The Cat in the Hat (TV special) The Cat in the Hat. Here, The Cat in the Hat appeared in bridging sequences where he introduced animated adaptations of three other Dr. Seuss stories: "The Sneetches", "The Zax" and "Green Eggs and Ham". In 1982's "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat", the character, now voiced by Mason Adams (Sherman had died shortly after "Dr. Seuss on the Loose" finished production), meets the title character of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" and sets out to reform his new green adversary. In 1995, the Cat appeared again, this time with the voice of Henry Gibson, to narrate "Daisy-Head
The Cat in the Hat there were a lot of Dick and Jane devotees, and my book was considered too fresh and irreverent. But Bennett Cerf at Random House had asked for trade rights, and it just took off in the bookstores." Geisel told the Morgans, "Parents understood better than school people the necessity for this kind of reader." After three years in print, "The Cat in the Hat" had sold nearly one million copies. By then, the book had been translated into French, Chinese, Swedish, and Braille. In 2001, "Publishers Weekly" placed it at number nine on its list of the best-selling children's books