Judith Viorst: 26 books
Unexpectedly Eighty
And Other Adaptations
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Judith Viorst returns with more poems in her “Decades” poetry series detailing the highs and lows of being an octogenarian. Continuing the comedic insight from I’m Too Young to be Seventy, these verses of memories and advice from eighty years of love, marriage, and grandchildren are sure to...
It's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty
And Other Injustices
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Bringing together some of the best of Judith Viorst’s witty and perceptive poetry—and featuring the illustrations from the original edition by John Alcorn—Viorst explores the all-too-true ironies and absurdities of being a woman in the modern world.
Whether she’s finding herself or...
Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days
An Almost Completely Honest Account of What Happened to Our Family When Our Youngest Son, His Wife, Their Baby, Their Toddler, and Their Five-Year-Old Came to Live with Us for Three Months
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Judith Viorst is known and loved by readers of all ages, for children’s books such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; nonfiction titles, including the bestseller Necessary Losses; and her collections of humorous poetry, which make perfect gifts for birthdays, Mother’s...
Forever Fifty
And Other Negotiations
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Judith Viorst is known and loved by readers of all ages, for children's books such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; nonfiction titles, including the bestseller Necessary Losses; and her collections of humorous poetry, which make perfect gifts for birthdays, Mother's...
Nearing Ninety
And Other Comedies of Late Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
The newest illustrated poetry collection in beloved author Judith Viorst’s “decade” series (from It’s Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty to Unexpectedly Eighty), exploring, with her signature savvy and humor, what it means to be an impending nonagenarian.
In Nearing Ninety, bestselling author...
Grown-Up Marriage
What We Know, Wish We Had Known, and Still Need to Know About Being Married
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Although marriage is for grown-ups, very few of us are grown up when we marry. Here, the bestselling author of Suddenly Sixty and Necessary Losses presents her life-affirming perspective on the joys, heartaches, difficulties, and possibilities of a grown-up marriage -- and no, that's not an oxymoron!
Featuring...
by Judith Viorst
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Now in paperback, an illustrated chapter book from industry legends Judith Viorst and Lane Smith!
I’m gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, gonna, get
a bronto-bronto-bronto-bronto-saurus for a pet!
Lulu is so accustomed to getting what she wants that when her parents deny her birthday request...
Necessary Losses
The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
From grief and mourning to aging and relationships, poet and Redbook contributor Judith Viorst presents a thoughtful and researched study in this examination of love, loss, and letting go.
Drawing on psychoanalysis, literature, and personal experience, Necessary Losses is a philosophy for understanding...
What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About?
Poems for When a Person Needs a Poem
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
From the beloved and internationally bestselling author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst comes a collection of wry and witty poems that touch on every aspect of the roller-coaster ride that is childhood.
Did you wake up this morning all smiley inside?
Does...
by Judith Viorst
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Feisty Lulu sets out to make some dough in this illustrated chapter book with “plenty of appeal” (Kirkus Reviews) from children’s book legends Judith Viorst and Lane Smith.
The stubbornly hilarious Lulu has decided it’s time to buckle down and earn some cash. How else can she save up...
Imperfect Control
Our Lifelong Struggles With Power and Surrender
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
In her remarkable national bestseller, Necessary Losses, Judith Viorst explored how we are shaped by the various losses we experience throughout our lives. Now, in her wise and perceptive new book, Imperfect Control, she shows us how our sense of self and all our important relationships are colored...
I'm Too Young To Be Seventy
And Other Delusions
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
The beloved author of Forever Fifty and Suddenly Sixty tackles the ins and outs of becoming a septuagenarian with wry good humor. Fans of Viorst’s funny, touching, and wise decades poems will love these verses filled with witty advice and reflections on marriage, milestones, and middle-aged children.
Viorst...
Suddenly Sixty
And Other Shocks of Later Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2001
Judith Viorst is known and loved by readers of all ages, for children’s books such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; nonfiction titles, including the bestseller Necessary Losses; and her collections of humorous poetry, which make perfect gifts for birthdays, Mother’s...
Wait for Me
And Other Poems About the Irritations and Consolations of a Long Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
The legendary author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day turns her attention to marriage in a collection of poems that explores the peeves and pleasures of a long marriage...and what lies beyond.
Judith Viorst began publishing poetry in the 1960s in New York magazine,...
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