Wacky Wednesday (Beginner Books(R))

Wacky Wednesday was my son's favorite book when he was around 4 years old. He is now about to become a father and I ordered this book for him to read to my new granddaughter. The story is a great way to involve your child while you read to them. Each page has things that they can point out and it makes them proud when they correctly identify each "wacky" item.

Dr Seuss never disappoints!

Wacky Wednesday
By Dr. Seuss

This book has been one of my family's all time favorites. When my children were young, they asked me to read it over and over, while they tried to spot all the wacky things. When they learned to read, they read this book again and again.

Whenever anything out of the ordinary happens in our family, we still say, "It must be Wacky Wednesday".

When my son became a father, this is the first book he bought for his son.

Children will love solving the mystery that is called "Wacky Wednesday".

Jill Ammon Vanderwood
Author: Through the Rug
 Through The Rug: Follow That Dog (Through the Rug)

Theo LeSieg is one of Dr. Seuss's pseudonyms. Theodore Geisel (Seuss's real name) wrote many books under pseudonyms besides Dr. Seuss, but this is one of the best. It involves a Where's Waldo type picture hunt, counting 1-20, and those fantastic illustrations everyone has come to know and love. The story line is funny, but familiar. Overall, the book is a lovable classic that all ages will enjoy. It is definitely a must read for the Seuss fan and a family favorite. As an educator, I appreciate the myriad of skills built upon through Geisel's writing, and this book is no exception.

This was my absolute favorite book growing up - we had a whole collection of Dr Seuss books, along with fairy tales, nursery rhymes, Leo Leonni - and Wacky Wednesday was my favorite. As an adult looking back, I believe this book - above all others - tuned into both my creative side and my analytical/detailed/detective side. My poor parents who hoped for a doctor - I graduated with a degree in English and cite Dr Suess as my main influence. I'm very happy to be have found this book again + buy it for my toddler today, who is also creative and analytical. Yes, you'll find more wacky things than said to be there, but this carries the book further out of the realm of your typical neat little story, and encourages people + kids to use their brains to always be looking further.

This book is about a very Wacky Wednesday, where a kid wakes up and finds weird and different out side and in his room, so he went outside and asked some people what's wrong they said the only thing that is wrong is you, they said you have to find 20 things wrong and then he could go back to sleep.
The lesson in Wacky Wednesday is how to count, and to see what's wrong with the picture.
The age level for this book is 4-8.
I thought the book was very good.

I find this book disappointing, my 4 year old daughter loves it. The premise is that a girl wakes up and finds that things are strange in the world. There are lots of things in each picture to discover - shoes on the ceiling, missing legs, and especially strange prams and babys being pushed around.

There is definitely excitement in discovery. Some things are American and will be difficult for non-American children to know - Pictures labelled Washington which are other people for instance. But for the most part everything is easy to discover. Good early learning stuff, spelling etc - but mostly it is visual and there are excellent visual jokes which is why my children love it (candy cane legs, a worm chasing a bird etc)

I don't really enjoy the book greatly, I just don't like the illustrations a great deal. I find them a bit too child like, however it is nice sitting with the kids while they figure out what is wrong with the picture. There are other great books which do this too and maybe even do it better, however, clearly not from my child's point of view! She enjoys it.

I...discovered that Dr. Suess wrote this book! (LeSieg is Geisel spelled backwards.) My daughter loved this book when she was little, and insisted I read it every night for months when she was about three. I honestly believe she taught herself to read by memorizing all the words, then looking at the book on her own. I never suspected that we were actually reading a Dr. Suess book.

This book is clever and interesting. It was a favorite of mine and my siblings when we were young. In this book, wacky things continue to happen as the day goes on. On this Wednesday one little boy is the only one who realizes that things are not as they should be. Wacky Wednesday is a book that i recommend anyone to read to a small child, they will truelly enjoy it.