Viorst, Judith

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

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

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.

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.

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

Two boys create a lot of havoc while waiting for their parents to get up on Sunday morning.

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

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.

Verses running backwards through the alphabet take note of some anomalies in English spelling and grammar.