Judith Viorst, Author . Free Press $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7432-1080-5
Viorst's comprehensive exploration of all things nuptial should be required reading for any betrothed who don't have a plainspeaking veteran to give them the lowdown on what happens when the honeymoon is over. Some of her topics—sex,...
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Judith Viorst, Author Simon & Schuster $25 (448p) ISBN 978-0-684-80139-1
A few years ago Viorst published Necessary Losses, an inquiry into facing loss and death. Her new book, which her publisher calls a sequel (she herself doesn't make that claim), continues in much the same spirit as she examines the somewhat fuzzily...
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Judith Viorst, Author Simon & Schuster $20.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-76074-8
Barbing her trademark insight with humor, the multi-talented Viorst, known for her verse ( It's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty and Other Atrocities of Married Life ), children's books ( Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ) and...
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Judith Viorst, Author Simon & Schuster $18.45 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-45655-9
Personal experience, great literature liberally quoted here, and study of psychoanalytic theory are combined in this far-ranging, somewhat rambling book by Redbook columnist Viorst to demonstrate that growing and aging involve a succession of...
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Judith Viorst, Author, Diana Cain Bluthenthal, Illustrator , illus. by Diana Cain Bluthenthal. Atheneum/Seo $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-87164-1
Viorst's (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
) jaunty tale introduces an imaginative, somewhat anxious boy who prepares for nearly any contingency. "Charlie knows how to be ready. And Charlie likes to be ready, Just...
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Judith Viorst, Author, Kay Chorao, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-71581-5
In an impassioned soliloquy, a boy implores his parents not to leave him alone with the babysitter. Ages 3-6. (Mar.)
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Judith Viorst, Author, Kay Chorao, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-31308-0
A small boy begs, wheedles and worries through his parents' preparations to leave for the night without him. He tells them about the horrors of baby-sitters: ""I hate baby-sitters. They could make you eat vegetables. . . . They could make you go to...
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Judith Viorst, illus. by Isidre Monés. S&S/Atheneum, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4814-2353-3
After the consequences of eating an
entire box of jelly doughnuts hit home, Viorst’s iconic redheaded hero makes a big decision: “Starting this very minute,” he tells his family, “I am being the best boy ever for the complete and entire rest of my...
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Judith Viorst, illus. by Lee White. S&S/Atheneum/Dlouhy, $17.99 (112p) ISBN 978-1-4814-2355-7
In poems grouped into categories including school, family, and friends, Viorst thoughtfully explores the ups and downs of children’s lives, without glossing over tough moments—or humans’ sometimes less-than-admirable instincts. In one poem, the...
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Judith Viorst, Author, Robin Preiss Glasser, Illustrator , illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. S&S/Aladdin $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-86617-3
The title of this slender tale describes a girl who is as clumsy as she is messy. "Her antics will surely elicit grins and perhaps even giggles from young readers," according to PW
. Ages 4-7. (Feb.)
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Judith Viorst, Author, Christine Davenier, Illustrator , illus. by Christine Davenier. FSG $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-35540-1
“Even though there's four—count them!—four other people right here in this house,/ It's just as if there's nobody here but me.” So bemoans a boy who believes that he's being neglected by busy family...
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Judith Viorst, illus. by Lane Smith, S&S/Atheneum, $15.99 (128p) ISBN 978-1-4169-9961-4
While no one can question Viorst and Smith’s street cred, they’ve turned in a curiously unaffecting chapter book. Lulu, a Louise Brooks look-alike, “was a pain—a very big pain—in the butt.” Given to “screech till the lightbulbs burst” when she doesn’
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Judith Viorst, illus. by Sophie Blackall. FSG/Ferguson, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-30302-0
It was an inspiration to pair Viorst and Blackall in this funny, ingenious, and true-to-life story about stage fright. It’s the morning of the class talent show, and the narrator couldn’t be more ready; lifting the first of several small flaps,...
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Judith Viorst, Author, Jonathan Lanman, Editor, Ray Cruz, Illustrator Atheneum Books $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-31958-7
Twenty-three years after Alexander's first appearance, in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, the hapless character makes a gratifying return... with a new gripe. His family is moving 1000 miles away and he does not want to...
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Judith Viorst, Author, Ray Cruz, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $7.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-71173-2
Objecting loudly to his family's plans to relocate, the hero of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ""makes a gratifying return,"" said PW. Ages 5-8. (Aug.)
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Judith Viorst, Author, Richard Hull, Illustrator Atheneum Books $7.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-689-83376-2
In PW's words, these child-friendly poems ""skim the surface, breaking no new ground, but children will be entertained by their breezy simplicity and humor."" Ages 7-10. (Apr.)
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Judith Viorst, Author, Robin Preiss-Glasser, Illustrator, Robin Preiss Glasser, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82941-3
The title of this slender tale from the team behind Alexander, Who's Not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move describes Sophie, who is as clumsy as she is messy. Sophie's neat-as-a-pin, ""practically perfect"" older sister, Olivia,...
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Judith Viorst, Author, Laural Merlington, Read by , read by Laural Merlington. Tantor Audio $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-4001-0528-1
Viorst has her house exactly the way she likes it, with all the fine things that she denied herself when raising three rambunctious sons. But that order is delightfully disturbed when her youngest son, Alexander (the inspiration for her famous...
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Judith Viorst, Author, Danner Blythe, Read by, Blythe Danner, Read by HarperCollins $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-072331-6
Sometimes nothing beats a short dose of audio. Three recently released collections from HarperChildren's Audio just may fill the bill. Fans of Judith Viorst's picture book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day know that...
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Judith Viorst, Author, Nola Langner Malone, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-31615-9
Pierced ears are often a hot topic with girls: who has pierced ears, which girls have mothers who won't let them get their ears pierced, who gets to wear dangle earrings and when, are some of the burning questions haunting this picture book's...
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Judith Viorst, Author, Richard Hull, Illustrator Atheneum Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-31768-2
Progressing through the alphabet in an unorthodox direction, Viorst's breezy roundup of words focuses on a number of the English language's curiosities and inconsistencies. Included are sound-alike letters (``Q is for Queue, but not CUE''; ``J is...
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Judith Viorst, Author, Richard Hull, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16 (80p) ISBN 978-0-689-31929-7
Fans of Viorst's If I Were in Charge of the World will welcome this confection of light verse. Indicative of the child-centered approach, the category ``Stuff You Should Know'' includes the poem ``Item of Information'': ``Just in case/ You were...
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Judith Viorst, Author, Ellen Krieger, Editor, Richard Hull, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-81545-4
This backwards alphabet book not only begins at the end, but lays bare the frustrations of sound-alike words that are spelled differently. In a starred review, PW called it ""a pleasing blend of playfulness and sophistication... good (and vocabulary-
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Judith Viorst, Author, John Alcorn, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $12.95 (64p) ISBN 978-0-671-64329-4
In her seventh collection of verse homilies the prolific Viorst ( How Did I Get to Be Forty and Other Atrocities ) offers mild-mannered complaints about and righteous jubilation in honor of aging--specifically, turning 50. ``No, I'm not ashamed of...
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Nola Langner Malone, Illustrator, Judith Viorst, Author Atheneum Books $9.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-86784-2
Judith Viorst's Earrings!, illus. by Nola Langner Malone, returns as a miniature paper-over-board hardcover, packaged to include a tiny set of pink heart earrings for pierced ears. About the original, published in 1990, PW wrote, ""Who has ...
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