My Many Colored Days

My Many Colored Days is a children's book written by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss. It features animals representing different emotions on different days. These include a horse, flamingos, a seal, a wolf, an anteater, a bee, a fish, and a bird.

My Many Colored Days

Author	Dr. Seuss
Illustrator	Steve Johnson Lou Fancher
Language	English
Genre	Children's literature
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf
Publication date	March 1, 1996
Publication place	USA
Media type	Print (hardcover, board book)
Pages	32
ISBN	0-679-87597-2
OCLC	164575524
Dewey Decimal	[E] 20
LC Class	PZ8.3.G276 My 1996
Preceded by	The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss
Followed by	Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!

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Accompanying a manuscript Geisel wrote in 1974 was a letter outlining his hopes of finding "a great color artist who will not be dominated by me".^[1] Geisel saw his original text about feelings and moods as part of the "first book ever to be based on beautiful illustrations and sensational color".^[1]

It was published posthumously in 1996 by Alfred A. Knopf, after Geisel's death in 1991. It features paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. A rhyming story, it describes each day in terms of a particular color which is in turn associated with a specific emotion. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book in its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".^[2]