The Cat in the Hat is back.
This year, both United Way of Chattanooga and Cleveland State Community College are participating in the National Education Association’s Read Across America, a celebration of literacy and of author Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
“Children love the rhyming of his work,” said Suzanne Wood, coordinator of early childhood education at Cleveland State. “He’s fun. One of his original challenges was to write a more interesting book than the Dick and Jane series that everybody read.”
The playful nature and unique characters are also of great appeal, she said.
All week, United Way has hosted local celebrities at Hamilton Place mall to read selections of Seuss’ work.