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Judith Viorst
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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 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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Lulu Walks the Dogs
Lulu Walks the Dogs By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Lane Smith
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: September 4, 2012
Ages: 6 - 10
Feisty Lulu sets out to earn some cash in this illustrated chapter book from children’s book legends Judith Viorst and Lane Smith.The stubbornly hilarious Lulu has decided it’s time to buckle down and earn some...
Other Formats: eBook
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How Did I Get to Be 40 & Other Atrocities
How Did I Get to Be 40 & Other Atrocities By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
Publication date: June 16, 2012
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Alexander y el Dia Terrible, Horrible, Espantoso, Horroroso
Alexander y el Dia Terrible, Horrible, Espantoso, Horroroso (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Ray Cruz
This edition: eBook, 32 pages
Publication date: April 24, 2012
Ages: 6 - 9
lexander se dió cuenta de que iba a ser un día terrible couando se despertó y se encontró chicle en el pelo. Y aun fue peor... Su mejor amigo lo abandonó. No ten ía postre en su bolsa del...
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Alexander, Que de Ninguna Manera-Le Oyen?-!Lo Dice en Serio!-se va a mudar
Alexander, Que de Ninguna Manera-Le Oyen?-!Lo Dice en Serio!-se va a mudar (Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It) Going to Move By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Robin Preiss Glasser / In the Style of: Ray Cruz
This edition: eBook, 32 pages
Publication date: April 24, 2012
Ages: 5 - 8
uando Alexander se siente triste o enojado, le dan ganas de mudarse a Australia. Pero, por lo general le gusta donde está. Así que cuando sus padres le dicen que la familia se va a mudar a mil millas, Alexander...
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Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days
Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days An Almost Completely Honest Account of What Happened to Our Family When Our Youngest Son, His Wife, Their Baby, Their Toddler, and Their Five-Year-Old Came to Live with Us for Three Months By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
Publication date: July 2, 2011
Whatever became of Alexander after that famously bad day? And did you know that Judith Viorst is his mother? And what happens to her passion for household neatness and orderliness, her deep devotion to schedules, her...
Other Formats: eBook
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When Did I Stop Being Twenty and Other Injustices
When Did I Stop Being Twenty and Other Injustices By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2011
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Unexpectedly Eighty
Unexpectedly Eighty And Other Adaptations By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Hardcover, 80 pages
Publication date: October 5, 2010
What does it mean to be eighty? In her wise and playful poems, Judith Viorst discusses marriage, friendship, grand parenthood, and all the particular marvels— and otherwise—of this extraordinary decade. She...
Other Formats: eBook
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Lulu and the Brontosaurus
Lulu and the Brontosaurus By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Lane Smith
This edition: Hardcover, 128 pages
Publication date: September 14, 2010
Ages: 6 - 10
It's Lulu's birthday and she's decided she'd like a pet brontosaurus as a present. When Lulu's parents tell her that's not possible, Lulu gets very upset. She does not like it when things don't go her way. So she takes matters...
Other Formats: eBook, Trade Paperback
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Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest!
Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest! By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Robin Preiss Glasser
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: May 9, 2006
Ages: 4 - 7
Now in paperback for the first time, the story of Charlie, a kid who knows how to be ready for any situation…. Just in Case . If a downpour turns into a flash flood or the grocery store should close indefinitely,...
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Just in Case
Just in Case By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2006
Ages: 3 - 7
Now in paperback for the first time, the story of Charlie, a kid who knows how to be ready for any situation…. Just in Case . If a downpour turns into a flash flood or the grocery store should close indefinitely,...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback