Just a Bad Day by Gina Mayer

Just a Bad Day Reviews

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  Bronwyn

  This is a good book for our own bad days, or pretend ones (my son likes when my husband inserts things we do into the book instead of reading the words).
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  Cara Byrne

  "Today was just a bad day. But at least it had a happy ending." With rain, canceled sports, fighting with his sister, and broken toys, it's a bad day for little critter. All fixed when his dad comes home from work with a toy for him.
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  Kristen Dutkiewicz

  Nothing goes right on this rainy day!
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  Leah NYC

  I love Little Critter books, but this one was just ok in comparison to some of the others.
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  Meredith

  Little Critter has a bad day.
  
  Readers of all ages can relate to having a day in which nothing seems to go their way.
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  Melanie Bates

  Just A Bad Day
  
  Summary: This is a story about a little critter that had a few unfavorable events occur on the same day. Anything that could have gone wrong went wrong for him. The illustrations throughout the book were great. They were colorful and expressed the characters emotions.
  
  Response: What I loved about this book was the message behind it. Although one may have a bad day something can always come along and turn it around. In this case the character’s dad coming home and surprising him with a new toy is what made his day that much better. Even though one may be having bad day there’s always someone out there who has it worse and is less fortunate.
  
  Classroom Connections: A classroom connection that would correlate with this book would be to have students write a journal entry of their “worst day ever”. Students can then think of what made them feel better. Students can then communicate between one another and think of others that may not be as fortunate as they are and how their worst day ever may differ.
  
  CCSS: I could not find most of the levels for this book. I would think that students Pre-K through second would be interested in this book. I also think that second graders would be able to independently read this book.
  
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  Theresa

  a cute story with a cute idea, using the stories of his daily life to teach children.
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  Laura Carby

  I like this book because occasionally we all have a bad day. You are the only person who can get out of the bad mood. You have to focus on the positives!
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  Lauren

  This book is great for children especially when they learn to start reading. It teaches great morals and ideals for everyone to have and great general life lessons.
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  Brandi Streeval

  cute book read this to my daughter got this from the library.
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  Sheila Read

  everybody has a bunch of bad days this book will help a kid deal with all the bad days
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  Alice Teets

  Second graders did not like very much.
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  K Morlando

  A good read!
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  Danny

  Some days are just like that.