This collection of poems reminds us of what it's like to have a terrible day. These poems have imagery and emotion from pulling on your heartstrings to making you laugh. This collection of poems would be great for students who have a fear of reading poems since these poems are fun and lighthearted. ( )

This book is a collection of poems written by various authors. All of the poems have to do with a little boy/girl and something disastrous that has happened to them that day. For example, one poem describes a play in a little boys baseball game. ( )

Genre: Poetry

Summary: This book contains a wide variety of poems from several different authors. The authors provide comedic relief as they each write a poem about their own embarrassing stories and terrible days. The poems range from bad haircuts to lost baseball games.

Uses in the Classroom: This book is a great book to read at any point in the school year because all the kids can relate to having a terrible day. It would be great to use before a poetry unit because the silly tone of the book will open up some creativity

This is my favorite poetry book that I've read this semester. I feel like I enjoyed this book the most because it was written by different poets and their disaster stories. The poems were all very comical and targeted different disasters that children face like stage freight, being home sick, bad haircuts, and friends moving away. I feel like this book would make children feel like they can relate to the poems because they all have had disaster days. ( )

This book is a collection of poems that any child could relate to. Reading this to a kindergartener who is soon moving, the poem about a friend moving really struck him as he said, "I will be telling some of my friend my last good-bye soon." ( )