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When The Cat in the Hat was published in 1957 as the first Beginner Book, it revolutionized reading. Today, more than 30 years later, Beginner Books are still revolutionary-and just as much fun! Now new generations can enjoy Dr. Seuss's unpredictable humor in these great videos from Random House.

Three classic Dr. Seuss stories:
Dr. Seuss's ABC: From Aunt Annie's Alligator to the Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, children will love learning their ABCs with the zaniest alphabet ever!

I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! Follow the Cat in the Hat and Young Cat as they lead children on a reading adventure.

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?: The amazing Mr. Brown can imitate un-imitatable sounds, and children will want to boom, buzz, and moo right along with him.
Transcript
00:13Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Video
00:56Dr. Seuss' ABC
01:00Big A. Little A. What begins with A? Aunt Annie's alligator. A, A, A. Big B. Little B. What begins
01:26with B? Barber. Baby. Bubbles. And a bumblebee. Big C. Little C. What begins with C? Camel.
01:48On the ceiling? C, C, C. Big D. Little D. What begins with D? David Donald Doo. Dreamed a dozen
02:11donuts. And a duck dog too. A, B, C, D, E, E, E. Ear. Egg. Elephant. E, E, E.
02:39Big F. Little F. F, F, F. Four fluffy feathers. On a fiffer-feffer-feff.
02:56A, B, C, D, E, E, F, G. Goat. Girl. Goo goo goggles. G, G, G, G. Big H. Little
03:22H.
03:23H. What begins with H? What begins with H? Hungry horse. Hey. Hen in a hat. Hooray! Hooray!
03:41Big I. Big I. Little I. I, I, I, I. Ichabod is itchy. So am I. Big J. Little J.
04:02What begins
04:03with J? Jerry Jordan's jelly jar. And jam begin that way. Big K. Little K. Kitten.
04:19Kangaroo. Kangaroo. Kick a kettle. Kite. And the king's ka-choo. Big L. Little L. Little Lola Lop.
04:40Kite. Left leg. Lazy lion. Licks a lollipop. Big M. Little M. Many mumbling mice are making
04:59midnight music in the moonlight. Mighty mice. Big N. Little N. What begins with those?
05:14Nine new neckties. And a night shirt. And a nose.
05:27O is very useful. You use it when you say, Oscar's only ostrich. Oiled an orange owl today.
05:40A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Painting pink pajamas.
06:05Policeman in a pail. Policeman in a pail. Peter Pepper's puppy. And now Papa's in the pail.
06:18Big Q. Little Q. What begins with Q? The quick queen of Quincy. And her quacking quackaroo.
06:30Big Q. Big R. Little R. Rosie Robin Ross. Rosie's going riding on her red rhinoceros.
06:50Big S. Little S. Silly Sammy Slick.
06:58Six sick sodas. And got sick. Sick. Sick. Sick.
07:05T, T, T, T. What begins with T? Ten tired turtles on a tuttle-tuttle tree.
07:25Big U. Little U. What begins with U? Uncle Ub's umbrella? And his underwear, too? Big V. Little V. Vera
07:47Violet Vinn is very, very, very awful.
07:53Honor Violin. W. W. W. W. Willie Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins, who is washing Waldo Wu.
08:14X is very useful if your name is Nixie Knox. It also comes in handy. Spelling X, an extra fox.
08:27Big Y. Little Y. A yawning yellow yak. Young Yolanda Jorgensen is yelling on his back.
08:48A, B, C, D, E, F, G. H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P. Q, R, S, T,
09:00U, V. W, X, Y, and Z.
09:07Big Z. Big Z. Little Z. What begins with Z?
09:14I do. I am a zizzer, zazzer, zuz, as you can plainly see.
09:22A, B, C, D, E, F, G. H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P. Q, R, S, T,
09:34U, V. W, X, Y, and Z.
09:52I can read with my eyes shut by Dr. Seuss.
10:01I can read in red. I can read in blue. I can read in pickle color too.
10:12I can read in red. And in purple. And in brown. I can read in a circle. And upside down.
10:29Fish. I can read with my left eye. Another fish. I can read with my right.
10:39I can read Mississippi with my eyes shut tight.
10:47Mississippi. Indianapolis. And hallelujah too.
10:51I can read them with my eyes shut. That is very hard to do.
11:00But it's bad for my hat. And makes my eyebrows get red hot.
11:07So, reading with my eyes shut, I don't do an awful lot.
11:17And when I keep them open, I can read with much more speed.
11:23You have to be a speedy reader, because there's so, so much to read.
11:30You can read about trees.
11:34And bees.
11:49You can read about anchors.
11:55And all about ants.
11:59You can read about hoses.
