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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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11.
I'm Too Young To Be Seventy
I'm Too Young To Be Seventy I'm Too Young To Be Seventy By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Hardcover, 64 pages
Publication date: October 12, 2005
The beloved bestselling author of Forever Fifty and Suddenly Sixty tackles the ins and outs of becoming a septuagenarian with her usual wry good humor.
Other Formats: eBook
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Grown-up Marriage
Grown-up Marriage What We Know, Wish We Had Known, and Still Need to Know About Being Married By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publication date: February 3, 2004
Although marriage is for grown-ups, very few of us are grown up when we marry. Here, the bestselling author of Suddenly Sixty and Necessary Losses presents her life-affirming perspective on the joys, heartaches, difficulties,...
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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: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2004
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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Suddenly Sixty And Other Shocks Of Later Life
Suddenly Sixty And Other Shocks Of Later Life By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Hardcover, 80 pages
Publication date: October 4, 2000
From the bestselling author of Forever Fifty comes a new collection of poems that tickle, console, and offer the pleasure of instant recognition -- the perfect book for any woman anywhere in the vicinity of sixty. Judith...
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Imperfect Control
Imperfect Control Our Lifelong Struggles With Power And Surrender By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publication date: March 1, 1999
In her remarkable national bestseller, Necessary Losses, Judith Viorst explored how we are shaped by the various losses we experience throughout our lives. Now, in her wise and perceptive new book, Imperfect Control, she...
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Necessary Losses
Necessary Losses By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publication date: January 5, 1998
The Bestselling Classic on Love, Loss, and Letting Go In Necessary Losses, Judith Viorst turns her considerable talents to a serious and far-reaching subject: how we grow and change through the losses that are an inevitable...
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Absolutely, Positively Alexander
Absolutely, Positively Alexander By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Ray Cruz and Robin Preiss Glasser
This edition: Hardcover, 96 pages
Publication date: October 1, 1997
Ages: 5 - 8
First published in 1972, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day introduced to the world a feisty young hero who soon captured the hearts of a generation. Since then Alexander has returned in Alexander, Who...
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Alexander, Que de Ninguna Manera-ÀLe Oyen?-!Lo Dice En Sire!-Se Va A Mudar
Alexander, Que de Ninguna Manera-ÀLe Oyen?-!Lo Dice En Sire!-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 / Translated by: Alma Flor Ada
This edition: Spanish Edition Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: October 1, 1995
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, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move
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: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: October 1, 1995
Ages: 5 - 8
When Alexander feels mad or dad he wants to move to Australia. But most of the time he likes it right where he is. So when his mom and dad say that they're moving a thousand miles away, Alexander decides that he's not going....
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Other Formats: eBook, Trade Paperback
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Sad Underwear and Other Complications
Sad Underwear and Other Complications More Poems for Children and their Parents By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Richard Hull
This edition: Hardcover, 80 pages
Publication date: April 1, 1995
Ages: 6 - 9
I>Knock, knock Who's there? Someone with sad underwear. Sad underwear? How can that be? When my best friend's mad at me, Everything is sad. Even my underwear. But sad underwear is just one of the many complications a person...
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Other Formats: Trade Paperback