A teacher or parent might ask children to think up their own way of curing Mayzie's daisy head.
As everyone tries to come up with a different way to fix Mayzie's issue, this could be a jumping off point for talking to kids about problem solving. The text abounds with rhymes and exclamation points, making it a good read-aloud. Like nearly all of Seuss's works, it is funny and quirky. That all being said, there are some good things about this book. Conscious decisions were made to bring this completed book to fruition, and apparently none of those included adding people of color or, say, a female doctor. Usually I give Seuss a pass given that his books were written many decades ago, but this book is a 2016 publication based on sketches left behind at Seuss's death. Mayzie's mother appears to be a homemaker, not a problem in and of itself, but troublesome when the only other woman in the book has a traditionally female occupation as well. All of the professionals, aside from the teacher, are male. For starters, there is a total lack of diversity in this book, with every child and adult pictured being white. Will poor Mayzie ever be right again?Īlthough it's notable that Seuss chose a female protagonist for this title, there's still a lot that's problematic about this book. Mayzie is just having another day at school when all of a sudden a daisy springs out the top of her head! No one - not her teacher, principal, parents, etc.
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