Judith Viorst

After eating an entire box of doughnuts leads to consequences Alexander does not like, he decides to be the best boy ever for the rest of his life.

Bringing together some of the best of Judith Viorst's witty and perceptive poetry—and featuring the illustrations from the original edition by John Alcorn—Viorst explores the all-too-true ironies and absurdities of being a woman in the modern world.
Whether she's finding herself or finding a sitter, contemplating her sex life as she rubs hormone night cream on her face, or wrestling with the contradiction of falling in love with...

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

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Judith Viorst's most adored book is undoubtedly the children's classic Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. In this new book, fans will recognize and be drawn to the Alexander they know and love-only now he's all grown up, with three kids of his own. When Judith's son Alexander announces that he, his wife, Marla, their daughter, Olivia (age five), and their two sons, Isaac (age two) and Toby (four months), would be staying...

Charlie likes to be ready for anything, imagining that his house could be flooded or a mermaid might kidnap him, but he learns that it is sometimes good to be unprepared.

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

Lulu needs help from a boy named Fleischman if she is to earn money walking her neighbors' dogs, and she finds out that if she wants her business venture to succeed, she has to be nice.

Angry Alexander refuses to move away if it means having to leave his favorite friends and special places.

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