The Good-Bye Book - Hardcover

Viorst, Judith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068931308X ISBN 13: 9780689313080

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1988

Synopsis

His mother and father are getting dressed to go out to dinner together. He doesn't want them to go! They're going out and leaving him with a sitter. He hates that a lot! He pleads with them. He bargains with them. He threatens to run away to a family that doesn't ever go out for the evening. He tells them he's sick, with a temperature of maybe a hundred and ten. And he tells them he won't -- he'll never -- say good-bye.
Every child, and every child's parent, will recognize this oh-so-familiar struggle between grown-ups trying to go out for an evening and a child who is fiercely determined to make them stay. It's hard to say good-bye -- but maybe a book that helps you to laugh can make saying good-bye a little easier.

About this title

About the Authors

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.

Judith Viorst says that she has been writing always -- "or at least since I was seven or eight, when I composed an ode to my dead parents, both of whom were alive and well and, when they read my poem, extremely annoyed." This is her tenth children's book. She has also written several books of poetry and prose for adults, and is a contributing editor to Redbook magazine. Mrs. Viorst lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Milton Viorst, a political writer. They have three sons -- Anthony, Nicholas, and Alexander.

Edition details

• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 068931308X
• ISBN 13: 9780689313080
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Chorao Kay
• Number of pages: 32