If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries: Poems for Children and Their Parents - Hardcover

Viorst, Judith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689308639 ISBN 13: 9780689308635

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1981

Synopsis

If I were in charge of the world I'd cancel oatmeal, Monday mornings, Allergy shots, and also Sara Steinberg. All of us have times when we wish that we were in charge of the world...when we envy girls with ten best friends and gold watches...when we take an eight-block detour to avoid bumping into bullies like Stanley the Fierce...when we question whether princes and princesses really do live happily ever after...when we wonder how grownups ever get to be grown up enough to stop being scared of the dark. This book of poems is for everyone who has ever had trouble apologizing, or loved a cat, or talked too much, or burped. This book of poems is for everyone who could use a little help in turning some of their worries into laughter.

About this title

About the Author:

Judith Viorst is the author of the beloved Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, which has sold some four million copies; the Lulu books, including Lulu and the Brontosaurus; the New York Times bestseller Necessary Losses; four musicals; and poetry for children and young adults. Her most recent books of poetry include What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About? and Nearing Ninety.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0689308639
• ISBN 13: 9780689308635
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Cherry Lynne