A Good Day
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- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Kevin Henkes
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Summary
A bad day can turn into a good one！ Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes's masterful picture book explores a single day from five different points of view。
It’s a bad day for a little yellow bird who loses his favorite tail feather， a little white dog whose leash gets tangled， a little orange fox who can’t find his mother， and a little brown squirrel who drops her nut。 But then something good happens to each of them， turning a bad day into a good one。 This sturdy board book edition is perfect for snuggling up。
What makes a good day？ What makes a bad day？ And how can bad be transformed into good？
This exploration of opposites and emotions was described as "a deceptively simple picture book， expertly tuned to the emotions and imaginations of young children" by ALA Booklist in a starred review。
It’s a bad day for a little yellow bird who loses his favorite tail feather， a little white dog whose leash gets tangled， a little orange fox who can’t find his mother， and a little brown squirrel who drops her nut。 But then something good happens to each of them， turning a bad day into a good one。 This sturdy board book edition is perfect for snuggling up。
What makes a good day？ What makes a bad day？ And how can bad be transformed into good？
This exploration of opposites and emotions was described as "a deceptively simple picture book， expertly tuned to the emotions and imaginations of young children" by ALA Booklist in a starred review。
Reviews
The Transmuted Tree
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Alicia Evans
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For: animal fans; readers wanting a sweet book about how the day can turn around for the good。Possible red flags: sadness and despair。
Ellon
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Simple and cute but not my favorite Henkes book。
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A very simple and short book。
Westerville
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Kevin Henkes， always brilliant with the simplicity。 - Rebecca， Collection DevelopmentReserve a library copy Kevin Henkes， always brilliant with the simplicity。 - Rebecca， Collection DevelopmentReserve a library copy 。。。more
Rebecca
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Kevin Henkes， always brilliant with the simplicity。
Ice 9
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Sherry Scheline
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This book was featured by librarian Bailee Hutchinson on her Facebook Live Storytime。 Southern Prairie Library System。 it was read in both English and Spanish。 Wonderful book packed with learning opportunities。
Audrey Widjaja
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Good day reminds me to give thanks and count my blessings today。
Melissa Namba
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I LOVED THIS BOOK。 Its simple and accessible to all kids。 In a nutshell， everyone starts out having a "bad" day， but turns his own day into a good one！ I LOVED THIS BOOK。 Its simple and accessible to all kids。 In a nutshell， everyone starts out having a "bad" day， but turns his own day into a good one！ 。。。more
Jane Scannella
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I love this one。 It's a cute story， and the images hold my attention！ I was nervous when I first started reading， because it's called A Good Day， but the first page says it was a bad day！ It got better by the end :） My favorite part is the white dog- it reminds me of Liberty！ I love this one。 It's a cute story， and the images hold my attention！ I was nervous when I first started reading， because it's called A Good Day， but the first page says it was a bad day！ It got better by the end :） My favorite part is the white dog- it reminds me of Liberty！ 。。。more
Mohamed Ijaz
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 A bird， a dog， a fox， and a squirrel all have a bad thing and then a good thing happen。 The writer finishes off the story with a big surprise to make it turn out it in a good day
Sara
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Cute illustrations。 A simple read for youngsters。
McKell Lythgoe
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Picture Book:This book was simple， with very simple pictures。 This would be a good book to use when children are beginning to learn how to read。
Kim
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I read this book at Mothergoose Storytime a few months ago。 It went over really well。 It is short and sweet。 The illustrations are colorful， simple， and bold so great for an audience。 There's nice storylines that get wrapped up quickly which is what makes this such a great storytime book。 There's not a whole lot of attention needed in order to get the payoff。 Four animals are having a bad day， but things quickly turn around for them。 The message is that bad things can happen， but they can often I read this book at Mothergoose Storytime a few months ago。 It went over really well。 It is short and sweet。 The illustrations are colorful， simple， and bold so great for an audience。 There's nice storylines that get wrapped up quickly which is what makes this such a great storytime book。 There's not a whole lot of attention needed in order to get the payoff。 Four animals are having a bad day， but things quickly turn around for them。 The message is that bad things can happen， but they can often be easily remedied， gotten over， or figured out。 And what might be bad for one person can result in something good for someone else， like when the bird loses his tail feather， gets over it， and a little girl later finds it and she proclaims， "What a good day！"I recommend this for baby and toddler storytimes。 。。。more
Tegan
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Cute story about how something might seem bad， but then things do get better。
Marcos Perez
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A good day is about how a yellow bird， a white dog， an orange fox， and a brown squirrel started out with their days being bad。 A series of events changed the outcomes for each animal into a good day。 The illustrations perfectly follow the text which could help students grasp the meaning of the book。 For those students who only look at the pictures and not the words， it helps them understand the story。 This could be used in a class by showing students that everybody experiences bad days and that A good day is about how a yellow bird， a white dog， an orange fox， and a brown squirrel started out with their days being bad。 A series of events changed the outcomes for each animal into a good day。 The illustrations perfectly follow the text which could help students grasp the meaning of the book。 For those students who only look at the pictures and not the words， it helps them understand the story。 This could be used in a class by showing students that everybody experiences bad days and that there might be a slight chance that the day may turn good。 We can also use this as a story time where students can how their day might have started off bad and turned good within the same day。 。。。more
