Great Day for Up

by Dr. Seuss

Up! Up! The sun is getting up.
The sun gets up. So UP with you!

Discover the different meanings of "up", conveyed with merry verse and illustrations in a happy book that celebrates the joy of life. The rhymed text by Dr. Seuss is complimented by the brilliant illustrations from Quentin Blake.

Bright and Early Books
The Cat in the Hat proudly presents books for the youngest of the young! The stories are brief and funny, the words are few and easy and have a happy, catchy rhythm and the pictures are clear and colorful cues to the text.

Dr. Seuss and his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, have been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of classics such as 'The Cat in the Hat' (1957), 'Green Eggs and Ham' (1960), and 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' (1957), he is still ranked among the world's top children's authors with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide.

Age Range: 1–8+ / Grade level 1–Kindergarten+ / Lexile 230L

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Poetry, Classics, Humor, Fantasy

36 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1974

About the author

Also wrote as Theodore Seuss Geisel, see https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in 1927. He returned from Europe in 1927, and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both cartoons and humorous articles for them. Additionally, he was submitting cartoons to Life, Vanity Fair and Liberty. In some of his works, he'd made reference to an insecticide called Flit. These references gained notice, and led to a contract to draw comic ads for Flit. This association lasted 17 years, gained him national exposure, and coined the catchphrase "Quick, Henry, the Flit!"

In 1936 on the way to a vacation in Europe, listening to the rhythm of the ship's engines, he came up with And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, which was then promptly rejected by the first 43 publishers he showed it to. Eventually in 1937 a friend published the book for him, and it went on to at least moderate success.

During World War II, Geisel joined the army and was sent to Hollywood. Captain Geisel would write for Frank Capra's Signal Corps Unit (for which he won the Legion of Merit) and do documentaries (he won Oscar's for Hitler Lives and Design for Death). He also created a cartoon called Gerald McBoing-Boing which also won him an Oscar.

In May of 1954, Life published a report concerning illiteracy among school children. The report said, among other things, that children were having trouble to read because their books were boring. This inspired Geisel's publisher, and prompted him to send Geisel a list of 400 words he felt were important, asked him to cut the list to 250 words (the publishers idea of how many words at one time a first grader could absorb), and write a book. Nine months later, Geisel, using 220 of the words given to him published The Cat in the Hat , which went on to instant success.

In 1960 Bennett Cerf bet Geisel $50 that he couldn't write an entire book using only fifty words. The result was Green Eggs and Ham . Cerf never paid the $50 from the bet.

Helen Palmer Geisel died in 1967. Theodor Geisel married Audrey Stone Diamond in 1968. Theodor Seuss Geisel died 24 September 1991.

Also worked under the pen name: Theo Le Sieg

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great ending:

"Wake every person,
pig and pup,
till EVERYONE
on Earth is up!

Except for me.
Please go away.
No up.
I'm sleeping in today."

Illustrations by one of the best--Quentin Blake.

[Ronyell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now, I have been reading Dr. Seuss’ books for DECADES now and I think that I have almost read all of the books that were written by Dr. Seuss (told you I have been reading his books for DECADES)! This also includes the books that Dr. Seuss wrote, but did not illustrate as there were some other artists that illustrated Dr. Seuss’ works, such as Lane Smith’s artwork in Dr. Seuss’ book “Hooray For Diffendoofer Day!” “Great Day for Up” is another book that was written by Dr. Seuss, but has artwork by Quentin Blake, who was well known for his artwork in Roald Dahl’s children’s books and it was quite an interesting read!

This book is basically about the narrator encouraging everyone around the world to get up in the morning and approach a new day with a smile on their faces!

Dr. Seuss had done a great job at writing this book as the verses are short, creative and silly and I often found myself giggling at the crazy verses about the people in the book getting up in the morning, such as this cute little verse:

“Up, whales!
Up, snails!
Up, rooster!
Hen!
Up!
Girls and women!
Boys and men!”

