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annakim's review against another edition
5.0
How very meta to read this while my own school is in the middle of its own standardized testing period. This is a book that celebrates children, creativity, and teachers, with a not-so-subtle dig at standardized tests.
mariahroze's review
5.0
I read this book with two of my students and they loved it.
"Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!" is a book about individuality. Miss Bonkers teaches how to think at a school that allows everyone to be themselves. The students then result in getting the highest test scores, because they are able to pull information from their experiences.
"Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!" is a book about individuality. Miss Bonkers teaches how to think at a school that allows everyone to be themselves. The students then result in getting the highest test scores, because they are able to pull information from their experiences.
emanck15's review
5.0
Written from Dr. Seuss' last sketches and notes. Very good story. Student's loved it for Read Across America Day.
5elementknitr's review
4.0
A delightful collaboration from three of the greats in children's books!
I especially loved the Dr. Suess face cameo!
I especially loved the Dr. Suess face cameo!
rochellejsteele's review
5.0
I really like this book. It was the last book that Dr. Seuss wrote. It is so cute.
cpaige4's review
4.0
The teachers at the Diffendoofer school are unlike any other teachers in the area. The principal is a nervous wreck because he is afraid that if the students at the Differdoofer school don't do well on the tests everyone will go to DREARY Floobertown. How could the students possibly learn anything if they are having so much fun? Luckily the Diffendoofer students do really well on the test and the principal no longer has to worry!
koby's review
1.0
This feels like a book designed for teachers to read before standardized testing days. The principal worries profusely the kids won't be up to the test, the teacher assures the kids they will be, and then the kids do great on the test. This doesn't feel like the celebration of difference others see it as. Instead it's like they take different paths to the same outcome, ultimately conforming.
That's whatever to me as a reader. What does bother me is the principal's randomly incorporated creepy fixation on the teacher (he likes to watch her jump on the trampoline? what?). That alone was enough for me to think: This is getting donated (we received a copy as a gift). Then the teacher gives the principal a bunch of kisses when the test results come back? No thanks. I think this normalizes two icky things: creeping on women & "romance" between two people with a power differential (a principal is a boss).
That's whatever to me as a reader. What does bother me is the principal's randomly incorporated creepy fixation on the teacher (he likes to watch her jump on the trampoline? what?). That alone was enough for me to think: This is getting donated (we received a copy as a gift). Then the teacher gives the principal a bunch of kisses when the test results come back? No thanks. I think this normalizes two icky things: creeping on women & "romance" between two people with a power differential (a principal is a boss).