My Many Colored Days

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Summary: A book to cheer your any type of day...
Review: "My Many Colored Days" captures the attention of all who read it, whether one is a long-time Suess lover or just a picture fanatic! Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher's paintings bring Suess's words to life. This creative couple was hand-picked by Suess's widow to illustrate the manuscript for "My Many Colored Days", and their work adds a vibrant dimension to already creative words. Bright colors and interesting designs highlight happy, sad or just "blah" days: when a purple dinosaur drags his tail behind him across two pages, readers can feel the weight of the world on their backs. "My Many Colored Days" captures everyday emotions with whimsical words and colors. It is a true Suess classic, coming straight from the artist himself, aided by the creativity of a Minnesota couple and one wise wife who chose the perfect complement for Suess's lackadaisical charms

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Summary: Best Present to Give
Review: After buying this book for my daughter 2 years ago,I am now giving it to everyone who has a baby!! It is perfect to talk about emotions and how they can differ on different days and how it is ok to express them! I absolutely love the book as do both my children (4 and 2). They get so excited that they exclaim the words to me! The pictures are beautiful too. I wish I had known about it sooner! I can't understand the negative reviews because I can see how my children can relate to the emotions of the different colors. A great present and a great keeper!!

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Summary: Wonderful way to discuss kid's feelings
Review: I have a 4-yr old foster daughter who has trouble expressing her feelings. This book is a wonderful, colorful, and fun way to help her express herself. I highly recommend it to Seuss and non-Seuss fans and to anyone with a child!

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Summary: One of the best books we received !
Review: I received this book as a gift for my daughter and had it not been given to me that way I am not sure that we would have it in our library - and that would be unfortunate. This is one of the very best board books available. For young children like my daughter they enjoy the vivid colors and simplistic art. For older children it teaches them acceptance and understanding of different moods and emotions. Not your typical Suess book - but definetly one of the best! Make sure to add this to your children's library!

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Summary: tomorrow could be different
Review: My daughter is a huge fan of this book - and so am I! I won't say that about too many children's books... As cute as some of them are, I can only make so many dog noises and elephant sounds in a day (over and over). But this is a book that we both agree on.

First of all, the book is beautiful. The colors are great. I love the illustrations. They're colorful but subtle, not your normal "in your face" Seuss (of which I am a fan).

Second, the book is just the right length for a toddler. Some of the other Seuss, while funny, is long. This is just about perfect.

Mostly, however, I like the message of this book: that you can be in one mood one day and another mood another day and that's okay. I think really small children, especially toddlers, have a difficult time understanding the concepts of mad and glad and sad... We expect them to be "on" at happy all day long. But they really are just little people and they experience different feelings, too. I like that this book says that's okay.

Yeah, the message is a little "touchy feely" but the book doesn't come across that way at all. It's Seussy-y without the camp, but with the same sense of rhyme and optimism. It works.

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Summary: Not your usual Dr. Seuss - but terrific!
Review: My daughter is a huge fan of this book - and so am I! I won't say that about too many children's books... As cute as some of them are, I can only make so many dog noises and elephant sounds in a day (over and over). But this is a book that we both agree on.

First of all, the book is beautiful. The colors are great. I love the illustrations. They're colorful but subtle, not your normal "in your face" Seuss (of which I am a fan).

Second, the book is just the right length for a toddler. Some of the other Seuss, while funny, is long. This is just about perfect.

Mostly, however, I like the message of this book: that you can be in one mood one day and another mood another day and that's okay. I think really small children, especially toddlers, have a difficult time understanding the concepts of mad and glad and sad... We expect them to be "on" at happy all day long. But they really are just little people and they experience different feelings, too. I like that this book says that's okay.

Yeah, the message is a little "touchy feely" but the book doesn't come across that way at all. It's Seussy-y without the camp, but with the same sense of rhyme and optimism. It works.

