Texts and Tunes: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day


Updated 02/08/12 2:59 PM · Posted by babysugar · 11 comments

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Want to teach your kid a real-life lesson? Some days stink. From beginning to end, the 1972 classic tale Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ($8) humors readers with a woeful tale of one lad's miserable day. Judith Viorst's book starts: 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 a skateboard and Read more