sending a birthday card  to the Cat in the Hat
• New books  for spring 2007
• The Cat's Learning Library for beginning readers
• Leveled series  including age-appropriate font and decodable text
• Stepping Stones series for grades 1-5
• The Edge Chronicles  "fantasy" series for grades 4-7
• Babymouse, The Five Ancestors, and Maude March
• Yearling and Printz Medal and Honor Winners