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Judith Viorst
Judith Viorst has written many books for children, including the classics Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and its sequels, and If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Stories. She is also the author of Just in Case, illustrated by Diana Cain Bluthenthal. She lives... show more



Judith Viorst has written many books for children, including the classics Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and its sequels, and If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Stories. She is also the author of Just in Case, illustrated by Diana Cain Bluthenthal. She lives with her husband, Milton, in Washington D.C.

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Birth date: February 02, 1931
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Ms. Morris' Classroom Library
Ms. Morris' Classroom Library rated it 6 years ago
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst is about about a boy named Alexander who has bad hair, who gets out of bed to face a day that seems to grow increasingly worse with each passing minute. Indeed, on the very first page, Alexander wakes to hair full of gum, t...
Ready Readers
Ready Readers rated it 6 years ago
Have you ever woke up in bad mood? Well Alexander has. Alexander goes through a day were a serious of unfortunate events keep happening. Read to find out if it gets any better. The leveling system is The Lexile, reading level AD840L. Students can do a cause and effect activity based on the events an...
Miss Osi's Favorite Books
Miss Osi's Favorite Books rated it 6 years ago
This is a good book to use for upper grades 3rd-5th grade. This story is about a boy named Alexander and how he is having a bad day because everything is going wrong since the moment he woke up. I would use this book in my classroom by having students do descriptive writing and having them write abo...
All About Books!
All About Books! rated it 6 years ago
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Guided Reading: Level M This is great book to read for when students are not having a good day. The book is about all the horrible things that happen to Alexander during the day and how they just keep getting worse. But, the point of the st...
Some of Ms. Pierson's Favorite Books!
As a student I feel like this book can be relatable. Some of the events that Alexander is faced with, may be some of the same things that the students face. Everyone has a bad day every now and again. An activity that could be used would be getting the students to sequence the events in the story, o...
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