Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
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Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
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Lower primary
International
fiction
relationships
Topics: resilience, emotions, feelings, jealousy, anger, hate, isolation, injustice, siblings, friendship.
Fiction
Alexander knew it was going to be a terrible day when he woke up with gum in his hair. His best friend deserted him. There was no dessert in his lunch bag. And, on top of all that, there were lima beans for dinner and kissing on TV!
Age: 6 to 9 years.
YouTube reading - 4min 33sec (external link) Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. New York: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2014.
ISBN: 9780689711732