A major turning point in Dr Seuss’ career came when Houghton Mifflin and Random House asked him to write and illustrate a children’s primer using only 220 vocabulary words. Finally, The Cat in the Hat, was later published in 1957 and was described by one critic as a “tour de force.” The success of The Cat in the Hat sealed Dr Seuss’ place in children’s literature.
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