Wacky Wednesday book reminds readers to enjoy life’s surprises

If you're feeling upside-down, here's a book that might just set you back on your feet again.

March 11, 2026

Anika Sanders 1 minute read

The cover of a children's book about a boy and crazy things. There is a shoe with wings on the cover, with a blond boy looking at it with wide eyes and an open mouth. — This Dr Seuss story encourages readers to spot the wacky all around us. (Pic sourced from amazon.co.za/Wacky-Wednesday-Dr-Seuss)

Have you ever woken up one morning, feeling that everything is out of place and that today is going to be yet another Wacky Wednesday?

Famous author Dr Seuss wrote a book about a boy waking up one morning in a world that is quite literally upside-down.

Wacky Wednesday

Illustrated by George Booth, Wacky Wednesday follows a nameless boy on his morning routine as he discovers that everything gets wackier by the minute. It starts with a shoe against the wall and evolves into absurd situations such as:

Shoes against the ceiling;
Bananas growing on apple trees;
A tortoise in a tree and a pig with chicken legs; and
A teacher on roller blades!

The book ends with the boy meeting patrolman McGann, who assures the boy that everything will be right-side-up again once he identifies 20 mistakes on the last page.

A children's book with illustrations about a boy kneeling on his bed, looking at a shoe stuck to the ceiling in his bedroom. There is a yellow cat in the forefront, with a white wall and a window in the background. — (Pic sourced from amazon.co.za/Wacky-Wednesday-Dr-Seuss)

Value

Although this book is aimed at children between the ages of three and seven, there is a lesson all of us can learn.

Whenever things seem upside-down (you feel like a teacher on roller blades or a tortoise in a tree), remember:

Keep your eyes open to detail and you might just see that everything is wacky for a reason.

:) (:

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