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Alexandra Thompson who works at Featherstone high school in Southall, London, sent in a photo of teachers and support staff dressed up as various literary characters.

The book starts in a factual, realistic world, which crosses over into the world of make-believe with the loud bump that heralds the arrival of the Cat. A Harry Potter get-up never gets old; there's always the next sibling to discover everyone's favourite wizard.

She argues that, in the Cat's destruction of the house, "the kids—and not only those in the story, but those who read it—have vicariously given full rein to their destructive impulses without guilt or consequences. Background [ edit ] An article by John Hersey about literacy in early childhood provided inspiration for The Cat in the Hat. Pease points to Helen's recovery from Guillain–Barré syndrome, which she was diagnosed with in 1954, as the marker for this change. BNPL is an interest bearing option that allows you to delay payments on your purchases for up to 12 months depending on how much you spend. She points out that on the last page, while the children are hesitant to tell their mother about what happened in her absence, the fish gives a knowing look to the readers to assure them "that something did go on but that silence is the better part of valor in this case".He variously claimed that he could use between 200 and 250 words from a list of between 300 and 400; the finished book contains 236 different words. Instead of Thing One and Thing Two from the original story, the Cat is usually seen in the company of Little Cats A, B and C from Comes Back. The book's success led to the creation of Beginner Books, a publishing house centered on producing similar books for young children learning to read.