Bedtime Stories ~ Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

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Bedtime Stories ~ Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Everybody has bad days, even in Australia. Tune-in as local financial advisor, Chris Devcich, read Judith Viorst’s wonderfully funny Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Illustrated by Ray Cruz. Published by Atheneum Books.

From Wikipedia: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, published in 1972, is an ALA Notable Children’s Book written by Judith Viorst and illustrated by Ray Cruz. It has also won a George G. Stone Center Recognition of Merit, a Georgia Children’s Book Award, and is a Reading Rainbow book. Viorst followed this book up with two sequels:

Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday

Alexander, Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move.

Buy the book here, or from Inkspell Books in Half Moon Bay

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (film)

How to Use Bedtime Stories as an Independent Reading Tutor

Prepare your child for a relaxing audio podcast experience. Whether in the car, the store, or before bed, let your child immerse their ear in their imagination. School is largely auditory. So, prepare your kid to listen and visualize a story without TV or video. Just listen!

Then share the book to the audio. Listen and read. Allow your child to teach themselves to read. Using visual/audio anchor words your child will figure out the visual/sound connections by themselves. Eventually, they will be able to read the book to you all by themselves!