I went into work a little late today and someone had generously left their Times newspaper on the seat opposite so excited by a little more erudite reading I started to flick through the pages.  The big news today is this: the Liberal Democrats are having their Annual Party Conference, SAB Miller has bought Foster’s Australia and the most exciting news of all, The Cat In The Hat is back!

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904 and aside from being an animator, cartoonist and artist, under the nom de plume of Dr Seuss he published some of the most notable and loved children’s books in history. Who can forget Green Eggs and Ham, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Fox in Sox, The Cat In The Hat, The Cat In The Hat Comes Back and a whole lot more? Over 200 million of them in 15 different languages. And a Peabody, two Emmys, two Oscars and a Pulitzer to show for it. Now THAT’S prolific.

So imagine when I read that just next week, the new Dr Seuss lost story collection will be out. Discovered like a buried treasure – Carter may have discovered the treasures of Tut but scholar Charles D Cohen has hit the literary jackpot.  Here’s a snippet to whet your appetite:

So here goes…

                One

                        Two

                                 Three

                                            TAH DAAAAH!!

The Bippolo Tree and Other Lost Stories is out on September 29th.

That’s only 7 sleeps to go.

Result!

ps…thank goodness I was late and picked up that discarded paper eh? Beats that shoddy ‘excuse for a beer’ story any day!