The BEST episodes of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! season 1

Every episode of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! season 1!

The Cat in The Hat knows a lot about virtually every thing. With the help of fish, thing 1, and thing 2; the Cat in the Hat teaches kids about many things through song and games.

Last Updated: 9/11/2026Network: PBSStatus: Ended
Trick or Treat
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#1 - Trick or Treat

Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 10/21/2011

It's Halloween! The Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Nick trick or treating--his way! Around the world they go, meeting three new friends who teach Sally and Nick the tricks that they each do and share the treats that they like to eat. Back home, Nick and Sally are ready to go trick-or-treating, with plenty of new tricks up their sleeves.

Pucker Up and Blow
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#2 - Pucker Up and Blow

Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 9/5/2011

Nick and Sally are trying to whistle but they just can't seem to get it right! The Cat takes them to visit his friend, Rocky the Winter Wren, who is an expert whistler. Rocky, and his son Ricky, offer this advice: if you want to whistle, start with one note and practice.

I See Seeds
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#3 - I See Seeds

Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 3/2/2011

Sally and Nick are going on an adventure, but how are they going to get there? Skateboard? Train? Rocketship? They just can't decide! Until Cat suggests they see how trees send their seeds on trips. They follow different seeds as they travel through the air, float on the water, and hitch rides on animals.

The Lost Egg
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#4 - The Lost Egg

Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 11/30/2010

The kids are decorating the tree house for a party. The Cat knows the world's most fantabulous decorator: Stan the bower bird! Stan teaches the kids how to decorate with almost anything--shells, leaves, and pebbles. Now they can have a party in their own fantabulously decorated tree house!

Maps
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#5 - Maps

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/25/2010

Nick and Sally pretend to be pirates. The Cat takes them on a real pirate adventure by following a treasure map! They use landmarks to find their way to a real pirate treasure: parchment paper and ink pens to make pirate maps of their own!

Flight of the Penguin
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#6 - Flight of the Penguin

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/27/2010

Sally and Nick are pretending to fly in their backyard. Oh, wouldn't it be great if they really could go zooming and swooshing like a bird? The Cat in the Hat brings them to meet his good friend Percy the penguin. After a fun race with a penguin and a gull, the kids learn that not all birds fly, but that doesn't mean they can't go zooming and swooshing.

Whale Music
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#7 - Whale Music

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2010

Nick and Sally have made a song to sing to their moms, but they can't get the ending quite right. The Cat in the Hat takes them to meet the best singing teacher in the world, Humphrey the Humpback Whale! While bobbing in the ocean, Humphrey teaches the kids that whales communicate by singing, and that it's not how you sing that matters, but what you're saying in the song. The kids return home to delight their mothers with their song!

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Migration Vacation
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#8 - Migration Vacation

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/6/2010

The purple martin swallow that lives in Sally's backyard has gone missing! The Cat, with the help of a variety of forest creatures, help Nick and Sally track down the bird, and learn how and why birds migrate.

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Tree's Company
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#9 - Tree's Company

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/14/2010

Sally and Nick are playing up in their tree house when Nick's mom calls them in for lunch. Nick wonders what it would be like to stay up in that tree all the time! The Cat in the Hat knows! Or at least he has friends that do. In the Jimmer-Jammer Jungle the kids learn how different animals spend their entire lives in trees. As neat as that is, there's one thing those trees don't have, and that's mom's home cooking!

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Many Ants Make Light Work
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#10 - Many Ants Make Light Work

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/2010

Nick and Sally are trying to put up a tent in their backyard but it's not working! Nick is pulling when Sally is pushing and it's just making a giant heap! Good thing the Cat knows a million- trillion friends who are experts at teamwork! He whisks the kids off to visit an ant colony where Nick and Sally learn that team-work makes almost anything possible.

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I Love the Nightlife
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#11 - I Love the Nightlife

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/2010

Nick wants to stay awake all night. Good thing the Cat needs help finding his favorite hat that he lost in the forest of Wagamaroo! The Cat takes Nick and Sally on a nocturnal adventure, along the way meeting a variety of animals that stay up all night!

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Ice Is Nice
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#12 - Ice Is Nice

Season 1 - Episode 62 - Aired 12/19/2011

Nick and Sally run out of ice cubes, the Cat takes them to Freeze-your-knees Snowland to get some. Polly the polar bear introduces them to all the different kinds of ice in her Arctic home.

Surprise Surprise!
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#13 - Surprise Surprise!

Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 7/18/2011

Try as they might, Nick and Sally just can't learn to do a somersault. Luckily the Cat's friend Luis the armadillo is the king of the roly-polys! But when they find Luis, they learn that he only rolls when he gets surprised. They take turns trying to surprise him, and when they finally do, they're the ones surprised when they learn that not only can Luis roll, but he also can run underwater! Back at home, they follow Luis's advice and are now able to somersault!

