for The New York Times and The Washington Post, and has been a contributing editor to Redbook magazine. She also penned the musical Love & Shrimp with Shelly Markam. The Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati hosted a performance of Love & Shrimp, starring Deb Girdler, Pamela Myers and Shelley Bamberger, in the spring of 1999. Selected works The Wonderful World of Science, edited by Shirley Moore and Viorst (Bantam Books, 1961) — science experiments and recreations Projects: Space (Washington Square Books, 1962) 150 Science Experiments Step-by-step, illus. Dennis Telesford (Bantam, 1963) The Natural World: A guide to North American wildlife (Bantam, 1965) The Village Square, illus. Tom Ballenger (Coward-McCann, 1966) The Changing Earth, illus. Feodor Rimsky (Bantam, 1967) Sunday Morning: a story, illus. Hilary Knight (Harper & Row, 1968) For children I'll Fix Anthony, illus. Arnold Lobel (1969), Harper & Row, Try It Again, Sam: Safety When You Walk, illus. Paul Galdone (1970) My Mama Says there Aren't any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things, illus. Kay Chorao (1973) The Tenth Good Thing About Barney, illus. Erik Blegvad (1987) The Good-bye Book, illus. Kay Chorao (1988) Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest, illus. Robin Preiss Glasser (2001) Just in Case, illus. Diana Cain Bluthenthal (2006) And Two Boys Booed, illus. Sophie Blackall (2014) Poems for Children and Their Parents If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries: Poems for Children and their Parents, illus. Lynne Cherry (1981) Sad Underwear and Other Complications: More Poems for Children and Their Parents, illus. Richard Hull (1995) Alexander Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, illustrated by Ray Cruz (1972), New York: Atheneum Books, Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday illus. Ray Cruz (1977), Atheneum, Alexander, Who Is Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move illus. Robin Preiss Glasser "in the style of Ray Cruz" (1995), Atheneum, Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever illus. Isidre Monés "in the style of Ray Cruz" (2014), Atheneum, Omnibus edition: Absolutely, Positively Alexander: The Complete Stories Related titles Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: A Musical Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days: An Almost Completely Honest Account of What Happened to Our Family When Our Youngest came to Live with Us for Three Months (2007) — an adult memoir of Judith Viorst