Judith Viorst

"On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too." --

"Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar." --

Lulu needs help from a boy named Fleischman if she is to earn money walking her neighbors' dogs, and she finds out that if she wants her business venture to succeed, she has to be nice.

Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.

A boy is nervous about a presentation he has to give at school.

In an attempt to overcome his grief, a boy tries to think of the ten best things about his dead cat.

The author draws on the work of biological and social scientists, psychoanalysts, and philosophers and interweaves fiction, poetry and personal stories, including some of her own, to argue that we are constantly dealing with issues of control.

Judith Viorst's most adored book is undoubtedly the children's classic Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. In this new book, fans will recognize and be drawn to the Alexander they know and love-only now he's all grown up, with three kids of his own. When Judith's son Alexander announces that he, his wife, Marla, their daughter, Olivia (age five), and their two sons, Isaac (age two) and Toby (four months), would be staying...

With his mother on the phone, his father checking e-mail, and his sister playing with her friends, a little boy feels as if he is all alone in the house, and no matter how badly he behaves, no one comes to stop him.