A Bad, Bad Day

by Kirsten Hall, Laura Rader (Illustrator)

A humorous rhyming story shows young readers how the worst of days can still turn out all right, in a simple first reader that is accompanied by sturdy flash cards and six pages of vocabulary-reinforcing activities. Original.

Genres: School, Childrens, 1st Grade, Picture Books, Realistic Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1989

About the author

Kirsten is a native New Yorker. After college, where she majored in English and minored in Child Development, Hall taught preschool and then Kindergarten while studying Early Childhood Education in NYU’s masters program. Her first easy reader book was written (and published) when she was in the 7th grade. Since then she has written approximately 150 early reader and chapter books for children, on a broad range of topics, for publishers including Scholastic, HarperCollins, Barnes & Noble, Random House, and Chronicle.
In addition to writing, Hall operates her own boutique illustration and literary agency, Catbird Productions. Hall currently resides in New York City.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

It shows kids that even though you are having a bad day it can always turn into a good day.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this book is excellent for beginning readers. It comes with flashcards and activities, which is another reason why I like it so much. This book shows children that any bad day can turn out good. (like the boy's day that turned out better after he got a star on his paper.I would reccomment this book to pre K and Kindergarteners. Also parents can read this book to their small children.

A Kid's Review
Format:PaperbackThe book A Bad, Bad Day is about a young boy who has a really bad day. First of all he
wakes up late he bumps his head on his shelf then he does bot have time to eat breakfast.
Then he has to chase the bus down and he misses it so he has to get a ride to school. So he
gets to school hungry and with a head ake.
This book teaches that you should slow down a little bit so that you do not hit your head
on any thing and then make sure that you eat breakfast even if you are late breakfast is the
most important meal of the day.
The age level for this book is from four to about eight because after that it will be to easy
for you to read and it will be a very short book.

[Jessica Vu · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is for beginning readers in pre-k or k. It builds phonics and sight word recognigtion. It can help build reading confidence for young readers.
1st and 2nd graders can use this book for sequencing and recognizing rhyming words.
They could also write a self-to-text story about a bad day they had at school.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book could be paired with "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day." While I don't consider this to be in the category of childrens' literature, it is in the category of childrens' books and would be appropriate for early readers, when learning that everyone has bad days.

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute rhymes and very basic text make this good for beginning readers.

[Alisha Cromwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite books to show younger children because it is easy to relate to. I would recommend this for k-2, some may even be able to read it themselves.

[Brittany · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute read for the beginning reader that shows that we all have bad days, but eventually, things will turn around.

[Maria Hutchins]

A Bad, Bad Day

[Jarrett Bell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great easy reader as a lead into Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Level D for kindergarten or early first.

[Daysha]

good

[Kristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this is a good book for beginner readers. my daughter has a good time reading this book. I would recommend this book to others.

[Stella · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book isn't too hard to read so it builds confidence for beginning readers. The main point of the story is that everyone has a bad day and it is okay.