12:02You can read about hoses.
12:07You can read about hoses.
12:14You can read about hoses.
12:15And how to smell roses.
12:18And what you should do about owls on noses.
12:25Young cat, if you keep your eyes open enough,
12:30Oh, the stuff you will learn.
12:33The most wonderful stuff.
12:39You'll learn about fish bones.
12:43And wish bones.
12:46You will learn about trombones too.
12:52You'll learn about jake the pillow snake.
12:58And all about foo-foo the snoo.
13:03You can learn about ice.
13:06You can learn about mice.
13:09Mice on ice.
13:12And ice on mice.
13:16You can learn about the price of ice.
13:19Nice ice for sale.
13:22Ten cents a pail.
13:26You can learn about sad.
13:29And glad.
13:32And mad.
13:35There are so many things you can learn about.
13:39But, you'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.
13:48The more that you read, the more things you will know.
13:53The more that you learn, the more places you will go.
13:59You might learn a way to earn a few dollars.
14:05Or, how to make donuts.
14:10Or kangaroo collars.
14:14You can learn to read music.
14:17And play a hut-zut.
14:20If you keep your eyes open.
14:23But not with them shut.
14:29If you read with your eyes shut.
14:31You're likely to find.
14:33That the place where you're going.
14:36Is far, far behind.
14:42So, that's why I tell you to keep your eyes wide.
14:47Keep them wide open.
14:49At least, on one side.
14:55Mr. Brown can moo.
14:58Can you?
14:59By Dr. Seuss.
15:03Oh, the wonderful things Mr. Brown can do.
15:07He can go like a cow.
15:11He can go moo, moo.
15:16Mr. Brown can do it.
15:18How about you?
15:20He can go like a bee.
15:24Mr. Brown can buzz.
15:28How about you?
15:31Can you go buzz, buzz?
15:36He can go like a cork.
15:44He can go like horse feet.
15:47Clop, clop, clop.
15:50He can go like a squeaky shoe.
15:56He can go like a rooster.
15:59Cock-a-doodle-doo.
16:03He can go like an owl.
16:06Oop, oop, oop, oop, oop, oop, oop.
16:11Oop, oop, oop, oop.
16:11Eek, eek, eek, eek.
16:14Cock-a-doodle-doo.
16:17Oop, oop, oop, oop, oop, oop.
16:21How about you?
16:25He can go like the rain.
16:27Dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble.
16:36He can go like a train.
16:40Choo, choo, choo, choo.
16:44Oh, the wonderful things Mr. Brown can do.
16:49Moo, moo, buzz, buzz.
16:55Pop, pop, pop.
16:58Yeek, yeek.
17:00Moo, moo.
17:03Clop, clop, clop.
17:06Dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble.
17:09Cock-a-doodle-doo.
17:11Mr. Brown can do it.
17:14How about you?
17:17Mr. Brown can whisper, whisper, very soft.
17:24Very high.
17:26Like the soft, soft whisper of a butterfly.
17:32Maybe you can too.
17:34I think you ought to try.
17:40He can go like a horn.
17:43Blurp, blurp.
17:46Like a big cat drinking.
17:50Slurp, slurp.
17:54He can go like a clock.
17:56He can tick.
17:58He can talk.
18:01He can go like a hand on a door.
18:05Knock, knock.
18:07Tick, tock.
18:09Tick, tock.
18:11Knock, knock, knock.
18:14Knock, knock, knock.
18:15Oh, the wonderful things Mr. Brown can do.
18:20Blurp, blurp.
18:23Slurp, slurp.
18:26Cock-a-doodle-doo.
18:29Knock, knock, knock.
18:32And hoo, hoo, hoo.
18:37He can even sizzle, sizzle.
18:41He can do that too.
18:43Like an egg in a frying pan.
18:46How about you?
18:48Mr. Brown is smart.
18:51As smart as they come.
18:53He can do a hippopotamus chewing gum.
18:57Grr.
18:58Grr.
18:58Grr.
18:59Grr.
19:00Grr.
19:01Grr.
19:01Grr.
19:02Grr.
19:05Mr. Brown is so smart, he can even do this.
19:10Beep.
19:11He can even make a noise.
19:14Like a goldfish kiss.
19:17Boom, boom, boom.
19:20Mr. Brown is a wonder.
19:23Boom, boom, boom.
19:25Mr. Brown makes thunder.
19:29He makes lightning.
19:32Splat, splat, splat.
19:34And it's very, very hard to make a noise like that.
19:40Oh, the wonderful things Mr. Brown can do.
19:46Moo, moo.
19:49Buzz, buzz.
19:52Pop, pop, pop.
19:55Sh, sh.
19:57Woo, woo.
19:59Clop, clop, clop.
20:02Dibble, dibble.
20:04Doc, doc.
20:07Cock-a-doodle-doo.
20:09Grum, grum.
20:11Grum, grum.
20:13Choo, choo, choo.
20:16Boom, boom.
20:19Splat, splat.
20:21Tick, tick, tock.
20:24Sizzle, sizzle.
20:27Blurp, blurp.
20:29Knock, knock, knock.
20:32A slurp.
20:35And a whisper.
20:37And a fish kiss, too.
20:40Beep.
20:41Mr. Brown can do it.
20:44How about you?
20:46You.
20:49Who, who, who, who, who, who?
20:53As of without you.
20:54Who can constantly assist other people in their in their bill?
21:15The zuk portal.

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