Most Popular Books by JUDITH VIORST

When Lulu''s parents go on vacation, the formidable Ms. Sonia Sofia Solinsky comes to babysit and Lulu behaves as badly as possible to get her to leave until Ms. Solinsky reveals her secret.

Judith Viorst returns with more poems in her “Decades” poetry series detailing the highs and lows of being an octogenarian. Continuing the comedic insight from I’m Too Young to be Seventy, these verses of memories and advice from eighty years of love, marriage, and grandchildren are sure to bring laughs. What does it mean to be eighty? In her wise and playful poems, Judith Viorst discusses love, friendship, grand parenthood, and all the particular marvels—and otherwise—of this extraordinary decade. She describes the wonder of seeing the world with new eyes—not because of revelation but because of a successful cataract operation. She promises not to gently fade away, and not to drive after daylight’s faded away either. She explains how she’s gotten to be a “three-desserts” grandmother (“Just don’t tell your mom!”), shares how memory failure can keep you married, and enumerates her hopes for the afterlife (which she doesn’t believe in, but if it does exist, her sister-in-law better not be there with her). As Viorst gleefully attests, eighty is not too old to dream, to flirt, to drink, and to dance. It’s also not too late to give up being cheap or to take up with a younger man of seventy-eight. Zesty, hopeful, and full of the pleasures of living, Viorst’s poems speak to her legions of readers, who recognize themselves in her knowing observations, in her touching reflections, and in her joyful affirmations. Funny, moving, inspirational, and true—the newest in Judith Viorst’s beloved “decades” series extols the virtues, victories, frustrations, and joys of life.

Alexander, who survived his bad day, learns a lesson in personal finance as he sees the dollar his grandparents gave him quickly dwindle.

Although marriage is for grown-ups, very few of us are grown up when we marry. Here, the bestselling author of Suddenly Sixty and Necessary Losses presents her life-affirming perspective on the joys, heartaches, difficulties, and possibilities of a grown-up marriage -- and no, that''s not an oxymoron! Featuring interviews with married women and men, the findings of couples therapists, the truths offered by literature and movies, and a bemused exploration of her own marriage, Judith Viorst illuminates the issues couples struggle with from "I do" through "till death do us part." Examining marital rivalry, marital manners, marital sex (extramarital, too), marital fighting and apologies, what kids do for (and to) marriage, and the boredom and bliss of everyday married life, Viorst leaves no marital stone unturned. From the early years when we wonder "Who is this person?" and "What am I doing here?" to the realities of divorce, remarriage, and growing older (and old) together, Viorst offers insights and advice with honesty, humanity, and humor -- all the while recognizing how tough it is to be married and, when it works, how very precious it can be.

A boy is nervous about a presentation he has to give at school.

How can Nick believe his mother''s telling him there aren''t any monsters when she forgets what his favorite flavor of ice cream is? Or when she makes him wear boots and it doesn''t even rain? Well, sometimes Mamas do make mistakes...but sometimes they don''t. Judith Viorst''s appealing text combines with Kay Chorao''s wickedly evocative drawings in this all-new edition of a favorite book.

Alexander se dio cuenta de que iba a ser un día terrible cuando se despertó y se encontró chicle en el pelo. Y aun fue peor… Su mejor amigo lo abandonó. No tenía postre en su bolsa del almuerzo. ¡Y para colmo, había habas verdes en la comida y besos en la televisión! Este cuento clásico de Judith Viorst, ahora en español, será sin lugar a duda del agrado de los lectores de todas las edades, como lo ha sido hasta ahora.

There''s nobody in the world as messy as Sophie. Just ask her older sister Olivia, who is, of course, perfectly neat. When Olivia opens the door to Sophie''s room, it''s hard to find her amid all the stuff on the floor and spilling out of Sophie''s drawers and closet. And it''s not just in her room that Sophie is messy. It''s at school, on Halloween, and even when she makes breakfast in bed for her mother on Mother''s Day. Listen to Olivia. She''s an older sister and she knows: Sophie is not just messy. She is super-completely and totally the MESSIEST. Oh...there are some good things about Sophie, too. She''s kind and nice and funny and great at puzzles and dancing. But Olivia is willing to bet her best bracelet that Sophie will never be practically perfect, like her. Judith Viorst''s totally messy Sophie and oh-so-virtuous Olivia will speak to slobs and neatniks alike. Robin Preiss Glasser''s wonderful drawings, full of delicious details, bring both of these sisters to vibrant life.

A compilation of all three of Judith Viorst''s Alexander stories.

“Highly entertaining…Sit back in the bubbles and enjoy.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer Brenda Kovner, a newspaper advice columnist and amateur psychologist in 1990s Washington DC, doesn’t consider herself intrusive, just extremely interested in helping. If she knows the answer, she can’t shut up—even if no one’s listening. Since Brenda knows what’s best—for everyone—she secretly decides she must murder her son Wally’s prospective father-in-law, before he can get to Wally. She has a foolproof plan. In fact, she has a million of them. But first she’s got a few kinky desires of her own to satisfy.

