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

By: Judith Viorst

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

When Alexander wakes up with gum in his hair, he thinks that maybe it’s going to be a bad day. When he trips on the skateboard by his bed and drops his sweater in the sink, he knows it’s going to be even worse than he thought. His brothers find fabulous prizes in their cereal boxes; he finds cereal. His best friends get fancy desserts in their lunch boxes; Mom forgets dessert. From being scrunched in the car on the way to school all the way to lima beans for supper and kissing on TV (yuck!), the day just keeps getting worse. It’s enough to make him want to move to Australia. A popular and prolific author of children’s books, Judith Viorst writes so that kids can recognize themselves in her stories. Johnny Heller’s sympathetic narration lets the child in everybody identify with Alexander’s predicament and his temptation to go somewhere far away.

©1972 Judith Viorst (P)1999 Recorded Books

My 6 year old loves this story

This story caught the attention of my 6 year old son who thinks the narration and whole story is just hilarious. I enjoyed it as well.

There are days like these in Australia, too!

Absolutely love this book and Alexander’s dilemmas as he goes from one unfortunate experience to another!

i like this book

because when I'm having a bad day it makes me feel better about being upset .

I always loved reading this to my kids!

The book is a wonderful way of showing from a child’s point of view that not every day is going to be sunshine and roses, and it’s OK to have a bad day every once in a while.

A great book for emotional preschoolers

But way over priced for a 10 minute reading. The narration is ok, not particularly amazing.