FREE Coloring Pages - Cat-In-The-Hat

One of our very favorite characters from childrens books is the funny cat from The-Cat-In-The-Hat by Dr. Seuss. All of the Seuss books are very funny and something that every child loves. We have made some drawings and free printable coloring pages of The-Cat-In-The-Hat and will add more Seuss characters to the coloring page collection soon. Allowing free unlimited downloads of these colouring pages has brought a lot of joy to thousands of children. The Cat in the Hat coloring pages are based on a children's book by Dr. Seuss, featuring a tall, anthropomorphic, mischievous cat, wearing a tall, red and white striped hat. Scroll down for access to the coloring pages on this hubpage.

The Cat series was what Dr. Seuss used to promote both his name and the cause of elementary literacy in the United States. The eponymous cat appears in six of Seuss's rhymed children's books:

• The Cat in the Hat
• The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
• The Cat in the Hat Song Book
• The Cat's Quizzer
• I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
• Daisy-Head Mayzie

Dr. Suess was responding to a challenge when he wrote his books. His publisher supplied him with a list of 400 words, ones that the publisher thought children would be learning in school. His publisher told him to cut the list in half and to try and write an interesting enough book for children. Nine months later Dr. Seuss finished The Cat In The Hat, which used 223 words from the list plus 13 words that did not appear on the list.

The story is 1626 words in length and uses a vocabulary of only 236 distinct words, of which 54 occur once and 33 twice. Only a single word - another - has three syllables, while 14 have two and the remaining 221 are monosyllabic. The longest words are something and playthings.

We are proud to help continue putting the name of Dr. Suess and his books in front of children and hope that by supplying these free coloring pages parents will again discover the fun and importance for their children of reading and the Dr Suess series of books.

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