Alecander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Written by Judith Viorst
Illustrated by Ray Cruz
Genre: Fiction, Comedy
Grade Level: K-2
Awards:
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- George G. Stone Center Recognition Of Merit
- Georgia Children's Book Award
- Reading Rainbow Book
Alexander wakes up and his day gets off to a bad start. He fell asleep with gum in his mouth and it is now in his hair. As the day goes along it does not get any better. One bad thng after another just keep happening througout his day. Alexander says Australia would be a much better place to be because he believe his day would be better there. His mom cooks a horrible dinner and even that is horrible. When the day is over and his mom puts him to bed, she assures him everyone has those days. Horrible days are just a part of life everywhere, even in Austrialia.
Teachers can use this book to show students that some days are just bad days. We all have them and we all get through them. It does not matter where you live or who you are there are bad days. We just get through it and hope the next day is better. One day we can look back and laugh on it.
The teacher could then have a duscussion with the students about thier bad days. What happened? Did they get better and how? It did not stay a bad day forever did it?
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