Ode to a Bad Day
Hyewon Yum2023

Told in a series of dramatic odes to the day's annoyances, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, Not Good, Very Bad Day 's got NOTHING on this girl whose day just gets worse and worse!

All your favorite shirts are too dirty to wear. Your brother got to ride in the front seat. The lunch lady gave the last chocolate milk to the kid in line right ahead of you ?! Sheesh. Let's hear it for those days that are just destined for the dumps.

This story takes place across a series of odes to all the things that make a regular bad day feel like it's really out to get YOU. With keenly attuned emotion and the perfect amount of melodrama, this book finds the humor in the hardest days, encouraging readers to look beyond today and realize that even bad ones can end well. . . right?