BIBLIOGRAPHY
Viorst, Judith. 1972. ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY. Ill. by Ray Cruz. New York, NY: Atheneum. ISBN 0689300727
PLOT SUMMARY
The story is about a young boy Alexander who was having a very bad day where nothing went right. From the beginning of the day and until the night, everything was going wrong. The day gets worse and worse and he wished he could run away to Australia. The story shows how young kids get upset, feel hurt and disappointed at small things that happen to them. Children can easily relate to this story where everything goes wrong and things become annoying for them.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
We all have had a day when nothing went right and that’s why we can relate to this book. Humorously written, this story helps children to experience those days that are not so perfect. Alexander had a bad start to his day. Small stressors throughout the day made him very upset and he wanted to run away to Australia.
The illustrations were detailed and the expressions on the face of the characters were carefully captured by the illustrator. The illustrations clearly showed when Alexander was grumpy, upset, hurt or annoyed.
I wish the story could have ended on a positive note and something could have been done towards the end of the story that had the ability to turn the day around.
AWARDS WON
ALA Notable Book
George G. Stone Center Recognition of Merit
Georgia Children’s Book Award
Reading Rainbow Book
CONNECTIONS
* A discussion could be opened with children to discuss about their feeling when they are angry.
*Children could also be encouraged to think about the solution to the things that make them angry and disappointed.
* This book could be used to teach children to put their anger in words.
*Related books
• Bang. Molly. 1999. WHEN SOPHIE GETS ANGRY, REALLY, REALLY ANGRY. ISBN 0439233267
• Everitt, Betsy. 1995. MEAN SOUP. ISBN 0152002278
• Metzger. Steve. 1998. DINOFOURS: I' M HAVING A BAD DAY. ISBN 9780590035514
*Children could be asked to illustrate a kind of facial expression like anger, happiness, grumpiness, and annoyance.
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