My Many Colored Days

My Many Colored Days is a book by Dr. Seuss published posthumously by his wife. This beautiful poem about colors and feelings is accompanied by the incredible paintings of married couple Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson.

Some days, of course, feel sort of Brown.
Then I feel slow
and low,
low,
down.

Then comes a Yellow Day.
And,
Wheeeeeeeeeeee
I am a busy, buzzy bee.

The text and illustrations of this book inspire great conversations with children about their moods and feelings, as well as those of others. I have used this book in art education to teach about mood in color, such as in Picasso's blue period. My Many Colored Days also serves as an inspiration for children to create their our own color and mood poems and paintings, which can be assembled into a book.

My Many Colored Days is dedicated to its author. Audrey Geisel writes, "To Ted, who colored my days...and my life."