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 words he found that rhymed. The words he found were "cat" and "hat". The book was met with immediate critical and commercial success. Reviewers praised it as an exciting alternative to traditional primers. Three years after its debut, the book had already sold over a million copies, and in 2001 "Publishers Weekly" listed the book at number nine on its list of best-selling children's books of all time. The book's success led to the creation of Beginner Books, a publishing house centered on producing similar books for young children learning to read. In 1983, Geisel said, "It is the book