Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
Started by Dr. Seuss, finished by Jack Prelutsky, and illustrated by Lane Smith, Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! is a joyous ode to individuality starring unsinkable teacher Miss Bonkers and the quirky Diffendoofer School (which must prove it has taught its students how to think--or have them sent to dreary Flobbertown). Included is an introduction by Dr. Seuss's longtime editor explaining how the book came to be and reproductions of Dr. Seuss's original pencil sketches and hand-printed notes for the book—a true find for all Seuss collectors! Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith pay homage to the Good Doctor in their own distinctive ways, the result of which is the union of three one-of-a-kind voices in a brand-new, completely original book that…
“I have always enjoyed playing with words, but I had no idea that I would be a writer. There was a time when I couldn’t stand poetry! . . . When I was a young man, I discovered poetry again and it changed my life.”—Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky has written more than 40 books of verse and has compiled a number of poetry anthologies. His anthology, The 20th-Century Children’s Poetry Treasury, includes 211 wonderful poems that represent the best the century has to offer.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
For years, Jack Prelutsky’s inventive poems have inspired legions of children to fall in love with poetry. His outrageously silly poems have tickled even the most stubborn funny bones, while his darker verses have spooked countless…
The Carnival of the Animals
Jack Prelutsky; illustrated by Mary GrandPre; Created by Camille Saint-Saens
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
Selected by Jack Prelutsky; illustrated by Marc Brown
The Swamps of Sleethe
Jack Prelutsky; Illustrated by Jimmy Pickering
Good Sports
Jack Prelutsky; illustrated by Chris Raschka
Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme
selected by Jack Prelutsky; Illustrated by Meilo So
The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury
Selected by Jack Prelutsky; illustrated by Meilo So
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
Dr. Seuss with some help from Jack Prelutsky & Lane Smith