Move over Lucy Van Pelt, there's a new kid on the block and she's just as selfish and bratty as you. There are some moral lessons and opportunities for children to recognize bad behavior, but on the whole, it's just a humorous story. It's a very fun book to read aloud and we had many opportunities to laugh out loud throughout. Viorst can read the reader's mind and anticipate the questions and objections to the story. I love the parts of the narrative where the story is interrupted for an aside to the reader. It's a long book, but each chapter is short and some of the pages have little text on them. I am also a huge fan of Lane Smith's work and we really thought the illustrations complemented the story nicely. As a parent, I really appreciate that she can tell an entertaining tale while still weaving a lesson about manners into the story.

She is such a witty and candid writer, and I love the way that she can really speak to people - young and old. Have I mentioned that I love Judith Viorst's books? I've read several of her children's books with our girls and I've read all of her books about the decades of a woman's life. This is the second collaboration between Judith Viorst and Lane Smith featuring a little girl named Lulu. They have three sons, Anthony, Nicholas and Alexander, and two perfect grandchildren, Miranda and Brandeis. She resides in Washington, DC with her husband Milton, a political writer. Viorst lectures widely on a variety of topics, ranging from the subjects of loss and control to children's literature. Viorst's children's books include The Tenth Good Thing About Barney, The Alphabet From Z to A, and the 'Alexander' stories: Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday, Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move and, of course, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

Her book Necessary Losses, published in 1986, appeared for almost two years on The New York Times best-seller list in hardcover and paperback. Monti, was published in 1994 and her most recent work of non-fiction, Imperfect Control, was published in January 1998 by Simon and Schuster. Her first novel for adults, Murdering Mr. She began her career as a poet and has since completed six collections of poems for adults. in History from Rutgers University, and she is also a graduate of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute where she is a research affiliate. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, her most famous children's book, was first published in 1972 and has since sold over two million copies. Judith Viorst is the author of several works of fiction and non-fiction for children as well as adults.

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