In honor of Dr. Seuss week (and at my mom's suggestion - she's an elementary teacher celebrating Seuss week with her students), this is my fourth Seuss book. I thought this was a cute idea...a daisy growing out of Mayzie's head and what people think should happen b/c of that. I think Seuss did a good job of showing how fame and money can't buy you love or happiness. It's great how he can put such nice values in such silly books. And I am very impressed reading his books as an adult at how he could so easily imagine up such great children's stories!

Boring. My 4 and 6 y.o. did not care for it either. Not really Seuss-like... story suddenly had a moral that didn't really even go anywhere.

Audrey Geisel should be ashamed of herself. She sold out the Seuss name. While some of the rhymes may have been from the good Dr., this comes off like a draft and is not his usual high-quality work. Next, the full-color artwork is deplorable. Seuss always used a minimal palette. Seuss was an original but the illustration of Finagle the Agent is a blatant ripoff of Al Capp's Evil-Eye Fleegle. We're not stupid, but Audrey is definitely greedy.

i'm shocked to say this, but movie adaptation is far better

One of my favorite Dr.Seuss books!!

When I was a little girl my mom always used to read this to me and I have loved it ever since. Now as a future educator I can't wait until Seuss week so I can share this book with my students.

Most Dr.Seuss books don't actually tell a story, but this one does. It tells a story while still having a rhyming theme to it. I would definitely use this book for younger classrooms because it has such a young student aspect to it. I also think it would be a great book to use to teach a rhyming lesson.

I like this one better than the first one they put out in ‘95! It was interesting to read about the history of both versions at the back of the book (because both were published after the death of Dr. Seuss.) this book will always follow Maisie

An old childhood favorite.

This is a classic Dr. Seuss book. Mayzie is in class one day when a flower grows spontaneously from her head. This book shows her journey through fame and loneliness and everything in between. It covers everything from self acceptance, to untrustworthy individuals, to the importance of family.

This book is definitely more author centered, but there are some illustrative characteristics that are worth noting. For example, Mayzie's parents are not shown representing the typical gender roles. Her mother is a construction worker, and her father works in a shoe store. I found this especially interesting considering the age of the book.

Dr. Seuss did a great job of covering multiple important themes in a simple and straightforward manner. The first one covered is how to deal with untrustworthy individuals. Mayzie is offered a contract by "Finagle the Agent," that will make her famous. The words used to characterize Finagle are enough to show that Mayzie will leave this deal empty handed. She moves on to realize, "what is money without friends?" She went home in hopes that they would still accept her. In the end, the daisy still pops up once in a while, but Mayzie is "getting used to it!" This book does a great job of tying together some important lessons that children need broken down for them.

A Dr. Suess picture book about a young girl who suddenly sprouts a daisy on her head and is made fun of. This was found as a draft after Suess's death and finished by someone else. You can tell that the writing and art aren't quite Suess. It is still fun to read, however.

It is no secret that I am not a die hard Dr. Seuss fan...but this was actually pretty good. I like that is rhymes and it doesn't have made up words like diffendoofer and gootch (that is my Chief Dislike of Seuss, the made up words and the unattractive, strange looking characters. As with all Seuss Books their tends to be some sort of message or political commentary...and guess this one is??? I am not sure. I could be about loving yourself, even if a daisy is growing from your head....Oh well if nothing else, Daisy-Head Mayzie is fun to say!

There are so many lessons we can learn from this book. But my favorites are: that friends, family and love are more important than money and fame; That listening to parents is a good thing; and that we all have some things that make us unique and we can make friends with those parts of ourselves.

This is such a good book