Cat in the Hat's Learning Library Books in Order

Cat in the Hat's Learning Library contains 40 books, published between 1998 and 2020. The first book is Fine Feathered Friends (1998) and the newest is Is a Camel a Mammal? (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
40
Published
1998–2020
Pages on record
982 in 21 of 40 books
Reading time
16–25 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 982 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 40 titles with a page count on record.

Cat in the Hat's Learning Library is a series of 40 books published between 1998 and 2020, with the Cat in the Hat listed as the fictitious character. Tish Rabe is credited on 30 books and Bonnie Worth on 10, with Aristides Ruiz on 7 and Joe Mathieu on 5. Subjects include animals, dinosaurs, rain forests, ecology, arithmetic and sharks. Fine Feathered Friends (1998) opens the list, followed by On Beyond Bugs and There's No Place Like Space (1999), and Is a Camel a Mammal? (2020) is the newest title.

How many Cat in the Hat's Learning Library books are there?

Cat in the Hat's Learning Library has 40 books, released between 1998 and 2020.

Cat in the Hat's Learning Library Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 40 Cat in the Hat's Learning Library books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Fine Feathered Friends1998 · 44 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199844
  2. 2
    On Beyond Bugs1999 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199948
  3. 3
    Oh say can you say di-no-saur?1999 · 45 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199945
  4. 41999
  5. 5
    There's No Place Like Space1999 · 44 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199944
  6. 6
    Oh, The Things You Can Do That Are Good for You2001 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200148
  7. 72001
  8. 8
    There's a Map on My Lap!2002 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200248
  9. 9
    A Great Day for Pup!2002 · 45 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200245
  10. 10
    If I Ran the Rain Forest2003 · 45 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200345
  11. 11
    Inside Your Outside2003 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200348
  12. 12
    Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today?2004 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200448
  13. 13
    Hurray for Today!2004 · 45 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200445
  14. 14
    Oh, the Pets You Can Get!2005 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200548
  15. 15
    Clam I Am2005 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200548
  16. 16
    I Can Name 50 Trees Today!2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006
  17. 17
    A Whale of a Tale!2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006
  18. 182007
  19. 19
    One Cent, Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent2008 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200848
  20. 20
    Miles and Miles of Reptiles2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009
  21. 212010
  22. 222010
  23. 232010
  24. 25
    Why Oh Why Are Deserts Dry?2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  25. 26
    Safari, So Good2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  26. 27
    If I Ran the Dog Show2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  27. 29
    If I Ran the Horse Show2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  28. 30
    Hark! A Shark! All About Sharks2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  29. 32
    Hark! A Shark!2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  30. 33
    What Cat Is That?2013 · 45 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201345
  31. 34
    Can You See a Chimpanzee?2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  32. 35201445
  33. 36
    Out of Sight Till Tonight!2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  34. 37
    High? Low? Where Did It Go?2016 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201648
  35. 38
    Who Hatches the Egg?2017 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201748
  36. 39
    Cows Can Moo! Can You?: All about Farms2018 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201848
  37. 40
    The 100 Hats of the Cat in the Hat2019 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201948
  38. 412019
  39. 42
    Happy Pi Day to You!2020 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202048
  40. 43
    Is a Camel a Mammal?2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020

Do you have to read Cat in the Hat's Learning Library books in order?

You should read the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Cat in the Hat's Learning Library book also stands alone.

Where to start with Cat in the Hat's Learning Library

Start with Fine Feathered Friends (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cat in the Hat's Learning Library book?

Is a Camel a Mammal? (2020) is the newest Cat in the Hat's Learning Library book released so far.

Is there a new Cat in the Hat's Learning Library book coming?

No next Cat in the Hat's Learning Library book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Cat in the Hat's Learning Library at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Cat in the Hat's Learning Library title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Cat in the Hat's Learning Library books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
982 pages across the 21 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 48 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cat in the Hat's Learning Library books, 18 of 40, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 40 titles, 30 are credited to Tish Rabe, 10 to Bonnie Worth, 7 to Aristides Ruiz and 5 to Joe Mathieu.

What the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library books are about

31 of the 40 Cat in the Hat's Learning Library books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 25 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Juvenile literature 25 of 31 books
  • Animals 6 of 31 books
  • Children's fiction 6 of 31 books
  • Animals, juvenile literature 3 of 31 books
  • Cat in the Hat (Fictitious character.) 3 of 31 books
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION 3 of 31 books
  • Adaptation (biology) 2 of 31 books
  • Arithmetic 2 of 31 books
  • Biography 2 of 31 books
  • Ecology 2 of 31 books
  • History 2 of 31 books
  • Inventions 2 of 31 books

Other series by Tish Rabe

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.