Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!

A fun book about the Diffendoffer school and how it succeeds by being different. The story is great with its wackiness (the librarian tells students to be louder when reading to themselves) and a great morale (standardized teaching does not prepare you for the real world). Smith's illustrartions

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are also very well done. The worst thing about the book is that it rhymes. The end section is even better than the story, as it gives a fascinating look into Dr. Seuss the author and how a book comes to be. The originial sketches are great!

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I really enjoyed this book because it talks about how much this boy loves his school and everyone in it. Teaches kids to appreciate school and there teachers that do such a good job to teach them things that they need to know.

The students of Diffendoofer School must pass a test or the school will be shut down, but have they been learning the right things from their very abnormal teachers? The characters are developed mostly through the pictures, although many of the teachers have quirky descriptions in true Dr. Suess

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style. The setting is in an imaginary town where everyone is a little bit different and strives to not be normal. The plot is exciting for a short story and the second half of the book explains the history of the story and how it was completed. This is a great addition to a public library for elementary school students as well as all lovers of Dr. Seuss, Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith.

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The students of Diffendoofer School celebrate their unusual teachers and curriculum including Miss Fribble, who teaches laughing, Miss Bonkers, who teaches frogs to dance, and Mr Katz, who builds robotic rats.

This book gives a unique insight into the writing process of Dr. Suess. The book began as an incomplete assembly of drafts, sketches and brainstorming lists left behind when Dr. Suess passed away in 1991. His editor enlisted the help of renown children’s poet Jack Prelutsky and author-illustrator

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Lane Smith to flesh out the story Suess created about exceptional teacher Miss Bonkers and the unusual Diffendoofer School. Students can relate to the experience of Diffendoofer students when they are presented with a high-stakes test that determines whether they can continue at their school or if it will be shut down as they are sent to school in dreary Flobbertown. Readers will also enjoy picking out the original illustrations of Dr. Suess intermingled with Smith’s additions. As an epilogue, an explanation of how the book came to be is included which details the steps the editor followed to complete one of Dr. Suess’s last story ideas. Readers will marvel over the drafts that are included which show how Suess thought out the silly names and verses.

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The students at Diffendoofer school are excited about learning and love both their teachers and their school. At Diffendoofer School the students are encouraged to think outside of the box and the teachers often teach subjects that are a bit unorthodox and sometimes downright silly. The students at

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Diffendoofer School receive an unwelcome surprise when the principal informs them that they will be taking a standardized test and if they do not do well on the test they will all have to go to Flobbertown. This is distressing to the students as Flobbertown is a very dull and boring place to be. However, a beloved teacher at Diffendoofer school tells the students that they have nothing to worry about because they are all well prepared to pass any test they are given. Ultimately the students pass the test and there is a celebration at the school.
This would be a great teacher read aloud for students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade.

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This book is a great story of a school called Diffendoofer. The children at this school find that the teachers teach them strange things in strange ways. The children enjoy attending the school and one day while the children were at lunch they were told there would be a standardized test that they

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must take and so all the children began to get scared. They fear taking the test because if they fail it then their school will be shut down and they will then have to move to boring Flobberton. The teachers assure the children that they will do fine on the test. The children take the test and they all knew all the answers and felt confident when they had finished. They all passed the test and they titled the day, Diffendoofer Day because the school was kept open and all the children were able to continue attending there. The students at Diffendoofer had been taught how to think and this is how they all passed the test.
This book is a good story for children in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade.

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Hooray For Diffendoofer Day is a story about a child that describes his school and talks about a test that the school is going to take to see how well the students are learning. Throughout the story the young students tells about his teachers and how they react when the students recieve good grades

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on the test. I would recommend this book to teachers for standarized testing or just testing in general!

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"Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!" by Dr. Seuss is about a school in the town of Diffendoofer. The students are made aware that they will be taking standardized tests soon and that if they do not do well the school will be shut down. The students at Diffendoofer school make a plan and do great on their

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tests. There principal that is aways unhappy smiles and praises them for their good work. The school stays open and the students as well as teachers are very happy. I would read this book to older students as it is quite lengthy. This book would be perfect for the week before SAT testing or other standardized tests.

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This book is a "celebration of individuality and creative thinking". The kids at Diffendoofer School find out that they must take a test and score well or they will have to go to the boring and dreary school, Flobbertown. They are worried at first, but when they see the test they realize that they

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know all of the material because they have been taught to actually think.

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The students of Diffendoofer are eager to learn. The teachers push their students to think about things outside of the curriculum as well as what is in it. Some of the stuff seems outright ridiculous but it is making them well rounded. The principal tells the students that they will be tested and

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if they don't do well they will all be sent to Flobbertown. No one wants to go to Flobbertown. One teacher encourages the students and lets them know they are prepared. The students pass and everyone in the school is happy. I would read this to students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade before they take a standardized test.

