My Many Coloured Days

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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.

This can foster negative self-concept for Black and Brown children and teach misleading information about various identities and diversity. We have had the odd conversation after reading it that reflects the colour of the day that we have had - or how we felt in colours when we fell out or did something fun. I want to acknowledge that this analysis is based on stereotypical western cultural understandings of colors and that international associations with colors vary.

Dark colors represent emotions ranging from anger to sadness, while light colors represent emotions like happiness. I have personally found this works especially well with children on the autistic spectrum and very young (pre-verbal) children. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book in its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".This book is a wonder because it helps put emotions and moods into simple color terms the kids can grasp, helping them process and move on. I bought a copy because I was already familiar with it from the past having read my bros one when he was younger and he threw his copy out. 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 . Seuss’s first children’s book, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, hit the market in 1937, and the world of children’s literature was changed forever!

A rhyming story, it describes each day in terms of a particular color which is in turn associated with a specific emotion. In the aforementioned study, the child subjects were five to six years old, ages where children are easily influenced by authority figures. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.Seuss's youngest concept book is now available in a sturdy board book designed especially for his youngest fans. I had never heard of it but she recommended it to help my little guy identify his emotions so that he could learn to explain them rather than acting out. Seuss takes the reader on a journey through many different moods in this vibrant and highly original book. 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".