From: Molly Warren <mjwarren>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:56:48 -0500

My favorite Judy Blume book is Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. As the older sibling of a rosy-cheeked, angelic looking baby sister who had a tendency to get into lots of scrapes that either got blamed on me, or that I had to quick think a way out of, I could really relate to Peter. Judy really captured how the tight bond of siblings gets tested over and over and over again. I have read and re-read what I like to call "the issue books" and felt they really helped me get a grip on adolescence, but my favorite book still remains Tales.

For more "me too!" moments and memories of reading Judy Blume books, I highly recommend the collection of essays Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume (published in 2007). A variety of popular authors including Meg Cabot and Megan McCafferty write about how Judy's books spoke to them when they were children and then inspired their writing as adults.

I'm so excited to hear her speak here in Madison next week!



Molly Warren Madison Public Library
Received on Mon 06 Oct 2008 01:56:48 PM CDT