The Purpose Of The Cat In The Hat

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What's the Purpose ?
What are the purpose of children's books? Why write a book for an individual who's too young to even read or understand it ? Every book is written with purpose, well at least that's what the teachers tell you. I didn't really believe this stupid idea until I was given this assignment. It made me realize that the words and the pictures and the ideas within these children's books really did have a purposeful meaning to their audiences. Many children's books are based off the latest TV shows such as Paw Patrol, Doc McStuffins, and many more.
    Children books consist of short simple sentences, big illustrations, bright colors, and sometimes annoying sounds. This is what caught my attention as a toddler books aren't read to …show more content…

Seuss. Although at the time I was too young to at the time to really understand or care about the books meaning the purpose of the book was clearly there, Entertaining and teaching a lesson in a more fun and interesting way. I would recommend this book to any parent because it teaches toddlers certain english concepts that they don't even realize they're learning. “The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day”. (pg 1). Just that one introduction sentence of the book contains a literary device known as assonance, which is the repetition of the sound of a …show more content…

Dr. Seuss presented the same information a parent would but in a different manner. In the event of the parents leaving home the parents would tell the child to “keep the doors locked and don’t let anyone in” but we all know that as a child  just the thought of a parent telling you what and what not to do is automatically tuned out. “Now look what you did! Said the fish to the cat. Now look at this house! Look at this! Look at that! You sank our toy ship, sank it deep in the cake. You shook up our house and bent our new rake. You SHOULD NOT be here when our mom is not. You get out this house! Said the fish in the pot.”  by presenting it in the way a child would rather hear it probably taught the child the lesson more effectively rather than mom and dad telling it to them the old fashioned way, Why? Because the child found it more “fun”  and funnier to hear because of the rhymes and pictures in the book (pg

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