Great Day for Up!

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Great Day for Up!
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Author Dr. Seuss
Illustrator Quentin Blake
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Random House
Publication date
August 28, 1974
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
ISBN 9780394829135 [1]
Preceded by There's a Wocket in My Pocket!  
Followed by Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!  

Great Day for Up! is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It was published by Random House on August 28, 1974. [2] It is the first book credited to Seuss not illustrated by the author himself, though Seuss had previously collaborated with illustrators on other books under the pen name Theo LeSieg.

Contents

Plot

The narrator says that today is a good day for things to go up. As more things are described as getting up, at the very end, the narrator is revealed to be a boy who does not want to get up and wants to sleep in. This ending would later be expanded into I Am Not Going to Get Up Today! . [3]

See also

References

  1. Great Day for Up!, Book Details. "Great Day for Up! information". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  2. Great Day for Up!, Book Details. "Great Day for Up! information". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  3. Dr. Seuss (1974). Great Day for Up!. Beginner Books. OCLC   902800.