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"In a career that has spanned more than fifty years, Judith Viorst has captivated readers with her bestselling children's books and collections of poetry reflecting on each decade of life. Now in her nineties, Viorst writes about life's "Final Fifth," those who are eighty to one ...

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

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

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

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 hi...

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

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?

Lulu's parents refuse to give in when she demands a brontosaurus for her birthday and so she sets out to find her own, but while the brontosaurus she finally meets approves of pets, he does not intend to be Lulu's.

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

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

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.

Fifty-four works of well-loved poets and authors compose this holiday collection.

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 ...

With his mother on the phone, his father checking e-mail, and his sister playing with her friends, a little boy feels as if he is all alone in the house, and no matter how badly he behaves, no one comes to stop him.

A little brother thinks of the ways he will some day get revenge on his older brother.

A collection of poems capturing the good and the bad sides of school, by such authors as Russell Hoban, Gary Soto, and Karla Kuskin.

A young girl uses various arguments to convince her parents to let her have her ears pierced.