great book !! | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Maybe it's a kid thing | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Judith Viorst

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	• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Judith Viorst Atheneum, 1987 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 211 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Classical Book about a Very Real Little Boy

Alexander must be read for generations to come. He has been a constant companion throughout the years as I teach High School Special Education English classes. Sometimes when my students cannot express how they are feeling, they will know to say, "It is an Alexander day." I know then that they are having a rough time and we joke about Alexander and all bad days must come to an end. There is always a new day waiting around the corner. Highly recommended for teachers, parents, and anyone who wants a smile. The illustrations are priceless.

great book !!

This is a really great book! My 4 and 6 yr old boys just love it and we read it over and over again!

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Maybe it's a kid thing

After reading the synopsis of the story, I expected that Alexander was going to have some bad events in his day, but I expected something to counteract the horrible day.

I thought it was a downer book. I mean, poor Alexander had nothing that went right during his entire day. I was considering buying it for my nephew, but after reading it I thought, how depressing. I later saw my 9 y/o nephew and he saw the book and said he had already read it. I told him to tell me about it. He remembered the repeated phrase (the book title), he remembered the gum in the hair, getting his shirt wet and his foot getting smashed. I remembered the friend not wanting to be his best friend anymore, the cat not wanting to sleep with him and his slipping in the mud and being called a cry baby.

It would have been nice if there had been something other than a perfunctory acknowledgment of the terrible day. The only comment at the end is that "My Mom says some days are like that." I guess it's realistic, but putting a funny or positive spin on some of the events would have been great for showing how to deal with those terrible days. I mean this book is for kids...they'll get realism enough as they grow up.

I can honestly say, I've never had such a pileup of terrible things happen in just one day and if I did - as an adult, I know how to deal with it. Maybe, the book had such terrible things happen that if a child only had a few bad things, he could compare it to this book and say his day wasn't nearly as bad as Alexander's.

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old school

I remember reading this when I was a kid, and I remember thinking on certain days, that it was a "terrible horrible no good very bad day" :D but like Alex finds out, hard days happen, even in Australia.

Alexander knew it was going to be a terrible day when he woke up with gum in this hair.

And it got worse...

His best friend deserted him. There was no dessert in his lunch bag. And, on top of all that, there were lima beans for dinner and kissing on TV!

This handsome new edition of Judith Viorst's classic picture book is sure to charm readers of all ages.

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