Kelsey Rice
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In this story their were four main characters: dog， fox， bird， and a squirrel。 They all thought it was gonna be a bad day when the squirrel dropped his nut， the dog tangled his leash， the bird lost a feather， and the fox lost his mom。 After resolving these problems， these four animals ended up having a good day。 I liked this book but it definitely was not my favorite book from this author。 I think this book was would super great for a young group of children。 I think you could use this book to t In this story their were four main characters: dog， fox， bird， and a squirrel。 They all thought it was gonna be a bad day when the squirrel dropped his nut， the dog tangled his leash， the bird lost a feather， and the fox lost his mom。 After resolving these problems， these four animals ended up having a good day。 I liked this book but it definitely was not my favorite book from this author。 I think this book was would super great for a young group of children。 I think you could use this book to talk about having a good\bad day。 Also， this book could be used to teach some animals。 。。。more
mairead
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Favorite。 Current pre nap and bedtime read。 “But theeeeen！” Also A always points to the tree on the fox page and says poot because of what she calls tree mushrooms in real life。
Paige Martin
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This book is about four animals that start their days off with something going wrong。 A bird loses his favorite feather， a dog gets his leash tangled up in a fence， a fox cannot find his mother， and a squirrel drops its nut。 The day turns back around and good things happen for all the animals。 A little girl finds the birds favorite feather and tells her mom it is a good day。 I think this book is a short read that I probably would not use in my class。 If I did use this book in my class， it would This book is about four animals that start their days off with something going wrong。 A bird loses his favorite feather， a dog gets his leash tangled up in a fence， a fox cannot find his mother， and a squirrel drops its nut。 The day turns back around and good things happen for all the animals。 A little girl finds the birds favorite feather and tells her mom it is a good day。 I think this book is a short read that I probably would not use in my class。 If I did use this book in my class， it would be for a day we try to find good in every situation or optimism。 。。。more
Caleb Ensminger
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This book is about a few different animals that are having a bad day。 A few examples of these bad days are little yellow bird lost his favorite tail feather and a brown squirrel dropped her nut。 At the end of the book all of the animals bad days started to change。 The little yellow bird flew higher than ever before and the squirrel found and even bigger nut。 The animal's days quickly changed from bad to good。 I could use this book in a lesson when I am trying to show kids how to keep things in p This book is about a few different animals that are having a bad day。 A few examples of these bad days are little yellow bird lost his favorite tail feather and a brown squirrel dropped her nut。 At the end of the book all of the animals bad days started to change。 The little yellow bird flew higher than ever before and the squirrel found and even bigger nut。 The animal's days quickly changed from bad to good。 I could use this book in a lesson when I am trying to show kids how to keep things in perspective。 I can tell them that just because something bad might happen doesn't make it a bad day because something else can happen and make it a very good day。 。。。more
Zachary Orall
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The book starts out with everything imaginable that could make a woodland creature sad。 After many bad things happen to these friends， eventually， good finds its way into the mix。 This book shows that though there is bad in the world， good often follows！
Sally
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I would give this book 3 stars but will honor the opinion of my almost 2-year-old twin grandkids and give it 4， as it is a favorite with them。
Lisa
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Pretty boring IMO， but sweet pictures and my 2yo enjoyed it （and could still， eerily， recite whole lines of it a month or two after we checked it out from the library， when we found it again on the shelf）。
Michelle Brough
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Four creatures with four different problems are having a bad day。 That bad day turns around in one blink for each of them。 Lesson taught: a good day can have bad moments but bad moments don't always end bad， they can turn good quickly。 Beautiful！ Four creatures with four different problems are having a bad day。 That bad day turns around in one blink for each of them。 Lesson taught: a good day can have bad moments but bad moments don't always end bad， they can turn good quickly。 Beautiful！ 。。。more
Cheriee Weichel
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This is a delightful simple to read book with an important message about how we look at life。 Four different animals have something distressing happen， but for all kinds of reasons， this ends and good things happen。
Elizabeth Butner
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A great realistic fiction book the reiterates the idea that all bad days can become good days if we stay positive！
Lynn Davidson
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This books shows that a bad day can easily turn into a good day。 Nice illustrations。
Briana
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Cute premise， definitely encourages optimistic thinking。 But audience would need to be super young to find any value in this one。
Doris
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Clear concise writing， there is no doubt that it was a good day！ Pretty pictures， too。
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