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Dr. Seuss's Book of Colors
An easy-to-read book about color, inspired by Dr. Seuss and illustrated with artwork from his books!
This simple rhymed riff about color is illustrated with art from some of the most beloved—and colorful—works by Dr. Seuss, including 'The Cat in the Hat', 'Green Eggs and Ham', and 'One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish'. Great for the earliest reader, it is a perfect companion to Dr. Seuss concept books like 'Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?', 'The Shape of Me and Other Stuff', and 'Dr. Seuss's ABC'.
Nurture a love of reading—and of the many colorful characters created by Dr. Seuss—with this great new concept book for beginning readers!
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. He is still ranked among the world's top children's authors, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide.
Age Range: 5–8+ / Grade level 1–Kindergarten+ / Lexile AD190L
Edition MSRP: $9⁹⁹ US / $12⁹⁹ CAN (ISBN 978-0-5247-6618-4)
Printed in the United States of America
This simple rhymed riff about color is illustrated with art from some of the most beloved—and colorful—works by Dr. Seuss, including 'The Cat in the Hat', 'Green Eggs and Ham', and 'One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish'. Great for the earliest reader, it is a perfect companion to Dr. Seuss concept books like 'Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?', 'The Shape of Me and Other Stuff', and 'Dr. Seuss's ABC'.
Nurture a love of reading—and of the many colorful characters created by Dr. Seuss—with this great new concept book for beginning readers!
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. He is still ranked among the world's top children's authors, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide.
Age Range: 5–8+ / Grade level 1–Kindergarten+ / Lexile AD190L
Edition MSRP: $9⁹⁹ US / $12⁹⁹ CAN (ISBN 978-0-5247-6618-4)
Printed in the United States of America
40 pages, Hardcover
First published January 2, 2018
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Dr. Seuss
1,108 books18.4k followersAlso 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
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
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March 4, 2020
I didn't realize Dr. Seuss has so many books... I ran across this title and realized my excited 5 yr old could probably read half this book by himself and he did, twice! This book invites all Seuss' characters from previous books and uses all colors to tell the story. Cute and rhymy.
December 9, 2024
I don’t have a favorite color yet but I like to look at them all!
February 8, 2018
It just feels......lazy. Take a bunch of illustrations by Dr. Seuss, and tell us what color they are. In rhyme.
There are several recognizable characters, but they're all just tossed together with no context except for the colors used to draw them.
There are several recognizable characters, but they're all just tossed together with no context except for the colors used to draw them.
September 5, 2019
An ideal book for starting readers as many of their favorite Dr. Seuss characters make an appearance. There is no story (like most Dr. Seuss actually) but simple sentences focusing on colors.
May 16, 2021
The pictures contain many references to other popular Dr. Seuss books. An excellent book for younger readers, my 3-year-old niece enjoyed it immensely.
December 30, 2022
Very cute and nostalgic! References a lot of recognizable Dr.Seuss characters with fun rhymes about colours!
December 11, 2023
This is a children's picture book, intended for children 1-4 years of age. This book explores different colors, around the Dr Seuss world. This book is very simple and the drawings are very creative, but unrealistic. Other items like cars trees or buildings also look unrealistic, but also create an atmosphere of creativity and wonder. This book is great at highlighting, the different colors of the world in a fun magical world. The text is very large and short which is easy for kids of all ages to read. I think this book will appeal to children as well. A lot of the words rhyme, so it feels easier to read then if I was reading a longer picture book. There's also no real story so each page is independently important, other than it being a story book where the next page is sequential to the first page. If I were to use this in a classroom setting, I would have the kids look around the classroom and write down different colors associated with the items in the classroom.
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July 10, 2025
Learn about colors in this fabulous book written by Dr. Seuss! Learn many colors in Seuss’s creative way of writing. Blue turtles on gray rocks, and green birds on pink clocks. Orange hens on a boy named Ben. Colors are fun when Dr. Seuss is teaching you about them.
Reason for Recommendation: This book teaches kids about colors, while they are having fun reading and listening to Dr. Seuss.
Reason for Recommendation: This book teaches kids about colors, while they are having fun reading and listening to Dr. Seuss.
June 30, 2023
Zany book about colors and mixups with frolicking rhyme. Lots to see & may overwhelm some kids. Would work better with preK+ ages.
Themes: colors, books that rhyme
Ages: PreK-1st grade
Pub year: 2018
Themes: colors, books that rhyme
Ages: PreK-1st grade
Pub year: 2018
February 17, 2018
It was cool to see if I could recognize what Dr. Seuss books the characters were from but other than that it was just a "meh" kind of book for me.
December 22, 2018
Wish these had been around when I was a child.
February 22, 2019
Familiar characters from various Seuss titles in simple rhyming text about colors. Good lap book with toddlers learning to identify colors.
September 5, 2019
This book has different characters from other Dr. Seuss books and illustrates pictures with a lot of color. The book helps young children recognize their colors by reading this book to them.
September 12, 2019
PediaTrust 09/12/19 - JC
December 31, 2019
This app won't let me read any of my books.
March 4, 2020
This was for my son school project for Dr.Seuss's birthday month!
March 11, 2020
A simple, rhyming color book, useful for a Dr. Seuss storytime as it's not a common Seuss title.
December 26, 2020
For: Seuss/color fans; readers wanting a silly book about colors.
Possible red flags: nonsense.
Possible red flags: nonsense.
March 8, 2021
Beat way to learn your colors is with Dr. Seuss
March 25, 2021
Cute book with great introduction to colors with nice illustrations.
December 11, 2021
Dr. Seuss's Book of Colors by Dr. Seuss – A lovely, bright romp of a book! Happy Reading!
February 11, 2023
Dr. Seuss's greatest hits as the backdrop to a rhming book about colors.
March 18, 2024
Lack of depth and could use a wider variety of objects and colors
October 21, 2024
This is a short and simple book for younger students to understand. It tells us different colors of different objects. This would be beneficial for starting to learn colors.
October 26, 2024
Cute way to bring characters and colors together.
November 23, 2024
Madness and Genius all-in-one, along with the greatest hits characters.
March 1, 2025
4.5 stars?
January 8, 2022
This was an interesting fun book to read. Reading the weird twisted world of Dr. Seuss is always entertaining. It was fun read all the colorful object and looking at the drawings to see the strange colored things.
February 11, 2019
I think a Dr. Seuss book used to an easy starter for readers is great. This book in specific works with colors but also rhymes. It brings lots of pictures and character ti the book for children. There aren't too many words and gives lots of examples for later use in Dr. Seuss books.
January 31, 2024
Citare lo que escribi para el libro "¡El Sr. Brown hace Muuu! ¿Podrías hacerlo tú?" de Dr Seuss porque honestamente no creo poder agregar algo mas de momento
"Rimas ingeniosas acompañadas de dibujos agradables y memorables. Dignas de un rap y un buen ejercicio para quienes empiezan a hablar inglés. El "problema" es que no contiene nada más que juegos de palabras. No hay moraleja alguna o historia que seguir más allá de un chiste repetido de principio a fin. Aun así, es muy entretenido. ¡Banco!"
"Rimas ingeniosas acompañadas de dibujos agradables y memorables. Dignas de un rap y un buen ejercicio para quienes empiezan a hablar inglés. El "problema" es que no contiene nada más que juegos de palabras. No hay moraleja alguna o historia que seguir más allá de un chiste repetido de principio a fin. Aun así, es muy entretenido. ¡Banco!"
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