Viorst, Judith

When he is finally allowed to walk someplace by himself, Sam has to start over several times before he obeys every safety rule and reaches his destination.

A collection of three stories featuring the feisty Alexander, the boy who became famous when he experienced a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Describes in verse and illustrations the terrifying but eagerly anticipated freedoms that go along with graduating and entering the real world.

A collection of poems that examines a wide variety of feelings and experiences from a child's point of view.

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

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?.

A child, on the verge of being left behind by parents who are going out for the evening, comes up with a variety of pleas and excuses.

A little boy thinks of the ways he will someday get revenge on his older brother.

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.