I also liked the fact that this book is similar to Dr. Seuss’ other work “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” as it is another book that reinforces positivity for yourself and that you should get up and go out into the world to do the things that you really want to do. I also loved the ending of this book as it was probably the most hilarious moment in the book and I definitely recommend that you read the ending for yourselves to see what I mean! I must admit that I do find Quentin Blake’s artwork to be adorable to look at in this book as all the characters are rendered in a slightly scratchy look and look a bit exaggerated with their expressions, which is something I have always enjoyed about Quentin Blake’s artwork. I also enjoyed seeing the images of the various characters jumping around excitedly at the approaching new day upon them.



The reason why I gave this book a four-star rating was because even though I thought that Quentin Blake’s artwork was cute, I personally think that it looked a bit out of place in a Dr. Seuss book, even though I was alright with Lane Smith’s artwork in “Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!” I guess I was so used to Dr. Seuss doing the artwork for his own books that seeing another artist do the artwork for his books kind of threw me off a bit.

Overall, “Great Day for Up” is a truly cute book about getting up in the mornings to approach a new day ahead of you that children will definitely be inspired by! I would recommend this book to children ages three and up since there is nothing inappropriate in this book.

Review is also on: Rabbit Ears Book Blog

[Maxwell Westjohn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought it lacked character depth. Different character every page it seemed like and never returned to round out their development. Baby George loved it though. He tried to eat the pages.

[Sadia Mansoor · Rating 3 out of 5]

FIRST READ OF 2018

Just wanted to start this new year with something light & easy read, so at once thought of Dr. Seuss :)
I'm glad that he never fails to disappoint with any of his humorous books with twisty, wacky stories of imaginary characters! Reading him today after so long & it feels great to be back to the same place, from where I have left reading some months ago. .

Overall, the book was good with a funny ending :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heq8P...

[Radwa · Rating 3 out of 5]

a cute poetry book about the different meanings of the word "up". the art style is different fom other Dr. Seuss books, even the ones not illustrated by him. but it takes an over-the-top silly and lovable approach like many of his other books.

"The sun gets up. so up with you!"

[S.Vandermolen · Rating 5 out of 5]

“A Great Day for Up” is a fun poetry book (interest level: K-2) about the word “up.” Similar in style to other Dr. Seuss works, this book is positive, visually engaging, and has a surprise ending that students (and adults) will enjoy!

Illustrator Quentin Blake filled this book to the brim with colorful, expressive characters and objects that I believe children are sure to love. The vast diversity of subject matter enables more readers to be interested in the story, ranging from kites to mountain climbing, animals, hot air balloons, etc. As the poem progresses, the characters begin to snowball into larger and larger groups that completely fill the pages. With so much to soak up visually, this book could be very useful in enticing wary readers to get involved in reading. I would be sure to make this book available to students for independent reading time, and would encourage students to search the library for other Dr. Seuss titles to take home and read.

This book would also be very useful for classroom word studies. Only one word in the whole text is a nonsense word, so the rhyming presented in the book is very helpful for students’ efforts in categorizing the different sounds and spellings of words. While the book includes a few simplistic rhymes (i.e.: up/-cup/pup, hen/men), the text also includes many rhymes that illustrate how similar vowel sounds can be spelled a variety of ways (i.e. rights/kites, wire/higher, wheels/seals). As such, this book would make a great introduction to a word sort activity for students.

[Derelict Space Sheep · Rating 4 out of 5]

42 WORD REVIEW:

The first Dr Seuss book not illustrated by the man himself, Great Day For Up was brought to life instead by the redoubtable — and equally inimitable — Quentin Blake. The rhythm is slippery at times but the book verily fizzes with joyous exuberance.

[Bronwyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was pretty cute. Some good rhymes, some not as good. The illustrations (Quentin Blake!) are great.

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review from a toddler: “it was great.”

[Christina Reid · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book to read aloud with lovely illustrations from Quentin Blake.

[Elora Harper · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rhyming was unimpressive

[Katja Labonté · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 stars & 2/10 hearts. My siblings and I weren’t crazy about this one. The illustrations not being Seuss's really brought the book down, for us. The rhymes were okay, and the ending unexpectedly fun, but it hadn’t the humour and dash we expected, so we were rather disappointed.

