Vintage bookshelf · 1970s
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- First published
- 1972
- Reading stage
- Picture books & shared reading
Reading this with your child
For those moments when your child just needs their frustration acknowledged rather than fixed, this 1972 Judith Viorst book is a lovely choice. It's a picture book meant for lap reading or shared reading, using a comic, accumulating run of disappointments to tell its story.
For visual discovery, familiar read-alouds, and lap reading.
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Publication history & sources
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