Stuff
Product Details
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, April 2000
Trade Paperback, 80 pages
ISBN-10: 0689833768
ISBN-13: 9780689833762
Grades: 4 - 6
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Awards and Nominations
- CBC/NCSS Notable Children's Book in Social Studies
Description
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Someone with sad underwear.
Sad underwear? How can that be?
When my best friend's mad at me,
Everything is sad.
Even my underwear.
Only Judith Viorst, with the perfect pitch for the trials of childhood that has made her Alexander books modern classics, could create an ode to melancholy unmentionables. But the title poem is just one of the many pleasures in this collection, which bursts with wit and understanding -- and the occasional poignant note.
Sure to delight readers of Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky, as well as Viorst's own legions of fans, Sad Underwear is a perfect companion volume to her celebrated If I Were In Charge of the World.
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Text Excerpt 1Judith Viorst's Books
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Alexander, Que de Ninguna Manera-Le Oyen?-!Lo Dice en Serio!-se va a mudarCuando Alexander se siente triste o enojado, le dan ganas de mudarse a Australia. Pero, por lo general le gusta donde está. Así que cuando...Read More
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Alexander y el Dia Terrible, Horrible, Espantoso, HorrorosoAlexander se dio cuenta de que iba a ser un día terrible cuando se despertó y se encontró chicle en el pelo. Y aun fue peor… Su...Read More
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Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety DaysWhatever became of Alexander after that famously bad day? And did you know that Judith Viorst is his mother? And what happens to her passion for...Read More
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When Did I Stop Being Twenty and Other InjusticesWhen Did I Stop Being Twenty and Other Injustices brings together the best of Judith Viorst's witty, insightful poetry, including many favorites from...Read More
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Unexpectedly EightyThe newest in Judith Viorst's 'decades' series, here are funny, touching, and true poems about being 80.Read More
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Just in CaseBest-selling author Judith Viorst tackles the childhood problem of worrying in Just in Case, now in paperback for the first time!Read More
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Necessary LossesThe Bestselling Classic on Love, Loss, and Letting Go In Necessary Losses, Judith Viorst turns her considerable talents to a serious and far-reaching...Read More
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Grown-up MarriageAlthough 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...Read More
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I'm Too Young To Be SeventyThe beloved bestselling author of Forever Fifty and Suddenly Sixty tackles the ins and outs of becoming a septuagenarian with her usual wry good humor....Read More
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Super-Completely and Totally the MessiestNow in paperback for the first time, the story of Charlie, a kid who knows how to be ready for any situation…. Just in Case . If a downpour...Read More
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Absolutely, Positively AlexanderFirst published in 1972, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day introduced to the world a feisty young hero who soon captured the...Read More
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Forever FiftyHer bestselling verse has unerringly captured our follies and our foibles over the decades. Now Judith Viorst, in a witty and beautifuUy illustrated...Read More
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Sunday MorningIt's Sunday morning, very early Sunday morning. Anthony and Nicholas are not supposed to wake their parents before 9:45 am. (Whenever that is.)...Read More
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The Good-bye BookThis little boy will do anything to avoid an evening with the baby-sitter. He pleads with his parents. He begs. He bargains. Maybe he has a fever of a...Read More
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I'll Fix AnthonyMother says deep down in his heart. Anthony loves me. Anthony says deep down in his heart he thinks I stink. Anthony's younger brother puts up with a...Read More
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My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Demons, Monsters, FiendHow can Nick believe his mother's telling him there aren't any monsters when she forgets what his favorite flavor of ice cream is? Or when she makes...Read More
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The Tenth Good Thing About BarneyBarney was a cat. He died last Friday. And everyone was sad. They did what most people do when a cat they like dies. They had a funeral. And then they...Read More
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