He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his hair. When he got out of bed, he tripped over his skateboard and by mistake dropped his sweater in the sink while the water was running. He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Nothing at all was right. Everything went wrong, right down to lima beans for supper and kissing on TV.
What do you do on a day like that? Well, you may think about going to Australia. You may also be glad to find that some days are like that for other people too.
I read this seven years and three kids ago and thought it was alright. Coming to it again with the ducklings all around from tens months to eleven-years-old the experience was much altered and it is quite funny. We read this and [b:Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday|895334|Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday|Judith Viorst|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348440662l/895334._SX50_.jpg|880534] tonight from [b:Absolutely, Positively Alexander: the complete stories|334025|Absolutely, Positively Alexander the complete stories|Judith Viorst|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388354385l/334025._SX50_.jpg|324521] trilogy book. Giggles aplenty and squeals that it should be more than five stars in rating. They begged me to continue on.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/storytime/
Reprinted and/or excerpt included in [b:The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud|238068|The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury Celebrated Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud|Janet Schulman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1411333628l/238068._SX50_.jpg|230604] and in [b:Absolutely, Positively Alexander|334025|Absolutely, Positively Alexander the complete stories|Judith Viorst|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388354385l/334025._SX50_.jpg|324521].
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