Judith Viorst

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. Annotation. Charlie is a boy who 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. What if his parents are going out and he...

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

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.

Alexander and his money are quickly parted yet he realizes there are many things a dollar can do.

It follows the exploits of eleven-year-old Alexander as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life, a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him.

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

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

"From the beloved and internationally bestselling author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst comes a brand-new collection of clever, hilarious, and poignant poems that touch on every aspect of the roller-coaster ride that is childhood." --

"The newest illustrated poetry collection in beloved author Judith Viorst's "decade" series, exploring, with her signature savvy and humor, what it means to be an impending nonagenarian."--