Books like My Many Colored Days
By Dr. Seuss
A dapper frog rides off on horseback to woo a coy little mouse, and their courtship unfolds through verse after verse of the old folk song, right up to their wedding day.
Two scarecrows, Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay, fall in love and plan a wedding in the fields, gathering the farm's animals and birds to help them celebrate.
Eight little ballerinas practice plié, relevé, and jeté together in perfect step until Miss Lina introduces a ninth dancer, Regina, and their tidy rows suddenly fall into disarray.
A chameleon changes color wherever he goes and longs to keep one color of his own, so he settles on the greenest leaf — until autumn turns it yellow, then red, right along with him.
A tiny snail longing to see the world hitches a ride on a humpback whale's tail, and together they sail to icebergs and volcanoes — until the whale gets stranded and needs the smallest friend to save her.
A lonely old man sets out to find one pretty cat but can't choose among the millions, billions, and trillions he finds on a hillside — so he brings them all home.
A small boy is invited to tea at the palace and always asks the same question — may he bring a friend? — and each time, a surprising animal guest shows up beautifully behaved.
A bush grandmother uses magic to make a young possum invisible, but when Hush longs to see herself again, the two possums journey across Australia in search of the food that will bring her back into view.
A mother cat leads her two kittens, Fluffy and Skinny, through washing, wall-walking, and claw-sharpening — while a third kitten, Boris, just naps through it all.
A pair of cardinals build their home in a beloved evergreen tree, but when the tree is suddenly taken away, one bird must find his way back to the other across a great distance.
A dinosaur far too big for any studio dreams of becoming a ballerina, and sets off to chase that dream despite her size and the wrong shoes.
A small green chameleon wishes it could be handsome like a flamingo, smart like a fox, and funny like a seal, taking on new parts until it's a jumble of everyone else.