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I love this book. I would read this to any classroom before taking a type of standardized tests. The story is about the kids at Diffendoofer School. The students love this school and all their teachers. The principal tells them that they much take a standardized test and if they do bad on this test

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then they will be spilt up between other schools and Diffendoofer School will close. The students and teachers panic and think they will do awful on the test. But in the end, they have the highest grades on all the tests so the principal declares that day as DIffendoofer Day. This isn't a book I would read to younger grades. I would read this to a 4th or 5th grade class. They would appreciate it more.

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This book was a delight to read. Great for the beginning of school. All the students in Dinkerville love going to the Diffendoofer School. Their teachers are creative, fun and silly, especially Miss Bonkers. However, their principle, Mr. Lowe, seems to always be sad. While all the students are

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having fun in class, Mr. Lowe announces that there will be a standardized test in which all students must take or else Diffendoofer will be torn down. Everyon is frightened for the future of their school, but Miss Bonkers feels certain that they students will pass with flying colors. After the results come back, Diffendoofer receives the highest score. This book goes to prove that learning can excel in fun circumstances!

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Hooray for Diffendoofer Day is a book about a school that is different from the rest. The teachers at this school teach the students interesting things. When the principal comes in to announce that they must take a test to show that they have learned such and such, the teacher reassures them they

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have been taught what they need. They passed the test and did not have to go to Flobbertown where everyone is the same.

This book is awesome. I think it might help teachers and students alike if the teachers read it to the students before taking standardized tests!! It’s ok to be different and trust your teachers and yourselves is the moral of the story.

I would challenge students to make up their own story with silly, rhyming words. We could each make a book. The class could vote on one (or all) the stories to be read aloud to parents and students with punch and cookies. We could even make small copies available for signing by the author.

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Exuberant and joyful. This collaboration between Dr. Seuss, Lane Smith and Jack Prelutzky strikes just the right note.

I read this book to my students just before the high stakes state testing. I like that the book talks about testing but there is a lesson that can reduce the stress presented by standardized testing.

This was the book Dr. Seuss was writing when he passed away. He did not get to finish himself so

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Jack Prelutsky finished the book. As you read you can see where the text changes from Dr. Seuss's to Jack Prelutsky's. I use this book to discuss voice and talk about how every author has a different voice.

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This is such a great book!

Wonderful book about a different & unique sort of school!

Review: This book is about a boy who goes to Diffendoofer school. At this school all the students have lots of fun in their classes and they like their teachers a lot. The principal is kind of grumpy though and none of the students ever see him smile. One day the principal delivers some bad news.

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All the students would be taking a test in 10 minutes. The students would need to pass because if they don't they would have to go to Flobbertown where everything is boring. The students all take the test and they pass it with no problem. The principal is so happy that now he has a huge smile and he will not let it go.

Genre: Modern Fantasy
Genre Critique: This book is a fantasy because almost everything in it could no ttake place in real life. The characters in the story are made up characters who do not exist in real life. Also the people in the book do a a lot of activities that are very unusual.

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I rate this book 4 stars because it was a very funny book for little kids on Grade 1-2 Dr Seuss did a very great job on this book.

I think that Hooray for Diffendoofer Day has become my very favorite Dr. Seuss book! Lane Smith and Jack Prelutscky did an amazing job of bringing Dr. Seuss' tale to life (I've always been of fan of Lane Smith!) I loved the combination of their artwork with original Dr. Seuss art. Incredible use of

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mixed media here. I also thought the plot was very well developed and I like that it teaches students that learning isn't just about math and science. I think that it would be a delight in any classroom!

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All the children who attend Diffendoofer School enjoy their zany teachers and the bizarre lessons that they teach. But when a big test comes on the scene that threatens to shut down the whole school and ship the children off to dull Flobbertown for school if they don't succeed, will the children be

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able to face the challenge?

Dr. Seuss had been tinkering with writing this story at the time of his death, and Jack Prelutsky does an excellent job tying together the notes left behind by Dr. Seuss into a full-fledged story. While this isn't a pastiche per se, Prelutsky has managed to write a book that does seem rather Seussical both in storyline and prose.

Meanwhile, Lane Smith's illustrations are absolutely amazing. They are clearly Smith's style and don't look like a typical Seuss book at first glance. However, Smith employed a collage style into his usual oil paintings to pay homage to Dr. Seuss by including images from Seuss's many works into these illustrations in ways that are rather meaningful (i.e., when there's a line in the text about the gym teacher lifting elephants, it's Horton's face we see over the illustration of the elephant). There's even the Easter egg of a photograph of Dr. Seuss tucked inside one of the page spreads.

If you can't get enough Dr. Seuss, this is the book for you! Even you aren't a hard-core Seuss fan, this book stands up well enough on its own as an ode to creativity and individuality in the face of mindless conformity and sinking down to the lowest common denominator.

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In my opinion this is a great book the encourages creativity and differences amongst children. The language was very descriptive and patterned because the entire book rhymed. The writing is engaging and has non-sensical words and names such as Flobbertown and Diffendoofer. The characters are not as

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believable as real like characters however the teacher in the book inspires all the children in the school which is definitely a relatable character to other students who are inspired by their teachers. The illustrations were bright and went along with the story well to keep the readers engaged throughout the story. The book pushes readers to expand their creativity and that it is okay to be different.

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About state tests and curriculum.