Judith Viorst

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February 02, 1931 in The United States

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Children's Books, Health, Mind & Body, Parenting & Families

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Judith Viorst is the author of several works of fiction and non-fiction for children as well as adults. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, her most famous children's book, was first published in 1972 and has since sold over two million copies. Ms. Viorst received a B.A. in History from Rutgers University, and she is also a graduate of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute where she is a research affiliate. She began her career as a poet and has since completed six collections of poems for adults. Her first novel for adults, Murdering Mr. Monti, was published in 1994 and her most recent work of non-fiction, Imperfect Control, was published in January 1998 by Simon and Schuster. Her book Necessary Losses, published...more

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Average rating: 4.18 · 47,570 ratings · 1,843 reviews · 50 distinct works

	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 42,265 ratings — published 1972 — 30 editions	My rating:
	Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz 4.07 avg rating — 1,930 ratings — published 1978 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow 3.95 avg rating — 554 ratings — published 1986 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst, Lane Smith (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move by Judith Viorst, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator), Ray Cruz (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst, Erik Blegvad (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 1971 — 8 editions	My rating:
	If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries: Poems for Children and Their Parents by Judith Viorst, Lynne Cherry 4.27 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1981 — 4 editions	My rating:
	My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins or Things by Judith Viorst, Kay Chorao (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions	My rating:
	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 Thr... 3.32 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	My rating:
	I'll Fix Anthony (Aladdin Picture Books) by Judith Viorst, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions	My rating:

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The Decades of a Woman's Life (7 books)
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“Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.”
― Judith Viorst, Love & Guilt & The Meaning Of Life, Etc

tags: chocolate , strength

1,634 people liked it

“I think I'll move to Australia.”
― Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

36 people liked it

“I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.”
― Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

tags: foreboding

16 people liked it

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What Book Shall We Read in November?

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The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter

10 votes 37.0%

Storyteller by Patricia Reilly Giff

4 votes 14.8%

The Clockwork Three by Matthew J. Kirby

4 votes 14.8%

What Happened on Fox Street by Tricia Springstubb

2 votes 7.4%

Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst

2 votes 7.4%

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

2 votes 7.4%

The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson

2 votes 7.4%

The Memory Bank by Carolyn Coman

1 vote 3.7%

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