Topic: The Cat in the Hat

Chapter & Verse Martin Short will publish memoir in fall 2014

The book by Short, who appeared on the comedy TV shows 'SCTV' and 'Saturday Night Live,' will focus on his career in TV, movies, and the stage.

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Chapter & Verse Doctor-ing Seuss: a cure for the (all too) common Cat

The author calls for a year-long moratorium on reading "The Cat in the Hat."

Dr. Seuss: 25 quotes on his birthday

Here are 25 quotes from everyone's favorite subversive rhyming children's author.

Chapter & Verse '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.

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5 books to keep kids happy on a trip

If you're going over the river and through the woods for a holiday trip to relatives, long drives (or plane trips) can make kids a little squirmy once the novelty of that new toy has worn off. Here are five books that are sure to keep them turning pages until you get there. (Just make sure to check out the age ranges listed so you're getting a book that's age-appropriate.)

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.”

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Difference Maker 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.

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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