One of Those Days

As much as I like some of [a:Amy Krouse Rosenthal's|21674|Amy Krouse Rosenthal|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1220138789p2/21674.jpg] work, I'm finding it quite uneven, and this is in my opinion one of her weaker books. It doesn't have many words, in fact, my almost five year old read it aloud to me all by himself. It's really just a list of grievances. But while a Kindergardener will have no problem getting the big picture, some of the ideas may be above their head. And in fact, as opposed to for instance [b:Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day|46677|Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day|Judith Viorst|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1347607577s/46677.jpg|1086647], show more this book is more sarcastic than cute. Maybe middle school children are the intended audience. I didn't care for the pictures at all. Were they drawn with an etch-a-sketch? However, they don't miss to include every shade of pink, peach, tan, brown when portraying the children, so that's a plus (see The Day the Crayons Quit ). show less

This is another affirming concept book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. The premise is that we all have bad days, and those bad days come it lots of different forms. Each day is accompanied by a clever illustration to extend the idea. This would make a good jumping-off point for some writing (write about a time when you had a "too short day" or a "spilling stuff day." The good thing about those bad days that we all have is that they end in a night, and the night leads to a brand new day.

If you or your child or your uncle get easily frustrated, giggling in empathy with the kids in this book might help. And yes, every day ends, and every morning is a fresh start. Not my favorite style of art but it fits & supports the (minimal) text.

(*yes, even chronically bad things can be coped with better on some days than on others, and yes, every cloud does have a silver lining)

This is a book for the child who is dealing with the variety of feeling we experience. Each day is different, each day carries new delights new challenges, and each day ends and begins anew.

Just One of Those Days is a very descriptive book about all the different kinds of bad days one can have. It goes from annoying sibling day, to gutter ball day, to last in line day. the illustrations in this book really seem to bring out the 'bad day' the author is trying to portray.

I can really relate to this book and I am sure everyone else is able to relate to it to because we may not have had all of these different types of bad days but we have had at least one of them. this seems to be a very relatable book and i really enjoyed it.

For classroom extension ideas i would have the students pick out one of the days described in the book and have them draw a picture of that one day without seeing the picture and then i would show the show more students the picture in the book for the one they had and let them compare pictures.
I might also have the students draw picture about the kind of day they were having that day whether it be good or bad. show less

Everyone has bad days and this book talks about a number of different bad days you could be going through. Children will be able to relate to at least one of these days, and every bad day comes to an end.

I love this book so much! This book show as many interesting situation we met in our daily life. They are funny and sometimes make people feel strange. We all have bad day, don't worried about that!
Age 3-22