Alexander Y El Dia Terrible, Horrible, Espantoso, Horroroso [Hardcover]

Judith Viorst (Author), Ray Cruz (Illustrator), Alma Flor Ada (Translator)

Book Description

Alexander se dio cuenta de que iba a ser un dia terrible couando se desperto y se encontro chicle en el pelo. Y aun fue peor...

Su mejor amigo lo abandono. No ten ia postre en su bolsa del almuerzo. Y para colmo, habia habas verdes en la comida y besos en la television!

Este cuento clasico de Judith Viorst, ahora en espanol, sera sin lugar a duda del agrado de los lectores de todas las edades, como lo ha sido hasta ahora.

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Language Notes

Text: Spanish

From the Publisher

Alexander se dió cuenta de que iba a ser un día terrible couando se despertó y se encontró chicle en el pelo. Y aun fue peor...

Su mejor amigo lo abandonó. No ten ía postre en su bolsa del almuerzo. ¡Y para colmo, había habas verdes en la comida y besos en la televisión!

Este cuento clásico de Judith Viorst, ahora en español, será sin lugar a duda del agrado de los lectores de todas las edades, como lo ha sido hasta ahora. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (October 30, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689315910
• ISBN-13: 978-0689315916
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #905,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Judith Viorst has written many books for children, including the classics Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and its sequels, and If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Stories. She is also the author of Just in Case, illustrated by Diana Cain Bluthenthal. She lives with her husband, Milton, in Washington D.C.

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Repetition is the key to learning, February 21, 2000

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Cynthia Elizondo (Petaluma, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alexander y el día terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroroso (Paperback)

Our whole family enjoys reading this book. With its repetition of the "horrible, terrible..." day, we now can all read those parts together. And when the kids have a bad day, we can refer to the book (and talk about going to Australia). It helps to make light of a bad day.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book in English or Spanish!, September 27, 2005

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This review is from: Alexander y el día terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroroso (Paperback)

A friend in a college language class (not Spanish I'm afraid) advised me that books familiar to us in English are one of the best ways to increase our vocabulary in our target language. I took her up on it then, and when both I and my niece enrolled in Spanish classes (I at the local community college, with tuition paid for by my employer; she in junior high), I purchased this book for her and some other books for myself.

My family has always loved this Judith Viorst book in English. As well as having borrowing rights to Jerica's version, I own a copy of the original English, and find it downright cathartic to read when I've had a no good, terrible, horrible, very bad day. I have been known to purchase copies for friends after they've had no good,terrible, horrible,very bad days.

The key to Alexander's survival in this story, in which he continuously stews about whether he should move to Australia to avoid such horror, is the knowledge that we all have such days sometimes...and it's OK. The perfect book for a kid (or adult) who's struggling with school, friends, siblings, learning a new language, or just about anything.

Highly recommended, in any language.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ME VOY A AUSTRALIA !, June 20, 2001

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ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ "Alfonso Jean Paul Rodriguez" (MONTEVIDEO, MVDEO. URUGUAY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alexander y el día terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroroso (Paperback)

Qué dice un niño al que TODO le sale mal ? "Me voy a Australia !". Los dibujos - en blanco y negro - están espléndidamente ilustrados, la cara de Alexander es indescriptible por su picardía. Un libro para leer y ver con los hijos a la hora de dormir. Un libro alentador, especial para aquellos niños "difíciles"