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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. 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.  archerje | Dec 5, 2009 |  Alexander's day starts off bad and only gets worse. Everything from burned out night lights to cavities to having the wrong carpool seat upsets Alexander. Alexander dreams of heading out for Australia, where life wouldn't be so bad. tpedroza | Dec 3, 2009 | Poor Alexander wakes up with bad hair and bad things continue to happen to him throughout the day. He wishes that he could move to Australia. In the end, he realizes that some days are just like that. cemccamy | Nov 18, 2009 | This as classic childhood story that most read as a child. It is on 1st grade reading level and it is a great book for an independent read or for parents to read to children. The plot is about Alexander a young child who wakes up with a bad hair day and has a series of unfortunate events ruin most of the day. Information on this author and her books can be found at Amazon.com CjWilson | Nov 17, 2009 | This is a really cute book to share with students around the 1st -2nd grade level. It is a great way to introduce how everyone has bad days not just grown ups. This books tells a story of a little boy that is just having a horrible day. Absolutely nothing goes right! Nobody seems to listen either. He thinks by moving to Australia everything will be fine. Of course running away isn't the solution for anything and Alexander realizes that. http://www.kennedy-center.org/program... this is an ok website. It is hard to find much on her. LASwindle | Nov 16, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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So begin the trials and tribulations of the irascible Alexander, who has been earning the sympathy of readers since 1972. People of all ages have terrible, horrible days, and Alexander offers us the cranky commiseration we crave as well as a reminder that things may not be all that bad. As Alexander's day progresses, he faces a barrage of bummers worthy of a country- western song: getting smushed in the middle seat of the car, a dessertless lunch sack, a cavity at the dentist's office, stripeless sneakers, witnessing kissing on television, and being forced to sleep in railroad-train pajamas. He resolves several times to move to Australia.
Judith Viorst flawlessly and humorously captures a child's testy temperament, rendering Alexander sympathetic rather than whiny. Our hero's gum-styled hair and peevish countenance are artfully depicted by Ray Cruz's illustrations. An ALA Notable Book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a great antidote to bad days everywhere, sure to put a smile on even the crabbiest of faces. (Ages 5 to 9)
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