Alexander could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his hair. When he got out of bed, he tripped over his skateboard and by mistake dropped his sweater in the sink while the water was running. He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Nothing at all was right. Everything...

Presents two collections of short poems, "When We Were Very Young" and "Now We Are Six" that detail the experiences of a little English boy, Christopher Robin, and his friends growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.