My Many Colored Days

Why It's On Our Shelf

This is later Dr. Seuss, published posthumously, and it's more philosophical than his typical work. Each color represents a different mood - bright yellow happy days, gray slow days, mixed-up days. The rhythm is classic Seuss but the content is more introspective. The illustrations by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher are abstract and colorful, matching the emotional range. What works is the acceptance that moods change and that's normal - some days you feel one way, other days another way, and all of it is okay. It gives kids permission to have emotional variety without needing to explain or justify it.