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Summary: A beautifully illustrated book and unlike any other Seuss
Review: My Many Colored Days was written a long time ago, but Dr Seuss felt that he couldn't adequately illustrate it. Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher provided paintings which add incredible dimension to the text.

The result is a wonderful visual metaphor for presenting the gamut of emotions and a clever way of talking about feelings with one's child, whether it's a grey day and we feel down; a yellow day where we're busy as a bee, or a mixed up day.

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Summary: my 6-month-old's favorite book!
Review: We got this book when our now 5 month old son was newly born and I believe I'm more taken with it at this point than he. Though he enjoys it immensely, at this point he seems to get a bigger kick out of Seuss' "Hop on Pop" and "Green Eggs and Ham," as well as a wonderful book titled "Down by the Cool of the Pool," by Tony Mitton.

With Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher's wonderfully artistic illustrations this book is set apart from traditional Seuss books. That's not a bad thing either. The illustrations are nearly perfect artistic creations to match Seuss' particular mood he is trying to convey with the message that you will be a different type person sometimes depending on the day and mood. The colors are bright and intriguing reminding me of a mix between Marc Chagall and Keith Haring. My favorite is the description of purple days, "On Purple Days I'm sad. I groan. I drag my tail. I walk alone." There is a small forlorn purple brontosaurus in the upper right hand corner on a field of white. Across the picture is a purple trail forlornly painted by the forlorn dragged tail with streaks that emphasize the mood. Beautiful and poignant.

What's even better, especially when my son hones his language skills, is the message the book carries. It's OK to experience different emotions...just because you feel a certain way at times doesn't mean it's permanent. Like happiness and sorrow together, this too shall pass, "Then comes a mixed-up day and wham! I don't know who or what I am? But it all turns out all right you see. And I go back to being...me."

The illustrations as well as the font and text layout all go to bolster the wonderful message of this book...a book for all ages, all colored days and all times.

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Summary: Colors for All Ages / Not the SEUSS You're USED to
Review: We got this book when our now 5 month old son was newly born and I believe I'm more taken with it at this point than he. Though he enjoys it immensely, at this point he seems to get a bigger kick out of Seuss' "Hop on Pop" and "Green Eggs and Ham," as well as a wonderful book titled "Down by the Cool of the Pool," by Tony Mitton.

With Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher's wonderfully artistic illustrations this book is set apart from traditional Seuss books. That's not a bad thing either. The illustrations are nearly perfect artistic creations to match Seuss' particular mood he is trying to convey with the message that you will be a different type person sometimes depending on the day and mood. The colors are bright and intriguing reminding me of a mix between Marc Chagall and Keith Haring. My favorite is the description of purple days, "On Purple Days I'm sad. I groan. I drag my tail. I walk alone." There is a small forlorn purple brontosaurus in the upper right hand corner on a field of white. Across the picture is a purple trail forlornly painted by the forlorn dragged tail with streaks that emphasize the mood. Beautiful and poignant.

What's even better, especially when my son hones his language skills, is the message the book carries. It's OK to experience different emotions...just because you feel a certain way at times doesn't mean it's permanent. Like happiness and sorrow together, this too shall pass, "Then comes a mixed-up day and wham! I don't know who or what I am? But it all turns out all right you see. And I go back to being...me."

The illustrations as well as the font and text layout all go to bolster the wonderful message of this book...a book for all ages, all colored days and all times.

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Summary: Love it!
Review: When I read this book to my children (ages 4 & 1) I always try to emphasize the emotions & feelings behind each color & painting using my voice...I think it is an excellent book for opening up a dialogue with kids about their emotions & learning how to express them.

The paintings are inspiring but ordinary in a way that when you look at them you think "I could paint that!". Really a great, great book! It's a continuous favorite in our house, a must have for every child's book shelf!

I recommend the board book for younger kids because it IS so well loved & read. The images on the pages definately call out to be touched by little hands!