DOCTOR SEUSS’S TECHNIQUES USED IN THE BOOKS THE CAT IN THE HAT AND HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS ученик 8 «Б» класса гимназии № 2 Долженко Николай Научный руководитель –

work is to study Dг. Seuss’s techniques used in the books “THE CAT IN THE HAT” and «How the Grinch stole Christmas»

in The Hat» was written
to analyse the book in English
to present the translators:
V. Gandelsman, I. Rapoport,
M. Lukashkina
to carry out the research: to study the words from different translations
to hold the survey among the students of the Gymnasium №2.

THE HAT
GREEN EGGS AND HAM
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS

a famous American writer
a poet
a cartoonist
published 46 children’s books
sold over 222 million copies
been translated into more than 15 languages 

Grinch Stole
Christmas!»
1971, 1982 - «The Cat in the Hat» 
1972 - «The Lorax» 
the rest of the films came on the screen in 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980,
1982

till 2012

2000 - «How the Grinch Stole Christmas» 
starring  Jim Carrey
2003 - «The Cat in the Hat»  starring Mike Myers
2008 – «Horton Hears a Who» 
starring Jim Carrey
2012 - «The Lorax»  starring Danny DeVito 

to read because their books were BORING!

1955 - DOCTOR SEUSS

using 236 words completed 
«The Cat in the Hat»
it remains very popular today

in the Hat

«PLOP, SHOULD, YOU»
Then I let down my net. It came down with a PLOP! And I had them! At last! Those two Things had to stop.
Should we tell her about it? Now, what SHOULD we do? Well... What would YOU do If your mother asked YOU?

How the Grinch stole Christmas

«I MUST», «NOISE!», «FEAST!», «SING!», «WHY?», «HE», «all cry BOO-HOO!», «… it WAS merry! VERY!»
The NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!
And they'd FEAST! FEAST! FEAST! FEAST!
AND they'd SING! SING! SING! SING!
THE GRINCH GOT A WONDERFUL, AWFUL IDEA!

Two»)

«I will pick up the hook. You will see something new. Two things. And I call them Thing One and Thing Two. These Things will not bite you. They want to have fun.» Then, out of the box Came Thing Two and Thing One!

The group of words with the part «Who - » («Кто»)

Who-villie («Кто-град»)
«Who girls and boys» («Кто девочки и мальчики»)
«a small Who» (маленький Кто),
«Who daughter» («Кто - дочка»),
«Little Cindy-Lou Who» («Маленькая Синди – Лу Кто»)
«Who-Christmas-Sing» («Кто - рождественское пение»)
«Who stockings» («Кто чулки»)
«Who-pudding» («Кто - пудинг»)
«Who-roast-beast» («Кто - жареная дичь»)
«Who-hash» («Кто - солянка»)

in the Hat” in Russian

Translators:

Vladimir Gandelsman

Irina Rapoport Maria Lukashkina

author’s opinion – is to read the book in the original.

Сonclusion:

2nd of March,
his birthday –
National Read Across America Day