“Daisy-Head Mayzie,” it seems, was based on a screenplay that Geisel’s widow, Audrey, found among his papers after his death. “Daisy-Head Mayzie” has hit the bookstores, with a television version coming next month on TNT. But the girls are mostly silent sidekicks, if they’re there at all. There are a couple of nasty mamas, like the kangaroo who taunts Horton in “Horton Hears a Who,” and her counterpart, the bird who abandons her nest, in “Horton Hatches the Egg.” Horton, at least, is a sensitive new age pachyderm. Not all the guys are model citizens, of course there are wimps and sticks-in-the-mud, power mongers and party poopers, trouble makers and blowhards. Of the 42 children’s books Theodor Seuss Geisel published before his death, in 1991, not one had a title character who was female. Seuss, that titan of the preschool bookshelf, known and loved for his egalitarianism, feeds the cult of the preening princess.Īs the Cat in the Hat, Sam I Am, Horton and the Grinch have reentered my life, I’ve had to agree, girls get short shrift in Seuss. But it was a shock to notice that even Dr. In fact I wish a little more of it happened in my house. Not that I have anything against hairbrushing. Seuss’ goofy drawing of a girl grooming a tiny yellow creature with big blue hair, is the offending verse: Sure enough, on page 46, accompanying Dr. “Have you read it? The only girl in the whole book is brushing hair.” “I’ve got a real problem with ‘One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish,”’ she said. Because she is a speed reader, she somehow manages to digest mountains of publications even though she, like me, has two children under 5. In 2011, Daisy-Head Mayzie was made a meetable character at Seuss Landing at Universal's Islands of Adventure.My friend Harriet often calls to dissect movies, books, magazines and the news of the day. The special, which was produced by Hanna-Barbera, can be found as a bonus feature on the Horton Hears a Who! Deluxe Edition DVD. In 1995, prior to its actual publication, the book was adapted into a special for television on TNT. The book has a mini-song titled 'Daisy-Head Mayzie' which her classmates chant.

The Cat in the Hat is seen serving as the narrator to this story who helps Mayzie to understand her problem and persuade her to go back home. It causes alarm in her classroom, family, and town, until an agent makes her a celebrity. The book is about a schoolgirl named Mayzie McGrew who one day suddenly sprouts a bright yellow daisy from her head.

Seuss, although he did not illustrate it, nor was it published until 1995, after his death. Daisy-Head Mayzie is the last children's book officially written by Dr.

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