Books with author Judith Viorst

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day In one of the funniest books about childhood ever, poor Alexander copes with all kinds of trouble-gum in his hair, kissing on TV, and more terrible, horrible, no good, very bad things. How can so much go wrong for one little boy? Keep this book handy for whenever a child is having a grumpy day and needs to remember to laugh. Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday Alexander hopes to save the dollar from his grandparents for a walkie-talkie. But then he buys some gum, loses a couple of bets with his brother, rents his friend's pet snake, and soon finds he is no longer rich! "Bad days happen everywhere," writes best-selling author Judith Viorst, "and since we can't escape them we might as well muddle through them and maybe even try (at some point) to laugh about them!" 2 Paperback Books.

His mother and father are getting dressed to go out to dinner together. "He doesn't want them to go!" They're going out and leaving him with a sitter. "He hates that a lot!" He pleads with them. He threatens to run away to a family that doesn't ever go out for the evening. He tells them he's sick, with a temperature of maybe a hundred and ten. And he tells them he won't- "he'll never" say good-bye. Every child, and every child's parent, will recognize this oh-so-familiar struggle between grown-ups trying to go out for an evening and a child who is fiercely determined to make them stay. It's har to say good-bye but maybe a book that helps you to laugh can make saying good-bye a little easier.

Mother says deep down in his heart. Anthony loves me. Anthony says deep down in his heart he thinks I stink. Anthony's younger brother puts up with a lot. Every time he wants to play with Anthony and his friends, or even go into the playroom, Anthony starts to clobber him. There's nothing he can do now...but just wait until he's six! Judith Viorst's fine, funny story, now available in a handsome new edition, will charm readers of all ages.

"Knock, knock Who's there? Someone with sad underwear. Sad underwear? How can that be? When my best friend's mad at me, Everything is sad. Even my underwear. " But sad underwear is just one of the many complications a person has to deal with. There's the first day of school ("Will they let me go when I need to go to the bathroom?") and pests like Wayne ("a fellow who clogs up life's drain") and bee stings and liver for supper -- and missing your dad. This companion volume to the acclaimed "If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries" has poems for explorers and dreamers, for people who love unicorns, for people who'd rather have pets than baby sisters. Funny, poignant and always true, it examines and celebrates life with all of its perplexing complications.