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{{Short description|Book by Dr. Seuss}}
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| publisher = [[Alfred A. Knopf]]
| publisher = [[Alfred A. Knopf]]
| pub_date = March 1, 1996
| pub_date = March 1, 1996
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]], [[board book]])
| media_type = Print ([[hardcover]], [[board book]])
| pages = 32
| pages = 32
| isbn = 0-679-87597-2
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'''''My Many Colored Days''''' is a children's book written by Theodor Geisel under the pen name [[Dr. Seuss]].
'''''My Many Colored Days''''' is a children's book written by Theodor Geisel under the pen name [[Dr. Seuss]].


Accompanying a manuscript Geisel wrote in 1974 was a letter outlining his hopes of finding "a great color artist who will not be dominated by me."<ref name=ville>{{cite web |url=http://www.seussville.com/books/book_detail.php?isbn=9780679875970 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223095837/http://www.seussville.com/books/book_detail.php?isbn=9780679875970 |archive-date=2014-02-23 |title=My Many Colored Days {{!}} Dr. Seuss Books {{!}} SeussvilleR}}</ref> Geisel saw his original text about feelings and moods as part of the "first book ever to be based on beautiful illustrations and sensational color."<ref name=ville />
Accompanying a manuscript Geisel wrote in 1974 was a letter outlining his hopes of finding "a great color artist who will not be dominated by me".<ref name=ville>{{cite web |url=http://www.seussville.com/books/book_detail.php?isbn=9780679875970 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223095837/http://www.seussville.com/books/book_detail.php?isbn=9780679875970 |archive-date=2014-02-23 |title=My Many Colored Days {{!}} Dr. Seuss Books {{!}} SeussvilleR}}</ref> Geisel saw his original text about feelings and moods as part of the "first book ever to be based on beautiful illustrations and sensational color".<ref name=ville />


It was published posthumously in 1996 by [[Alfred A. Knopf]], after Geisel's death in 1991. It features paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. A rhyming story, it describes each day in terms of a particular color which is in turn associated with a specific [[emotion]]. Based on a 2007 online poll, the [[National Education Association]] listed the book in its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."<ref name=NEA2007>{{cite web |url= http://www.nea.org/grants/13154.htm/ |title= Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children |author= National Education Association |year= 2007|accessdate=August 22, 2012}}</ref>
It was published posthumously in 1996 by [[Alfred A. Knopf]], after Geisel's death in 1991. It features paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. A rhyming story, it describes each day in terms of a particular color which is in turn associated with a specific [[emotion]]. Based on a 2007 online poll, the [[National Education Association]] listed the book in its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".<ref name=NEA2007>{{cite web |url= http://www.nea.org/grants/13154.htm/ |title= Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children |author= National Education Association |year= 2007|accessdate=August 22, 2012}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
My Many Colored Days Book Review Teaching for Change (2021) by Paige Pagan: https://socialjusticebooks.org/my-many-colored-days/
''My Many Colored Days'' Book Review Teaching for Change (2021) by Paige Pagan: https://socialjusticebooks.org/my-many-colored-days/


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Latest revision as of 04:38, 14 January 2024

My Many Colored Days
AuthorDr. Seuss
IllustratorSteve Johnson
Lou Fancher
SpracheEnglisch
GenreChildren's literature
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
March 1, 1996
Publication placeUSA
Media typePrint (hardcover, board book)
Pages32
ISBN0-679-87597-2
OCLC164575524
[E] 20
LC ClassPZ8.3.G276 My 1996
Preceded byThe Secret Art of Dr. Seuss 
Followed byHooray for Diffendoofer Day! 

My Many Colored Days is a children's book written by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss.

Accompanying a manuscript Geisel wrote in 1974 was a letter outlining his hopes of finding "a great color artist who will not be dominated by me".[1] Geisel saw his original text about feelings and moods as part of the "first book ever to be based on beautiful illustrations and sensational color".[1]

It was published posthumously in 1996 by Alfred A. Knopf, after Geisel's death in 1991. It features paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. A rhyming story, it describes each day in terms of a particular color which is in turn associated with a specific emotion. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book in its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "My Many Colored Days | Dr. Seuss Books | SeussvilleR". Archived from the original on 2014-02-23.
  2. ^ National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Retrieved August 22, 2012.
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My Many Colored Days Book Review Teaching for Change (2021) by Paige Pagan: https://socialjusticebooks.org/my-many-colored-days/