Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and Other Stories and Poems by Judith Viorst; Illustrated by Ray Cruz
	List Price:   $19.99 Unit Price:   $15.99 You Save:   $4.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   0689300727 ISBN-13:   9780689300721 Publisher:   Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; Atheneum Edition:   illustrated Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   June 1972 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; Picture Book Ages:   5 to 8 Grades:   0 to 3
Awards
1977  Georgia Children's Picture StoryBook Award  Winner!  1980  Colorado Children's Book Award  Winner!  1983  Golden Sower Award  Winner!  1984  Children's Picture StoryBook Award (USA)  Winner!  1988  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Viorst's classic tale of a little boy who must accept the reality that 'some days are like that,' when everything he does goes awry, is one of her most popular works. 'The clever text shines.'--'School Library Journal,' starred review. ALA Notable Children's Book. Full color. Copyright ? Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his hair. When he got out of bed, he tripped over his skateboard and by mistake dropped his sweater in the sink while the water was running. He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Nothing at all was right. Everything went wrong, right down to lima beans for supper and kissing on TV.What do you do on a day like that? Well, you may think about going to Australia. You may also be glad to find that some days are like that for other people too. Alexander wakes up to a bad day & things get progressively worse as the hours wear on, until he thinks he may escape it all & go to Australia.