Cuando Alexander se siente triste o enojado, le dan ganas de mudarse a Australia. Pero, por lo general le gusta donde está. Así que cuando sus padres le dicen que la familia se va a mudar a mil millas, Alexander decide que él no va a ir. Nunca. Jamás. De ninguna manera. Ni hablar. N. O. ¿Cómo puede decirles adiós a su mejor amigo y a su niñera favorita y a la Tintorería Seymour? Prefiere quedarse a vivir en una casita en un árbol or quizá en una cueva. Y aunque Nick le dice cretino y Anthony le dice que es inmaduro, Alexander está decidido: “de ninguna manera—¿me oyen? —¡lo digo en serio!—me voy a mudar.”

Judith Viorst is known and loved by readers of all ages, for children’s books such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; nonfiction titles, including the bestseller Necessary Losses; and her collections of humorous poetry, which make perfect gifts for birthdays, Mother’s Day, graduation, Christmas, Chanukah, or at any time of year. Whatever became of Alexander after that famously bad day? And did you know that Judith Viorst is his mother? And what happens to her passion for household neatness and orderliness, her deep devotion to schedules, her compulsive yearning to offer helpful advice when Alexander— now grown up, married, and the father of three—moves his family into his parents’ house? What happens is controlled, and sometimes not so controlled, chaos, as lives and routines are turned upside down and the house is overrun with scattered toys, pacifiers, baby bottles, sippy cups, pink-sequined flip-flops, jigsaw puzzles, and fishy crackers. With her characteristic sparkle and wit, Viorst relates her efforts to (graciously) share space, to become (if only a little bit) more flexible, to (sort of) keep her opinions to herself, and even to eventually figure out how to unlock the safety locks of the baby''s (expletives deleted) bouncy seat. She describes how she and her husband, while sometimes longing for the former peace and tranquility of unravished rooms and quiet dinners for two unaccompanied by cries of “Oh, yuck!” survived and relished the extended visit of the Alexander Five. She also opens our eyes to the joys of multigenerational family living and to the unexpected opportunities to grow that life presents—even under the most unlikely circumstances. Several generations of readers surely will relate to this funny and loving book, enhanced throughout by Laura Gibson’s delightful two-color drawings.

Lulu is getting the sister she never asked for in this oh-so-funny illustrated chapter book filled with hilarious hijinks and fiesty twists from Judith Viorst. Lulu has received the worst. News. EVER. She’s getting…a baby sister. No one ever asked HER opinion on this debacle. But she’ll tell you anyway, because she no how, no way, no thank you wants a sibling. Undeterred, and to prepare Lulu for big sisterhood, her parents bribe—AHEM, ask—Lulu to attend Camp Sisterhood, a.k.a. big sister training camp. As a Sister-in-Training (SIT), Lulu is assigned a variety of temporary little “siblings” who are supposed to be so much fun Lulu will become excited to have a permanent sibling of her own. Well, no one ever said Camp Sisterhood was supposed to teach Lulu how to be a good big sister, so Lulu resolves to be a bad big sister. She insults her little siblings. She taunts them with secrets. She even tricks one of them into carrying both of their backpacks up a mountain! Then some BITs (brothers-in-training) from the neighboring Camp Brotherhood start picking on Lulu’s siblings, and Lulu responds by doing her red-faced, steam-coming-out-of-her-ears thing and showing those BITs who’s boss! After all, Lulu’s siblings may be duds, but they’re her duds, and sisters have to stick together.

About geology and the changes in planet Earth.

"Lulu est têtue, c’est bien connu. Depuis toujours elle rêve d’une chose. Mais ses parents ne peuvent pas la lui offrir, à son grand désespoir. Elle se retrouve alors à promener des chiens en compagnie de Fleishman, son pire ennemi. Aucun rapport, dites-vous ? Lisez, vous verrez.".

Perché non ho mai un crollo a Zurigo? Perché non languisco nella brughiera? Perché non mi vizia una Mammy fedele e invece spruzzo spray per formiche sul pavimento? Tricicli ingombrano l''ingresso. Ho briciole di crostata sparse sull''anima. Ed è ogni anno piú difficile essere Cathy, Dominique, Brett, Rossella o Nicole.

Do luto ao envelhecimento, passando por todo tipo de relacionamento que nutrimos ao longo da vida, a autora best-seller do New York Times Judith Viorst apresenta em Perdas necessárias um estudo cuidadoso sobre amor, perda e desapego. Agora com prefácio do escritor e psicólogo Alexandre Coimbra Amaral. Neste livro, agora em nova edição, Judith Viorst transforma seus notáveis talentos como escritora e poeta em um assunto sério e de grande importância: como desenvolver nosso lado socioemocional e nos transformar a partir da única certeza que temos na nossa vida – as perdas. Judith argumenta com persuasão, mas também muita sensibilidade, que as perdas são necessárias, pois é por meio delas que adquirimos uma perspectiva mais aprofundada e madura de como encarar a vida com maior sabedoria. Ancorado em uma vasta pesquisa que contempla as maiores referências da psicanálise, Perdas necessárias é um manifesto sobre como compreender e aceitar as inevitabilidades da vida. "Um livro poderoso, porque tem a capacidade de ancorar muitas das perguntas que nem sequer sabemos que teríamos que fazer" – Alexandre Coimbra Amaral, psicólogo e autor do best-seller Cartas de um terapeuta para seus momentos de crise

Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.

If his mother has made other important mistakes, can Nick trust her word that there are no goblins and such lurking around in the night?