ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY

ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY by Judith Viorst. Illustrated by Ray Cruz

Callie and I were cuddling up on the chair this morning reading. I told her to grab a picture book if she wanted to, and she brought Judith Viorst's classic Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. On a day filled with rain (which I actually love), I thought this may be a fitting book for some!

We all have days where it seems that everything is going wrong, and if we could escape to somewhere else all our troubles would disappear. In this humerous book, Alexander is having one of those days. His constant refrain of, " I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day" punctuates everything that happens to him. His solution? To move to Australia. His mother comes through with some wise advice in the end that we all can take to heart.

Delightful black and white drawings perfectly accent the simple lines of the straight forward text.