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I am a preschool teacher and mom to a rising kindergartner. I have read a lot of Dr. Seuss books and I am officially Seussed out! I understand that The Cat in the Hat was groundbreaking when it was first published in 1957 and that it was a welcome relief from such books as the Dick and Jane series. Now that it is 2019, I cannot read about that cat, his hat, his things, or the rings he leaves in the bathtub anymore. Also, at 61 pages it is a long slog of a rhyming read, and most kids read it...