![]() ![]() ![]() “a great color artist who will not be dominated by me.” There is a letter from Seuss to friend Phyllis Jackson which has shed some light on the intended publication of this work. A bit of the letter is quoted on the front of the dust jacket which suggests that Seuss seems to have had in mind He wanted the illustrations to be very different from his.” “Though the inspiration for this book was personal, he felt that someone else should bring his or her own vision to it. On the dust jacket Audrey Geisel, Seuss’ second wife, is quoted saying: The text was taken from a draft that Seuss wrote in 1973. ![]() There are two dedication, both at the back of the book. ![]() On the final page we see the different colors coming together and our main character is “back to being…me.” And WHAM! I don’t know who or what I am!” Toward the end of the book we see our cookie-cutter character in all the different colors expressed throughout the book. “You’d be surprised how many ways I change on Different Colored Days.” Instead, here are several pages from the book so you can see how it progresses. There is not really a plot, so a summary is sort of silly. Our main character is a sort of cookie-cutter shape, but as the book goes on the emotions are not only expressed through color, but also different animals. The text of the book is very simple and poetic leaving room for full page gorgeous illustrations. My Many Colored Days covers a gambit of emotions expressed through color. Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. ![]()
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