[Merve Şahin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again, by chance I found a children's book as pdf. Frankly, I love these books. It is especially ideal for pre-kindergarten children. It is one of the books that contain a lot of visuals and very little writing and you can easily teach words. I don't know if it has Turkish version but such books in English were very useful for my nephew. He is only two years old and understands the English version of many words. I think it is very useful to give pre-school language education with such books and beautiful children's songs. I highly recommend it.

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Yine şans eseri pdf bulduğum bir çocuk kitabı. Bu kitapları açıkçası çok seviyorum. Anaokulu öncesi çocuklar için özellikle çok ideal. Bol görselli çok az yazı içeren ve rahatlıkla kelime öğretebileceğiniz kitaplardan. Türkçesi var mı inanın bilmiyorum fakat ingilizce böyle kitaplar benim yeğenim için oldukça faydalı oldu. Daha iki yaşında ve bir çok kelimenin ingilizce versiyonunu da anlıyor.Böyle kitaplarla ve güzel çocuk şarkılarıyla okul öncesi dil eğitimi vermek bence çok faydalı oluyor. Kesinlikle tavsiye ederim.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another great book for beginning readers. Our 6 year old could read most of it and I think it's a great boost for her to know that she's starting to read books outside of the ones she reads in school. This is a simple book that repeats the word up a lot and has a lot of rhyming narrative and pictures that help figure out some of the bigger words.

[Blanca R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book it can be helpful to read for children for an activity related to help them coordination and balance such as put something on top of their head and move around.
LE. Practice balance and coordination with a beam or a line with children as walk on top of the line with an object on top of their heads.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute and amusing book that has a predictably tongue-in-cheek ending from the one and only Dr. Seuss.

*Taken from my book reviews blog: http://reviewsatmse.blogspot.com/2008...

[June · Rating 3 out of 5]

Are you feeling Up? If not, this book can change your altitude a bit, particularly if you read it in the presence of children.

A great ending for someone who has gotten a little tired of the optimism by the time they finish.

[Dianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is very well written, and predictable so young kids can help read it.

[Carolynne Raymond · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book as a child so much so that I can remember my Mom reading this to me. I had forgotten about it and recognized the cover when I did a search on the author.

[Shaurya(aka Aryan) · Rating 5 out of 5]

today when I read it I thought that everone in my family will love it.

[Vel Veeter]

“Up! Up! The sun is getting up.”

Everything is up today! What’s up with up? This book is from 1974, and my copy (and I think this is the original) was illustrated by Quentin Blake. I tend to find the non-Seuss illustrated book less charming in general than the ones he illustrated, and I have complicated feelings about Quentin Blake as an illustrator since I’ve always liked the older Roald Dahl illustrations better than newer ones. That said, this is a funny book with joyful art, and a lot of uses of the word up. It’s a fun book to read aloud because saying UP a million times really offers up some fun time. Also, it all leads to a punchline at the end, which is solid.

The tagline: “Every new day starts a new adventure.”

I would also say that the opening moment is some kind of reference direct or indirect to William Wordsworth’s “The Tables Turned” and maybe reviewing a bunch of Dr Seuss books speaks to his larger point. I suppose I have to lay claim to murdering to dissect almost every book I’ve ever read, at least to some degree. But unlike the cat in The Cat Who Saved Books, I do think people should be allowed to read in whatever way they want, so long as they can live with the results.

Anyway, here’s the poem:
“The Tables Turned” by William Wordsworth
Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books;
Or surely you’ll grow double:
Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks;
Why all this toil and trouble?
The sun above the mountain’s head,
A freshening lustre mellow
Through all the long green fields has spread,
His first sweet evening yellow.
Books! ’tis a dull and endless strife:
Come, hear the woodland linnet,
How sweet his music! on my life,
There’s more of wisdom in it.
And hark! how blithe the throstle sings!
He, too, is no mean preacher:
Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.
She has a world of ready wealth,
Our minds and hearts to bless—
Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health,
Truth breathed by cheerfulness.
One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings;
Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:—
We murder to dissect.
Enough of Science and of Art;
Close up those barren leaves;
Come forth, and bring with you a heart
That watches and receives.

