Johnny’s Bad Day
Author: Edward Ardizzone
Publisher: First published by The Bodley Head, UK
Publication Date: 1970
Johnny’s Bad Day, a wordless picturebook published in 1970, was the British edition of a title that was originally commissioned by Doubleday in America, where it was called The Wrong Side of the Bed. In the cover image we see Johnny literally getting out of bed on the wrong side, with everything else in the room also askew and awry. The morning goes from bad to worse, with a telling-off from both his mum and his dad to a tumble when he is pushed over by a group of bigger boys and girls. Just nothing goes right for Johnny, until at last he buys some flowers and heads home to ‘make up’ with Mum.
This gallery is composed of photo scans of the printed illustrations.
