If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries Poems for Children and Their Parents

If I were in charge of the worldI'd cancel oatmeal, Monday mornings,Allergy shots, and alsoSara Steinberg.All of us have times when we wish that we were in charge of the world...when we envy girls with ten best friends and gold watches...when we take an eight-block detour to avoid bumping into bullies like Stanley the Fierce...when we question whether princes and princesses really do live happily ever after...when we wonder how grownups ever get to be grown up enough to stop being scared of the dark. This book of poems is for everyone who has ever had trouble apologizing, or loved a cat, or talked too much, or burped. This book of poems is for everyone who could use a little help in turning some of their worries into laughter.

Judith Viorst Born and raised in New Jersey, Judith Viorst knew she wanted to be a writer since the second grade. Today, she has more than two dozen books published, about half for children and half for adults. Ms. Viorst finds her inspiration from children (including her own), but never writes of events exactly the way they happened. She currently lives in Washington D.C. with her husband and three children.