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Judith Viorst
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Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst was born and brought up in New Jersey, graduated from Rutgers University, moved to Greenwich Village, and has lived in Washington, D.C., since 1960, when she married Milton Viorst, a political writer. They have three sons and seven grandchildren. Viorst writes in many different areas: science books, children's picture books, adult fiction and non-fiction, poetry for children and adults, and three musicals, which are still performed on stages around the country. She is best known for her beloved picture book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

Judith Viorst's Books

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Lulu Walks the Dogs
Lulu Walks the Dogs By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Lane Smith
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: September 4, 2012
Ages: 6 - 10
Other Formats: eBook
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Alexander, Que de Ninguna Manera-Le Oyen?-!Lo Dice en Serio!-se va a mudar
Alexander, Que de Ninguna Manera-Le Oyen?-!Lo Dice en Serio!-se va a mudar (Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It) By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Robin Preiss Glasser and Ray Cruz
This edition: eBook, 32 pages
Publication date: April 24, 2012
Ages: 5 - 8
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Alexander y el Dia Terrible, Horrible, Espantoso, Horroroso
Alexander y el Dia Terrible, Horrible, Espantoso, Horroroso (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) By: Judith Viorst
This edition: eBook, 32 pages
Publication date: April 24, 2012
Ages: 6 - 9
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When Did I Stop Being Twenty and Other Injustices
When Did I Stop Being Twenty and Other Injustices By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2011
When Did I Stop Being Twenty and Other Injustices brings together the best of Judith Viorst's witty, insightful poetry, including many favorites from It's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty and others from her out-of-print...
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Unexpectedly Eighty And Other Adaptations By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Hardcover, 80 pages
Publication date: October 5, 2010
What does it mean to be eighty? In her wise and playful poems, Judith Viorst discusses marriage, friendship, grand parenthood, and all the particular marvels— and otherwise—of this extraordinary decade. She...
Other Formats: eBook
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Lulu and the Brontosaurus By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Lane Smith
This edition: Hardcover, 128 pages
Publication date: September 14, 2010
Ages: 6 - 10
It's Lulu's birthday and she's decided she'd like a pet brontosaurus as a present. When Lulu's parents tell her that's not possible, Lulu gets very upset. She does not like it when things don't go her way. So she takes matters...
Other Formats: eBook, Trade Paperback
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Earrings!
Earrings! By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Nola Langner Malone
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: September 14, 2010
Ages: 6 - 10
I want them. I need them. I love them. Beautiful earrings. Glorious earrings. What will a young girl do to get her ears pierced? Will she walk the dog for a year? YES! Will she clean her room every day for a year? YES! Will...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
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Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days An Almost Completely Honest Account of What Happened to Our Family When Our Youngest Son, His Wife, Their Baby, Their Toddler, and Their Five-Year-Old Came to Live with Us for Three Months By: Judith Viorst
This edition: Hardcover, 128 pages
Publication date: October 23, 2007
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...
Other Formats: eBook, Trade Paperback
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Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest!
Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest! By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Robin Preiss Glasser
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: May 9, 2006
Ages: 4 - 7
Now in paperback for the first time, the story of Charlie, a kid who knows how to be ready for any situation…. Just in Case . If a downpour turns into a flash flood or the grocery store should close indefinitely,...
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Just in Case
Just in Case By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Diana Cain Bluthenthal
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 3, 2006
Ages: 3 - 7
Charlie is always ready for anything . . . just in case. What if it's raining very hard—so hard that rain could come into the house and make the furniture float? Charlie has a plan to keep himself dry . . . just in case....
Other Formats: Trade Paperback