The Cat in the Hat Comes Back The Cat in the Hat Comes Back The Cat in the Hat Comes Back is a children's book written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss and published by Random House in 1958. The book is a sequel to "The Cat in the Hat". Once again, Sally and her brother are being left home alone for the day, but this time, their mother has left them with instructions to clear away a large amount of snow while she is out for the day. However, they are soon interrupted in their work by the arrival of the Cat in the Hat. Sally warns
The Cat in the Hat for the series, including "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" (1958), "Green Eggs and Ham" (1960), "Hop on Pop" (1963), and "Fox in Socks" (1965). He initially used word lists of limited vocabularies to create these books, as he had with "The Cat in the Hat", but moved away from the lists as he came to believe "that a child could learn any amount of words if fed them slowly and if the books were amply illustrated". Other authors also contributed notable books to the series, including "A Fly Went By" (1958), "Sam and the Firefly" (1958), "Go, Dog.