Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Paperback – July 15, 1987 Author: Visit Amazon’s Judith Viorst Page | ISBN:
0689711735 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – July 15, 1987
Downloadratings for Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Horrible No Good Very Bad Day Paperback Alexander 39 s bad day and listening to the No Good Very Bad Day Paperback By Judith Viorst Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day 07 15 1987 Pages 32 Language Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day Paperback WORD ebook
- Age Range: 6 – 9 years
- Grade Level: 4 – 6
- Lexile Measure: 970L (What’s this?)
- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (July 15, 1987)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0689711735
- ISBN-13: 978-0689711732
- Product Dimensions: 10 x 0.3 x 7.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in Books > Children’s Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Friendship, Social Skills & School Life > Emotions & Feelings
- #12 in Books > Reference
- #12 in Books > Children’s Books > Humor
The reviewers who criticize the main character’s negative tone or run-on sentences, or the lack of a cutesy, make-it-all-better ending, are missing the point of this story. The “voice” of the book is precisely why we love it so much.
Alexander is a real boy–warts and all. When real kids are upset, they pour it all out in a rapid stream of words (and to heck with grammar!)–and of course, everything feels like the end of the world to them at that moment. Judith Viorst captures that very well.
We can relate because Alexander’s life is like real life–lots of seemingly minor stressors can add up to one really rotten day; and because it isn’t just one problem, there isn’t a neat, tidy resolution at the end. In fact, in and of themselves, none of these things are really “problems”–just stuff you have to put up with sometimes. But when it all hits at once, it feels awful.
I think we’ve all had days like Alexander’s: the alarm doesn’t go off so you run out of the house late and with “bad hair,” you spill coffee on your white blouse (or new tie) just before the big meeting with the boss, you snag your nylons (or lose a button), the pop machine in the breakroom eats your money, you end up having to work overtime, so when you get out to the car you find a parking ticket because you forgot to feed the meter, and then at home, dinner burns on the stove and the kids are fighting! So at the end of it all you collapse in a heap and momentarily consider running away–FAR away. Maybe even Australia! And (adding insult to injury) nobody else seems to care or empathize, because all of these things are just little petty annoyances.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – July 15, 1987
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