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Alicia Has a Bad Day

by Lisa Jahn-Clough
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When Alicia wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, she meets her bad day head-on in Lisa Jahn-Clough's fresh look at shaking off a mood, perfect for fans of Grumpy Monkey and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

Bad days—we all have them. But what do we do about them?

Meet Alicia and her trusty friend, Neptune. Alicia is usually a cheerful child who likes to dance very fast and stand on her head. What will she do when she wakes one morning feeling miserable? At first, none of Alicia's clever and quirky remedies, such as moping in her favorite chair and writing in her notebook, seem to cure her gloom. Then, in a place least expected, a delightful surprise awaits, and Alicia makes a joyous discovery.

Lisa Jahn-Clough has created a unique character with a spunky spirit all her own. Alicia will charm her way into the hearts of readers young and old on any day.

"Funny and original." —Kirkus Reviews

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  • Release date

    August 26, 2002

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780547766973

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780547766973
      • File size: 15211 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 1.7
    • Lexile® Measure: 410
    • Interest Level: K-3(LG)
    • Text Difficulty: 1

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 29, 1994
      Deliberately childlike paintings put a comic edge on a terrible, rotten, very bad day. Those of, shall we say, artistic temperaments may find a kindred spirit in this debut book's scowling, yellow-haired narrator, Alicia, who wakes up one day in inexplicable misery. First she sulks around the house (``After I mope I lie on the floor and stare at the ceiling. The cracks make faces at me''), then she maliciously stomps on ants outdoors, where a gray cloud threatens to block out a frowning sun. Surrounded by a violent, slashy purple-and-black aura, Alicia writes the word ``lugubrious'' in her notebook (``Lugubrious is my favorite miserable word. It means dark and dreary''); young vocabulary enthusiasts will enjoy being handed a 50-cent word, the poor definition notwithstanding. Alicia's bleak humor, which lasts until her orange dog cheers her with a friendly lick, grows tedious, but Jahn-Clough's simplistic brushwork, roughly hewn in straight-from-the-tube colors, wryly conveys surliness. Spending time with Alicia might distract a moody reader from an impending tantrum, or simply serve as a reminder that everyone has bad days. Ages 4-8.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 12, 2002
      "Deliberately childlike paintings put a comic edge on a terrible, rotten, very bad day," said PW. "Those of, shall we say, artistic temperaments may find a kindred spirit in this debut book's scowling narrator." Ages 4-8.

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:1.7
  • Lexile® Measure:410
  • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
  • Text Difficulty:1

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