Hooray For Hair
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#14 - Hooray For Hair

Season 1 - Episode 61 - Aired 12/19/2011

A trip to meet three of the Cat's friends (and some styling assistance from the Wig-o-lator) helps Sally and Nick decide what kind of haircut to get next! Should they have yak hair? No, too hot and heavy! Seal fur? Too short. Porcupine? No way! Too spiky!

Leaves
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#15 - Leaves

Season 1 - Episode 60 - Aired 11/21/2011

It's off to Kaloo-Kalee for some leaf collecting! There, Sally and Nick learn that leaves help trees make food, and that's why it's best not to pick the leaves from the branches. They collect fallen leaves from three trees with very different leaves.

Minnie the Meerkat
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#16 - Minnie the Meerkat

Season 1 - Episode 59 - Aired 11/21/2011

The Cat's friend, Minnie Meerkat, teaches Sally and Nick how they can make their campsite as safe as a meerkat's community.

Treetop Tom
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#17 - Treetop Tom

Season 1 - Episode 58 - Aired 11/9/2011

Nick and Sally are playing when their ball gets caught up high in the branches of a tree. Oh, how they wish they were tall! Being tall is something the Cat's friend Treetop Tom knows all about. They meet the giraffe in the So Sunny Savannah, and with the help of the Cat's "tallerizers," Nick and Sally get as tall as Tom! Back home, the Cat uses stilts to get their ball out of the tree.

Help With Kelp
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#18 - Help With Kelp

Season 1 - Episode 57 - Aired 11/9/2011

It's Fish's birthday and Nick and Sally want to get him a special present, but whom can they ask for ideas? They're off to the Briny Blue Sea where Gari the garibaldi fish introduces them to the creatures in a kelp forest that use the kelp for both food and protection. Back at home they make a picture of the kelp forest for Fish.

Puddle Puzzle
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#19 - Puddle Puzzle

Season 1 - Episode 56 - Aired 11/8/2011

Nick and Sally are excited to jump in the giant puddle in their backyard—but it's gone! Where did it go? With the help of the Cat's camera, they see that the puddle has turned into water vapor. Off they go into the Bluey Blue Sky to follow the water that was in their puddle. They discover that water vapor rises into the sky, then cools off, and falls as rain. When they return home, they are delighted to see that their puddle is back

Digging the Deep
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#20 - Digging the Deep

Season 1 - Episode 55 - Aired 11/8/2011

Nick and Sally are exploring how deep they can dig in the sandbox. The Cat arrives to whisk them away to the deepest place he knows—the bottom of the Swirly Whirly Ocean! They meet up with Aurilia the angler fish who guides them to the very bottom of the ocean floor.

Reef Magic
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#21 - Reef Magic

Season 1 - Episode 54 - Aired 11/7/2011

Nick has difficulty learning a "disappearing" magic trick, when who should appear but the Cat in the Hat! He takes Nick and Sally to the coral reef of Scoobamareen. There they learn that distraction is a great way for some sea creatures to hide themselves from other fish that might be looking for a bite to eat. Back at home, Nick and Sally use what they learned to make their stuffed panda disappear!

Blue Feet Are Neat!
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#22 - Blue Feet Are Neat!

Season 1 - Episode 53 - Aired 11/7/2011

Nick and Sally are trying out their new blue rubber boots but they keep getting stuck in the mud! The Cat knows just who can help them—Buster, the blue-footed booby bird. Buster is only too happy to show them how his wide, flat blue feet help him move easily over the muddy shore. The Cat helps to make their boots wide and flat, and now Sally and Nick can walk across the mud without getting stuck—just like Buster!

King Cecil the Seahorse
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#23 - King Cecil the Seahorse

Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 10/21/2011

Sally is off to fight an imaginary "dragon"! Nick wants to go, too. He doesn't want to stay and watch the baby princess. The Cat explains that babies can be part of the adventure when he suggests that they go meet King Cecil the seahorse, who takes all his babies with him wherever he goes! Nick and Sally discover that taking care of babies is even more fun than fighting dragons.

Aye Aye!
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#24 - Aye Aye!

Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 10/20/2011

Nick and Sally are making Halloween masks, but they want to make them really scary. The Cat takes them to meet Aiya the aye-aye in the forest of Spookywoowoo. Even though Aiya may look scary, his big ears, huge eyes, and long fingers help him to find food. Now Nick and Sally know just how to make their masks scary!

Sniff and Seek
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#25 - Sniff and Seek

Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 10/20/2011

Nick's most favorite smell is chocolate chip cookies! But what is Sally's? She's not sure. What better way to find out than by playing sniff and seek with a skunk! The Cat introduces Nick and Sally to Whiffy. During the adventure of finding Sally's favourite smell, they discover how good Whiffy is at protecting himself with his very own special smell.