Wacky Wednesday


Published:	September 12, 1974
Author:	Dr. Seuss
Illustrator:	George Booth
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A baffled child awakens one morning to find everything's out of place, but no one seems to notice, except himself (thus it can be assumed that he is the only one who can see these occurrences)! Beginning readers will have fun discovering all the wacky things wrong on each page while sharpening their ability to observe, as well as to read.

List of wacky occurrences (in order)[]

Page 1[]

A shoe on the wall above the bed.

Page 2[]

A shoe on the ceiling.
The number “9” of the clock is listed twice and the “10” is missing.

Page 3-The Yard[]

The sprinkler sprays water, in spite of the fact that the middle of the hose is missing.
A bunch of bananas growing on an apple tree.
A worm chasing a bird.

Page 4-The Hall[]

A picture on the wall hangs upside down.
A candy cane as one of the table legs
A door has two doorknobs.

Page 5-The Bathroom[]

The child takes a shower with a sock on.
A fish in a bottle.
A palm tree growing in the toilet.
One faucet on the sink pointed upward

Page 6-The Bedroom[]

One of the legs of the chair is missing the middle part
An upside-down shoe underneath the bed.
The numbers on the clock are in the wrong order

Page 7-The Kitchen[]

An insect holds up one corner of the refrigerator.
One of the teacups is floating in mid-air instead of hanging on the wall.
An umbrella in a pot on the stove
A part of the table is missing.
A mouse chasing a cat.

Page 8-In Front of the House[]

The window and door of a yellow house have switched places.
The door of a pink house is missing.
The window isn’t attached to a white house, but is instead floating next to it
A tree growing in the chimney of a pink house.
A woman pulling a tiger in her carriage.
A man has a steering wheel in the back seat of a car

Page 8-Along the Street[]

The back and side of a house are missing.
The sun is green.
Part of a telephone pole is missing.
The back wheels of the car are missing and the passenger's legs are sticking out the bottom.
The driver wears a shoe on his head.
A bird in a shoe on the street.
The “stop” and “go” of the traffic light are inverted.

Page 9-The Sutherland Sisters[]

One of the sisters doesn’t have visible legs and another doesn’t have a visible neck.

Page 10-In Front of the School[]

A turtle (who doesn’t appear to be Yertle) is in a tree.
A shoe hangs from a tree.
The “for sale” sign is misspelled as “fur sale”.
There are two tigers in the window
The school sign is spelt “George Washington Schoul”.
The colors of the stars and stripes of the American flag are inverted.
A shoe on top of the flagpole.
Part of the flagpole is missing.

Page 11-The Classroom[]

Miss Bass, the teacher, wears roller skates.
One of the Sutherland sisters is standing on a student's head.
The student is sitting down, despite the fact that he has no chair.
A student's desk is facing backwards.
One of the students has a long white beard.
Another student has no visible head.
The portrait that is supposed to be of George Washington is of Abraham Lincoln.
The last two letters of the alphabet, letters Y and Z, have switched places.

Page 12-Miss Bass[]

Washington’s name on his portrait is misspelled as “Washingtom” and he has been replaced by Ulysses S. Grant
A mouse chews on the end of the telephone cord, which runs through the potted plant.

Page 13-Outside the School[]

The child pulls an alligator or crocodile on a leash.
The flagpole is stuck in a shoe.
A building floats in mid-air.
A statue of George Washington is backwards.
A man sits on a bench that is in the pond.
A bush is stuck in a shoe.
An old woman pushes a carriage on top of a limo.
A shoe sits on the hood of the limo.
A giraffe pops out of a manhole.

Page 14-Along the School Street[]

One of the trees has yellow leaves instead of green.
Another tree has a chimney at the top.
A woman has a tree in her carriage.
A door on the school is facing sideways.
A shoe rests on the smoke from the school chimney.
The white carriage has an alligator or crocodile.
The purple carriage has only one wheel.
The black carriage has a ski where the front wheel should be.
The other white carriage has no wheels.
The "for sale" sign is misspelled as" four sale"
The farthest carriage has an old man.

Page 15-Knocking Over Patrolman Mcgaan[]

A window of one of the buildings floats in mid-air to the left of it.
An airplane flies backwards.
A door in the middle of the sidewalk.
The wheels and shoes of the woman pushing the first carriage have switched places.
A tiger pushes the second carriage.
The shoes of the woman pushing the third carriage are walking behind her.
The fourth carriage is upside down.
A woman sits in the fifth carriage while the baby pushes it.
The sixth carriage is enormous with approximately 50 babies in it.
A pig has chicken feet.
A cow has two rear ends, but no visible head.
The middle part of a bridge is missing, and the cars jump across to the other side.

Page 16-Patrolman McGann[]

His right hand is stuck in a shoe.
There is a shoe insignia on his badge.
His hat floats in mid-air beside his head.

Page 17-Only 20 Things More[]

The highway continues straight up into the sky.
There are two suns.
A house floats in mid-air.
A car flies in mid-air.
The middle part of a tree is missing.
A woman pushes a carriage on the highway.
An airplane is among the cars on the highway.
The chimney of a building floats in mid-air.
Three houses are stacked on top of one another.
A bush sits atop a unicycle.
The aforementioned pig has no visible limbs.
A bush is stuck in a shoe.
A bench with a man sitting on it is upside down.
The woman in white has no visible head.
The woman in blue is sitting in a chair while pulling the carriage.
The red carriage doesn’t have any wheels; instead, the babies' legs are sticking out the bottom.
The pink carriage is invisible.
The sidewalk is rolled up at the end.
A fish fishes a fisherman out of the pond.
Patrolman McGann has three legs.