The Cat in the Hat is America's Favorite Book from Childhood
Green Eggs and Ham comes in second, followed by Where the Wild Things Are in third
Green Eggs and Ham comes in second, followed by Where the Wild Things Are in third
NEW YORK, March 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- It's been fifty-nine years, but it feels like a day, since The Cat in the Hat came to our house to play. Clearly the book has stood the test of time, as our feline friend and his "Things" are U.S. adults' top unprompted choice when asked to name their favorite book from childhood. Runner up for the win is another beloved Dr. Seuss classic, good old Green Eggs and Ham. Further solidifying the good Dr.'s impact on American childhoods, unspecific mentions of Dr. Seuss outpaced mentions of any single work he published.
These are some of the results of The Harris Poll® of 2,193 U.S. adults surveyed online between January 13 and 18, 2016. Full results of this study, including data tables, can be found here.
Oh the places you'll go…
Coming in third is a somewhat scary story, Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are.
So what's number four? Well, we'll give you a clue - the mysteries solved by sleuth Nancy Drew (created by Edward Stratemeyer). Next up is the Good Book itself, as The Bible/"Bible stories" rounds out the top five.
Sixth place goes to the story of a spider who saves a swine, E. B. White's Charlotte's Web. Meanwhile, Goodnight Moon (by Margaret Wise Brown, with illustrations by Clement Hurd) and Curious George (from the husband and wife team of Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey) tie for seventh.
Closing out the top ten, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women ties Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree for ninth place.
I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere.
While Americans as a whole may have one favorite, not everyone agrees.
Take the generations, for example:
But generations aren't the only demographic with differences:
Looking for another dividing factor? Search no further than education:
At least the genders agree… sort of:
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Methodology
This Harris Poll was conducted online, in English, within the United States between January 13 and 18, 2016 among 2,252 adults (aged 18 and over). Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region and household income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents' propensity to be online.
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The Harris Poll® #19, March 11, 2016
By Hannah Pollack, Research Analyst, The Harris Poll
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