I am searching for a children’s picture book that I had read to me as a child. I can’t recall the name of the book and after much Googling, I am still no closer to finding any results. I am 30 years old, from Australia. I have checked all databases recommend by Loganberry Books.
The storyline went as follows – A little girl woke up on ‘the wrong side of the bed’. She went about her day to day tasks only to find that everything went wrong and she felt generally irritable. Toward the end of the book she goes back to bed and literally gets out of the other side of the bed and is in a better mood. I distinctly remember that the main character was a little girl, there was a scene where she was in brushing her teeth and I think she may have worn striped PJs. This book was an older book, my best guess is 1960s based on the illustrations.
Anyway, I can tell you that the book is definitely NOT ‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day’ and from memory the book illustrations were blue and orange (illustrations were sort of done using a painted effect for lack of better description) only which tells me the book was most likely released published anywhere from the 1950s – early 1980s. It was not a Golden Book. I have searched on world cat and other such sites and it is NONE of the books that come up in the results. PLEASE HELP! None of the books ‘The Wrong Side of the Bed’ that I have found have been the right book. Please help me!
I wonder if it might be Edward Ardizzone’s ‘Johnny’s Bad Day’; though this was about a boy, not a girl.
It’s definitely not that, but that one always comes up in my search. Thanks for getting back to me though 🙂
I don’t think will be it, but it is hard to find a description of it online so this might be useful to eliminate it from your search.
A bad day / Ruth Robins Holland (1964)
Sometimes-no one know why-a bad day happens…. Nothing goes right. The whole day seems to be made up of mishaps and frowns…. The child in the story, snuggling down in bed at the end of such a bad day, is assured of her family’s love; she realizes anyone can have a bad day, and finds that she can smile.
Thanks 🙂 I’ll check this one out!
Bump 🙂
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Please help 🙁
Still looking
I may have read that book. Or my mom did. The picture in my head is of my own bed, so I think my memory is from when my mom told me I got up on the wrong side of the bed. My bed was pushed against the wall. I think I pulled the bed out, got in bed, then got up on the wall side of the bed. I’ll ponder this memory more. I’d love to know if you find it.
Still looking!
Please someone help! I’m simply dying to find this book 🙁
Still looking! 🙂
Still searching
Still searching after all these years
Hi Rebecca
Any luck yet?
I’m from South Africa and also remember a similar story where the character climbs out the other side of the bed which is near the wall and I seem to recall a picture with the kids face popping out under the bed.
Would love to find & read it to my own kids.
Hi James, unfortunately no luck! Please keep me updated and I will do the same
I FOUND IT
ITS CALLED SPIDER SCHOOL
Hi, no I don’t think that’s the book, it’s a very old book. Thanks though 🙂
I’m looking for the same book for my mother who is 85. I believe it was published before 1950, possibly in the 30s.
I don’t think it was that old from memory but I could be wrong
“The Princess who got out of Bed the Wrong Side” by Betty Lovett, published by Museum Press, 1945?
The descriptions of the illustrations seem to be a general fit. There are a small number of copies currently for sale on ebay, one listing has various pictures of the book’s interior…
Thanks so much for the suggestion, but I checked out the eBay listing and I can confirm that it’s not the book 🙁
I am now 38. It’s been 8 years. I still haven’t found it.
I’ve found something else, but it is only one short story within a compilation book. Paint-like drawings (blue and red), publishing date(s) seem to be around the right time period:
‘Language Experience Reading Program, Level 3: Follow me’ by Thorn, Elizabeth A.; [et al.] Publication date 1970 (there are earlier printings). Publisher Toronto, Gage
Pages 18-23 ‘The Wrong Side of the Bed’
https://archive.org/details/languageexperien03thor/page/17/mode/1up?q=%22wrong+side+of+the+bed%22+%22other+side%22
Oh my god Gill. You’ve found it. You’ve done it. I’ve been searching for 10 years. I feel like this is a dream. Thank you. Thank you so much. How did you do it? I’ll have to try and find the entire book but this is just amazing. I am beyond grateful. I could cry. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Book has been found after all these years, thanks to all, especially Gill who solved the mystery!
Oh my god Gill. You’ve found it. You’ve done it. I’ve been searching for 10 years. I feel like this is a dream. Thank you. I’d forgotten about the other stories but I remember some of them after viewing the book on the Internet Archive. Thank you so much. How did you do it? I’ve scoured in the internet archive and found nothing. I am beyond grateful, I could cry. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤️
It actually remember this entire book, Gill. Thank you, I am so happy! I wish I could repay you in some way!