Dr. Seuss Graphic Novel: Cat Out of Water: A Cat in the Hat Story (Dr. Seuss Graphic Novels) by Art Baltazar
Published by Random House Graphic on 2024
ISBN: 0593703030
Genres: Animals, Children's Beginning Readers, Humor
Format: Graphic Novel
Source: MSL Book Review
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The Cat in the Hat is back in this early reader graphic novel. The full-color illustrations are more cartoonish and the simple text does not rhyme as in the original story, but the cast of characters include the same Brother and Sister, and the troublemaking Thing 1 and Thing 2, the stressed-out Fish, and the Cat, of course. The Cat thinks it would be fun to turn the whole house into a huge fishbowl so the Fish will be able to have fun with everyone else. He brings in Thing 1 and Thing 2 to help make this happen and they flood the first floor of the house. Even the Fish starts to have fun, but then he realizes that the house is waterlogged and starts to protest. The Cat had promised not to make a mess when he first arrived, so he spends the second half of the book cleaning up the house and drying everything off, so the siblings won’t end up in trouble. (Who keeps leaving these kids home alone??)

As an added bonus, the book ends with instructions for drawing the characters in the story.
This is a fanciful, fun read that would appeal to new readers who might prefer a graphic novel layout to a traditional beginning reader format. It is recommended for 5-8 year-olds.

Reviewed by Crystal Wilder, University of Southern Maine, Gorham Campus Library