My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of My Many Colored Days
Book Review: Great, Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars
I had not read this Dr. Suess Book. It is wonderful. It talks about feelings you might have using colors. Beautiful. My students loved it.Book Review: One of my favourite books ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a book for children that the parents won't mind reading over and over and over again (and really, when you're buying a book for kids isn't that the point?)
This is not typical Seuss. It is not silly, irreverent fun. It's about the different moods we all feel and he uses colours in a brilliantly symbolic way and few but powerful words that any child can easily relate to.
The gist is that we're all human and as such we have varying moods. Silly. Sad. Gleeful. Mad. That being a human is being a rainbow of moods and that's okay.
I love this book and its message.
Book Review: Must read!
Summary: 5 Stars
For the people who had negative thoughts on this book, I strongly suggest watching the movie and when reading the story use the same enthusiasm. My son is so in love with this book that I must read it ATLEAST three times in a sitting. I make faces and alter my voice as if I was experiencing the said emotion and he responds accordingly. It's wonderful. I borrowed the movie version from our local library before having read the book and loved it. The colors and music are great. Adults may not find it as exciting as children of course but I found myself sitting watching it as well. So I definitely suggest pairing the two if you don't get how fabulous this book is.Book Review: Muddy and boring
Summary: 1 Stars
I was so disappointed with this book. My 9 month old, who absolutely loves reading books (his first word was 'book' and he is constantly dragging books to me to read) tries to close the whole book or reach to the side for other books while I'm reading this to him. And I totally understand why. The illustrations are muddy, muted, and boring. The figures blend together like a bad watercolor. That wonderful Seuss visual whimsy and humor is nowhere to be found. I'm actually mystified by the good reviews. I guess every family is different - but my baby and I are bored to tears by this one.Book Review: Dr. Seuss' Brilliant Goodbye
Summary: 5 Stars
There's something about bright colors that takes the human mind into emotional ranges it normally doesn't get to explore. I think Seuss understood this because My Many Colored Days is all about bright colors and how they represent emotion. Colors here are used to describe the strength of feelings we all experience: curiosity, boredom, anger, joy, worry, excitement. There are yellow days and blue days, brown days and red days, black days and gray days, and days where all the colors seem to mix together in one big swirl. This is a simple book, few words, bright abstract pictures that are barely contained by the pages. It gets a great reaction from even very small babies, who like to stare at the colors, and older children who understand what Seuss was saying with his feeling/color comparison connect well with the message, too. Heck, older people, artists, book lovers, Seuss fans (ahem, college stoners) EVERYONE who sees My Many Colored Days seems to appreciate this last goodbye from a beloved and strange doctor, who didn't give shots and always made house calls.
OH, PS, there is a DVD of this with music by the Minnesota Orchestra and read by Holly Hunter, that is visually stunning and a joy to see every time.