An interview with Judith Viorst where she talks about her children's book Lulu Walks the Dogs. She describes how she created the character Lulu and her admiration of her illustrator, Lane Smith. She also talks about the impact her book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day has had on popular culture and about the mail its readers still send her. Finally, she discusses a script adaptation of one of her books that she is working on. (Date of Interview: September 20, 2012)

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children's literature, judith viorst

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children's author, alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day, lulu walks the dogs

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional