Topic: The Cat in the Hat

'Cat in the Hat' goes to the movies – again

Following on the success of "The Lorax," a new movie version of "The Cat in the Hat" – this time animated – is now being planned.

Bestselling books the week of 3/1/12, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

5 books to keep kids happy on a trip

These five books will keep even the rowdiest of young readers quiet during that long holiday trip.

Mark Twain and 29 other great pseudonyms

Wednesday's special Google doodle wished a happy birthday to Mark Twain. The American writer was born 176 years ago. Well, Twain wasn't born then. A fellow named Samuel Clemens was. The pen name "Mark Twain" came many years later.

Twain stands among many great pseudonyms. Some are obviously fake – Vin Diesel and Sting. But others might surprise you – John Wayne and Alan Alda. Here are 30 of the best from books, movies, TV, and music.

How seven “lost stories” by Dr. Seuss surfaced on eBay

Dr. Seuss's publisher says these "lost" stories originally published in magazines are “as good as anything in the already-published canon.”

Bestselling books the week of 3/3/11, according to *IndieBound

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Publishing children's books – and delivering them by elephant

Sasha Alyson hauls (sometimes by elephant) children's books in the local language to kids in rural Laos eager to learn to read.

Silly parents, iPads are for kids (and their books)

Are parents with iPads really going to let their kids use them for reading? The answer seems to be yes.

Bestselling books the week of 3/11/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Read Across America Day celebrates the birthday of Dr. Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel would have been 106 today. Read Across America Day honors his life and work.

Do we really want to curl up with an e-book?

E-books and e-readers work well with page-turners, best-sellers, and text-heavy tomes -- not so well when a book needs images or a book-lover needs the look and feel of ink and paper.

Spike Jonze takes "Where the Wild Things Are" from book to film

The Obamas' summer reading list

'The book was better': Movies that didn't measure up