Judith Viorst

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in The United States

February 02, 1931

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female

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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: 4.20 · 82,179 ratings · 2,504 reviews · 51 distinct works · Similar authors

	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz (Illustrator) 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 73,702 ratings — published 1972 — 33 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 3,233 ratings — published 1978 — 22 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Expectations That All of us Have 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 1,058 ratings — published 1986 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst, Lane Smith (Illustrator) 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 905 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move by Judith Viorst, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator), Ray Cruz (Contributor) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 598 ratings — published 1995 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst, Erik Blegvad (Illustrator) 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 1971 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries: Poems for Children and Their Parents by Judith Viorst, Lynne Cherry 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins or Things by Judith Viorst, Kay Chorao (Illustrator) 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lulu Walks the Dogs by Judith Viorst, Lane Smith (Illustrator) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	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... 3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Decades of a Woman's Life (7 books)
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Quotes by Judith Viorst

“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

1,879 people liked it

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

44 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

24 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%