Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and three Academy Awards, Seuss was the author and illustrator of 44 children’s books, some of which have been made into audiocassettes, animated television specials, and videos for children of all ages. Seuss takes the reader on a journey through many different moods in this vibrant and highly original book. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

This can foster negative self-concept for Black and Brown children and teach misleading information about various identities and diversity. A rhyming story, it describes each day in terms of a particular color which is in turn associated with a specific emotion. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. This popular series combined engaging stories with outrageous illustrations and playful sounds to teach basic reading skills.

Seuss, Thedor Geisel also used the pen name Theo LeSieg (Geisel backwards) for books written by him, but illustrated by others. A brighter, more playful cover design makes this board book edition all the more appropriate as a color concept book to use with babies or a feelings and moods book to discuss with toddlers. In 1993, a study was conducted on children’s emotional associations with colors and found that they had an early affinity with bright colors, having positive emotional connotations, and adversity with dark colors, having negative emotional connotations.

I'm reading it with my 3year old and the no pressure no drama style means some days she wants to talk about feelings in the book and other days she'd rather just list the animals illustrated inside - and that's perfect for us as it provokes thought and discussion rather then force feeding information. Brown days are like slow bears, gray days are like still owls, and purple days are like dragging dinosaurs. Adults continue to be complicit with societal labels around color ranging from religious conceptions of black as evil and white as pure, to gendered labels such as blue representing boys and pink representing girls, and then they pass those ideas onto children. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book in its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Bought for my gradaughter who’s 6 and had some medical treatment that was very difficult for her and I wanted a book about our feelings . Having read it a few times, my 6yo will pick this up at random times to help show us the colour of her mood. In 1957, Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat became the prototype for one of Random House’s best-selling series, Beginner Books.