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Title: Cattus Petasatus: The Cat in the Hat in Latin by Dr Seuss, Jennifer Morrish Tunberg, Dr Seuss, Terence O. Tunberg ISBN: 0-86516-472-X Publisher: Bolchazy Carducci Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Appeals to any audience
Comment: Having studied Latin throughout high school, I could appreciate the innovation and creativity necessary to translate Dr. Seuss' classic story while still preserving rhyme and meter. However, my little sister, who has just recently learned to read on such classics as "The Cat in the Hat," perhaps enjoyed "Cattus Petasatus" even more than I did. Not automatically looking to identify subject and verb, she giggled with delight at the new words that roll off the tongue with the catchy meter and bragged to my parents that she was able to speak Latin! Because the pictures are the same as the English, she was able to follow the storyline and give expression to the words.
Whether as an introduction to Latin or an amusing twist of the Dr. Seuss classic, "Cattus Petasatus" is a wonderful variation that will make the reader and audience smile.
Rating: 4
Summary: A new spin on a classic
Comment: It's well known that Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat in response to a challenge to write a children's book only using 40 basic vocabulary words. Now a new spin brings basic vocabulary to another language. Latin, often thought to be the "dead" language, is brought alive with something other than the so called "dead guys." Here the reader can have a basis in the book, and verse, beforehand and see it and Latin anew in this translation. The translators do a marvelous job of mimicing the rhythm and meter of Seuss's charming tale. And with the Seuss drawings intact the connection between the text in Latin and the story is there to help you along. It makes Latin accessible and that's not a small feat. Read it aloud and you feel so very intelligent. Try this book - it's fun.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good intermediate practice to Latin
Comment: Having tried to learn Latin, I found reading the Classics was extremely difficult. Afterall, it is written by a native speaker, and I am no Latin native speaker. So I found this book to be very useful. The only problem is that it emulates Dr. Seuss's writing so well, that the whole book uses pretty much once case in Latin. You will learn that case very well, but won't be able to practice other cases in normal writing. However, I think it was a terrific idea, and I like the fact that all the words are listed in the back (as well as the context). The fact that it uses more mundane words (compare with Caesar's Gaelic Wars) is also great for intermediate readers.
All in all, I consider it time well spent, not to mention, its just fun reading Dr. Seuss in Latin.
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Title: Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit: How the Grinch Stole Christmas in Latin by Terence O. Tunberg, Dr Seuss, Jennifer Morris Tunberg, Dr. Seuss, Jennifer M. Tunberg ISBN: 0865164207 Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Easy Latin Crossword Puzzles by Wallace ISBN: 0844284467 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 11 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Winnie Ille Pu by A. A. Milne, Alexander Lenard, Ernest H. Shepard ISBN: 014015339X Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: July, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Latin edition) by J. K. Rowling ISBN: 1582348251 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Fairy Tales in Latin: Fabulae Mirabiles (Language Instruction) by Victor Barocas, Susan Schearer, Brad Rhodes ISBN: 0781807875 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.50 |
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