The Cat in the Hat of all time. As of 2007, more than 10 million copies of "The Cat in the Hat" have been printed, and it has been translated into more than 12 different languages, including Latin, under the title "Cattus Petasatus". In 2007, on the occasion of the book's fiftieth anniversary, Random House released "The Annotated Cat: Under the Hats of Seuss and His Cats", which includes both "The Cat in the Hat" and its sequel, with annotations and an introduction by Philip Nel. The book was published to immediate critical acclaim. Some reviewers praised the book as an exciting way to learn
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