The Tenth Good Thing About Barney

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney

Author: Judith Viorst

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Published: 1987-09-30

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780689712036

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My cat Barney died this Friday. I was very sad. My mother said we could have a funeral for him, and I should think of ten good things about Barney so I could tell them... But the small boy who loved Barney can only think of nine. Later, while talking with his father, he discovers the tenth -- and begins to understand.


Lulu and the Brontosaurus

Lulu and the Brontosaurus

Author: Judith Viorst

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-09-14

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1416999639

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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 for a brontosaurus, she throws a four-day temper tantrum and then storms off into the forest in search of the dinosaur she clearly deserves. Lulu isn’t particularly impressed with the snake, tiger, and bear she encounters, but then she finds him—a beautiful, long-necked, graceful brontosaurus. Mr. B completely agrees with Lulu that having a pet would be a wonderful thing, and Lulu thinks she’s gotten her birthday wish at last. Until she realizes that Mr. Brontosaurus thinks that she would make an ideal pet for him! How will Lulu ever get out of this sticky situation without throwing a fit (Mr. B does not respond well to those), or using force (Mr. B is much too tall to bonk on the head with her suitcase), or smushing her pickle sandwich? Beloved children’s author Judith Viorst and Caldecott-winning illustrator Lane Smith offer a fresh and funny tale with several surprise endings!


Nobody Here But Me

Nobody Here But Me

Author: Judith Viorst

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2008-09-02

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780374355401

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With all his family busy, a little boy feels that he is the only one left in the house.


Ida, Always

Ida, Always

Author: Caron Levis

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-02-23

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1481426400

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Based on the real-life Gus and Ida of New York's Central Park Zoo, this is the story of a polar bear who grieves over the loss of his companion.


How Did I Get to Be 40 & Other Atrocities

How Did I Get to Be 40 & Other Atrocities

Author: Judith Viorst

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1976-10-22

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 0671223666

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COLLECTION OF 24 BRIEF POEMS WITH SUCH TITLES AS "SOME FOLKS GET FAT DRINKING FRESCA," "EATING MY HEART OUT," AND "SOME PEOPLE'S CHILDREN."


The Bug Cemetery

The Bug Cemetery

Author: Frances Hill

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2002-04-02

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780805063707

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Neighborhood children imaginatively stage funerals for dead bugs, but they experience real sadness following the death of a pet.


Necessary Losses

Necessary Losses

Author: Judith Viorst

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-05-11

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 1439134863

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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 and accepting life’s inevitabilities. In Necessary Losses, Judith Viorst turns her considerable talents to a serious and far-reaching subject: how we grow and change through the losses that are a certain and necessary part of life. She argues persuasively that through the loss of our mothers’ protection, the loss of the impossible expectations we bring to relationships, the loss of our younger selves, and the loss of our loved ones through separation and death, we gain deeper perspective, true maturity, and fuller wisdom about life. She has written a book that is both life affirming and life changing.


Murdering Mr. Monti

Murdering Mr. Monti

Author: Judith Viorst

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-03-29

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1501143972

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“Highly entertaining…Sit back in the bubbles and enjoy.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer Brenda Kovner, a newspaper advice columnist and amateur psychologist in 1990s Washington DC, doesn’t consider herself intrusive, just extremely interested in helping. If she knows the answer, she can’t shut up—even if no one’s listening. Since Brenda knows what’s best—for everyone—she secretly decides she must murder her son Wally’s prospective father-in-law, before he can get to Wally. She has a foolproof plan. In fact, she has a million of them. But first she’s got a few kinky desires of her own to satisfy.