Judith Viorst

In an attempt to overcome his grief, a boy tries to think of the ten best things about his dead cat.

On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.

On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.

Forty-one poems reveal a variety of secret thoughts, worries, and wishes.

A child, on the verge of being left behind by parents who are going out for the evening, comes up with a variety of pleas and excuses.

Two friends tell what they like about each other - even the bad things.

A volume drawing from personal interviews with married men and women, as well as findings from therapists, reveals how to achieve a "grown-up" marriage by delving into the many issues and problems that married couples of all ages face.

"What does it mean to be eighty? In her wise and playful poems, Judith Viorst discusses marriage, friendship, grandparenthood, and all the particular marvels--and otherwise--of this extraordinary decade. She describes the wonder of seeing the world with new eyes--not because of revelation but because of a successful cataract operation. She promises not to gently fade way, and not to drive after daylight's faded away either. She explains how she's...