If you've ever had trouble apologizing or keeping a secret, had a crush or a broken heart, there's a poem here for you!Written with humor and understanding, Judith Viorst's poems are certain to delight children and adults alike -- and be read again and again.

Judith Viorst says that she has been writing always -- "or at least since I was seven or eight, when I composed an ode to my dead parents, both of whom were alive and well and, when they read my poem, extremely annoyed." She has written many books for children, including the acclaimed Alexander and the Terrible Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, If I Were in Charge of the World...and Other Worries, and I'll Fix Anthony as well as several books of poetry and prose for adults.She is also a contributing editor to Redbook magazine.Mrs. Viorst lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Milton, a political writer.They have three sons -- Anthony, Nicholas, and Alexander.