Viorst, Judith

A collection of poems that examines a wide variety of feelings and experiences from a child's point of view.

Forty-one poems reveal a variety of secret thoughts, worries, and wishes.

Explores how people grow and change through natural and inevitable losses in life, such as the loss of our younger selves, and the loss of loved ones through separation and death; and explains how these losses provide us with deeper perspective, true maturity, and fuller wisdom about life.

What will a young girl do to get her ears pierced? Will she walk the dog for a year? YES! Will she clean her room every day for a year? YES! Will she be nice to her brother for a year? YES! Well, maybe...