Question: who published alexander and the terrible horrible no good very bad day

title: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
text: Aside from the running gag of Alexander making references to Australia , the producers added another running gag in the special : he searches everywhere for his favorite yo - yo , a purple glow - in - the - dark one . Dad has no mustache and has brown hair instead of blonde . Nick has blonde hair instead of brown and wears glasses . Anthony has brown hair instead of blonde . The cat , unnamed in the book , is named Timothy . Phillip Parker is white instead of black and wears no glasses . Albert Moyo is black instead of white . This special features 11 more bad things for Alexander : He opens a drawer too far , making it land on his right foot . He spills cereal on the floor while searching for a free prize . He falls off of the seat when the carpool stops by his school . His friends will not let him play Monkey in the Middle . He sings `` roll '' and `` Mary Lee '' while his class sings `` Row , Row , Row Your Boat '' . His friends tease him multiple times when he draws a picture of an invisible castle , sings his song loudly and incorrectly , skips the number 16 , gets no dessert , and explains why he refuses to play ball with them after school . His friends close the doors on him after school . He was forced by the dentist , Dr. Fields , to sit still for 30 seconds for messing around with the toothpaste , dental chair , and tray . His brothers pretend to be in pain when Alexander hops due to the elevator door closing on his foot . The shoe salesman turns down his alternate choice of sneakers ( green ones ) . He is forced by his father to sit out on the couch for a time - out for playing with the copying machine and knocking the books off his father 's desk . The special also includes 4 good things to show the audience that even a bad day can have something good in it : Alexander 's friends ask him if he wants to play ball with them before Alexander refuses . Anthony and Nick make up for what they did to Alexander while waiting for their mom to pick up the car . Mom finds Alexander 's favorite yo - yo in the closet while turning off the bedroom light . Before the end credits , Timothy ( the cat ) changes his mind and sleeps with Alexander while talking about how Mom says everybody has bad days , even in Australia . Although mentioned , the three following bad things are not shown in the special : The family has lima beans for dinner . Alexander watching kissing on TV . Alexander 's bath making the evening worse . The special also included three original songs : `` So much to do , so little time in the morning '' `` If I could be the only child '' `` I 've had a terrible , horrible , no good , very bad day ''