''Great Day for Up!'' is a book written by
Dr. Seuss and illustrated by
Quentin Blake
Sir Quentin Saxby Blake, (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and children's writer. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl, which are among his most popular works. For his ...
. It was published by
Random House
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by Germ ...
on August 28, 1974.
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!
''I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!'' is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss, the pen name of Theodor Geisel. It is illustrated by James Stevenson and was published by Random House on October 12, 1987.
Plot
A boy decides to sleep in one day, ex ...
''.
See also
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List of Dr. Seuss books
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, published over 60 children's books over the course of his long career. Though most were published under his well-known pseudonym, Dr. Seuss, he also authored over a dozen books as Theo. LeSieg and o ...
References
External links
''Great Day for Up!'' read by David Selman
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Books by Dr. Seuss
1974 children's books
Random House books