Great Day for Up! | |
Author: | Dr. Seuss |
Illustrator: | Quentin Blake |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Publisher: | Random House |
Pub Date: | August 28, 1974 |
Media Type: | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
Isbn: | 9780394829135 |
Isbn Note: | [1] |
Preceded By: | There's a Wocket in My Pocket! |
Followed By: | Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! |
Great Day for Up! is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It was published by Random House on August 28, 1974.[2] It is the first Seuss book not illustrated by the author himself.
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!.[3]