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Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst
Credit: Milton Viorst

Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst was born and brought up in New Jersey, graduated from Rutgers University, moved to Greenwich Village, and has lived in Washington, D.C., since 1960, when she married Milton Viorst, a political writer. They have three sons and seven grandchildren. Viorst writes in many different areas: science books, children’s picture books, adult fiction and nonfiction, poetry for children and adults, and three musicals, which are still performed on stages around the country. She is best known for her beloved picture book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

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Examiner.com, May 18, 2012
...loves him. Watch as the words unfold.� Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Day — by Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz. It is a bad day to wake up with gum in your hair. And that is just what happens when Alexander finds himself seeing more and...
Examiner.com, May 7, 2012
...way to know your day is going to be bad is waking up with gum in your hair. Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz tell this tale of a little boy and all the things that go wrong for him both in story and in pictures in a way that...
Examiner.com, May 4, 2012
...only to children, but adults as well. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst Are You My Mother? By P.D. Eastman Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina The Cat in the Hat and any other books...
Examiner.com, April 30, 2012
...Bookstore has 3 locations in San Antonio. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst is about a boy having a day where nothing goes right.  This book opens discussions about what to do to make the day better. Grumpy Cat...
Shelby County Reporter, April 19, 2012
...Haftel and Loomis helped VIS students act out poems such as “Mother Doesn’t Want a Dog” by Judith Viorst and “The Aliens have Landed” by Kenn Nesbitt. Throughout the performance, the kids participated by joining Haftel and Loomis on stage and...
Financial Path, April 2, 2012
...story and actiities for the child after the story. Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst. -  Grades K - 3 - Alexander was a rich. He had one dollar and so many ideas on what he could do with his money. When the money...
BabbleBaby, March 25, 2012
...Dewdney Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen – This whole series is great for any dino lovers. Everybody Poops by Taro Gomi...
HR.com, April 30, 2012
...the variables surrounding this loss, and the subsequent grief reaction (including “Prematurely Buried Grief”) or response. According to Judith Viorst, in Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations that All of Us...
Examiner.com, April 30, 2012
...Bookstore has 3 locations in San Antonio. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst is about a boy having a day where nothing goes right.  This book opens discussions about what to do to make the day better. Grumpy Cat...
Jerusalem Post, April 30, 2012
...details are not irrelevant, irritating nitpicking that complicates our lives. They are the threads that bind us together. Judith Viorst, the famous children’s writer, is quoted as saying that marriage is a useful institution, because “when you fall...
Toledoblade.com, April 30, 2012
...may seem paradoxical, but "we only grow when we lose," Mr. Johnson said, citing research by author Judith Viorst. In other words, he said, it's better to accept and be challenged by loss than to feel threatened and adopt an overall defensive posture in...
Toledoblade.com, April 28, 2012
...may seem paradoxical, but "we only grow when we lose," Mr. Johnson said, citing research by author Judith Viorst. In other words, he said, it's better to accept and be challenged by loss than to feel threatened and adopt an overall defensive posture in...
Toledoblade.com, April 28, 2012
...may seem paradoxical, but "we only grow when we lose," Mr. Johnson said, citing research by author Judith Viorst. In other words, he said, it's better to accept and be challenged by loss than to feel threatened and adopt an overall defensive posture in...
Calcutta Telegraph, April 25, 2012
...Witch Queen as alter egos, each trying to destroy the other. The mirror becomes a compelling metaphor here. Judith Viorst, in a delightful short poem, speaks for Cinderella I really didnt notice that he had a funny nose./ And he certainly looked better...