The Cat in the Hat and Other Dr. Seuss Favorites Audiobook

About Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, is one of the most beloved children’s book authors and illustrators of all time. From The Cat in the Hat to Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, his iconic characters, stories, and art style have been a lasting influence on generations of children and adults. Hundreds of millions of copies of his books have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. His long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors for McElligot’s Pool, If I Ran the Zoo, and Bartholomew and the Oobleck; the Pulitzer Prize; and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his original stories have won three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys, and a Peabody award.

About the Narrators

Billy Crystal has starred in many hit films, among them When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers, The Princess Bride, and Analyze This. He is the author of the Tony award-winning play 700 Sundays, about his relationship with his late father, which was later adapted into a book, and the children’s book, I Already Know I Love You. He was a cast member of Saturday Night Live, is a six-time Emmy winner, and recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He has hosted the Academy Awards numerous times.

John Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films. In the mid-1970s, he and his first wife Connie Booth cowrote and starred in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. He has lent his voice to many projects, including narrating C. S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters.

John Lithgow is an author of the New York Times bestselling Dumpty series as well as several children's picture books. His recordings for kids earned him four Grammy nominations. As an actor, he won two Tony Awards, six Emmys, two Golden Globes, and two Oscar nominations. He has starred in the hit TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun, Dexter, The Crown, and Perry Mason and in critically acclaimed films such as The World According to Garp, Terms of Endearment, and Bombshell. He has performed on Broadway twenty-five times and in England with both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.

Dustin Hoffman is a multiaward winning actor of stage, screen, and television. He has won two Academy Awards, as well as fifty-three other awards and been nominated for forty-five more.

Ted Danson has acted in a wide variety of roles in both film and television, including his starring role in the television series Cheers. He has won two Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for many more, and he currently appears in three critically acclaimed television shows: Damages, Bored to Death, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Originally from Arizona, he earned a bachelor of fine arts from Carnegie Mellon University. In 1987 Danson helped to found the American Oceans Campaign, an organization established to alert Americans to the hazards created by oil spills, offshore development, toxic waste, sewage, pollution, and other ocean abuses. In 2001 the American Oceans Campaign became Oceana, the largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation, and Danson serves on Oceana’s board of directors. He lives with his wife and family in Los Angeles.