New Releases by Judith Viorst

The author offers lyrical, compassionate, and witty observations about turning fifty years old and facing middle age

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 adióera favorita y a la Tintorería Seymour? Prefiere quedarse a vivir en una casita en un áabol 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."

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

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?

On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.

A child, on the verge of being left behind by parents who are going out for the evening, comes up with a variety of pleas and excuses.

If you''ve ever had trouble apologizing or keeping a secret, had a crush or a broken heart, there''s a poem here for you! Written with humor and understanding, Judith Viorst''s poems are certain to delight children and adults alike -- and be read again and again.

Anthony has two dollars and three quarters and one dime and seven nickels and eighteen pennies. Nicholas has one dollar and two quarters and five dimes and five nickels and thirteen pennies. Alexander has...bus tokens. And even when he''s rich, pretty soon all he has is bus tokens. He was rich. Last Sunday. Grandma Betty and Grandpa Louie came and gave Anthony and Nicholas and Alexander each a dollar. Alexander was saving his. Maybe for a walkie-talkie. And then there was bubble gum, some bets with Anthony and Nicholas (that Alexander lost), a snake rental, a garage sale, and all kinds of other things to spend money on. And now all he has is bus tokens. When he used to be rich last Sunday.

In an attempt to overcome his grief, a boy tries to think of the ten best things about his dead cat.