[Nick Somsavanh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Day for Up (1974) is a picture book written by Dr. Seuss and illustrated by Quentin Blake; on the cover, there's a small sticker/markup that recommends the book for early readers. The story in the book consists of small words that either make up a directive to the audience or set of characters on the page and is written in rhyme form (usually ABCB or ABCDEC). The artistic illustrations are in similar fashion to all other Dr. Seuss books with words and characters occupying almost the entire space of each page layout. Characters and settings are full of color and the words come in differing sizes to let readers know how loudly to read/pronounce the specific words throughout the story. This use of bright colors and scaling the size of the words compliment the story by adding massive amounts of kinetic energy and boosting the purpose of the story for the reader to GET UP and MOVE! The story is a real page turner with the simple and fun rhymes and is greatly contrasted by the last page showing the "author" (a child) saying he won't get up and instead will stay in bed, symbolizing the amazing possibilities of reading a book to take the mind different places while physically being in just one. I enjoyed the book a lot and recommend for parents and educators to read it to early students and for students (K-1) to read it independently for fun.

[Ashley Mejia · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Great Day for Up" is a fiction book intended for pre-k to first graders. The book is about everyone and everything waking up and going up. The whole town and animals are all getting up on different objects and balloons and kites are going up. Except for the narrator that does not want to get up in the morning. This is a great book to read to children to teach them the word "up." The illustrator did a great job of creating the illustrations so that they correlate with the words. There are very few words, so it is easy for children to read on their own. It is a great introductory book for when children are beginning to learn how to read. The illustrations are very colorful and vivid. The children could tell you what is happening without even having to read because of how great the pictures are.
May 14, 2020

[Stefanie Burns · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dr Seuss book about what a great day today, or any day, is for 'up.' 'Up' is open for interpretation, but I take it as meaning to get up and do something, anything. Has the typical rhyming, but is not illustrated by Dr. Seuss so the characters are not characteristic of most of his books. Nice, quick read. I like that the whole book touts getting up and doing something, but at the end of the story, the narrator does not want to get up.

[Kristofer Petersen-Overton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great to get kids talking! My daughter is more and more fascinated with letters and the way "UP" is illustrated throughout this charming book is an effective way of reinforcing early reading skills. Already at around 18 months she was pointing to the word and shouting it aloud as I read. I've long been a fan of Quentin Blake's illustrations (mostly those done for Roald Dahl's books) and they work very here with Dr. Seuss's text.

[Luisa Knight · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun illustrations!

Ages: 2 - 4

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[Amy Oelschlaeger · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dr. Seuss showcases many aspect of writing and literature in this book. The use of counting is touched on. Words rhyme as well. The overall theme is Up! The sun rises. Bunnies hop. Sounds can get louder. This book demonstrates the verb "up" through several different examples. The illustrations help the reader visualize "up" as well.

[Samantha Ocampo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was a really great book to help emphasize to early readers the importance of getting up in the morning so they can do so many fun things. I love how Dr. Seuss emphasizes that anyone and everyone must get up when the sun is up. You can also tell through the illustrations what everyone is doing which makes it all that much more exciting and fun to read.

[Kendra · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not one of our favorite Dr. Seuss books. We love the illustrations in this book in that they are so colorful. I love that there are the famous rhymes that is common in Dr. Seuss books. This book was really hard to read aloud so I don't recommend it for read aloud. The kids really enjoyed listening to the book and thought it was neat. I recommend checking it out.

[Carmabela Wong · Rating 5 out of 5]

“A Great Day for Up” is a fun poetry book (interest level: K-2) about the word “up.” Similar in style to other Dr. Seuss works, this book is positive, visually engaging, and has a surprise ending that students (and adults) will enjoy!

Sunshine and I enjoyed this book very much. Enjoy it with us on our Youtube channel Storytime Sunshine.

Here is a direct link: https://youtu.be/Hs0bOkpf-c4