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Judy Moody #2

Judy Moody Gets Famous

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Everyone knows that Judy Moody has a mood for every occasion, and this time she’s in a jealous mood. Jealous of classmate Jessica Finch, that is, who gets her picture on the front page of the newspaper, just for winning a spelling bee. But when Judy Moody sets off in pursuit of her own fame and happiness, watch out! She is so determined, she just might find it - or will she merely become more infamous than ever?

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First published January 1, 2001

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"Sometimes I think I am Judy Moody," says Megan McDonald, author of the Judy Moody series, the Stink series, and THE SISTERS CLUB. "I'm certainly moody, like she is. Judy has a strong voice and always speaks up for herself. I like that."

For Megan McDonald, being able to speak up for herself wasn't always easy. She grew up as the youngest of five sisters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father, an ironworker, was known to his coworkers as "Little Johnny the Storyteller." Every evening at dinner the McDonalds would gather to talk and tell stories, but Megan McDonald was barely able to get a word in edgewise. "I'm told I began to stutter," she says, leading her mother to give her a notebook so she could start "writing things down."


Critically acclaimed, the Judy Moody books have won numerous awards, ranging from a PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Best Book of the Year to an International Reading Association Children's Choice. "Judy has taken on a life of her own," the author notes, with nearly 3 million Judy Moody books in print. Interestingly, the feisty third-grader is highly popular with boys and girls, making for a strong base of fans who are among Megan McDonald's strongest incentives to keep writing, along with "too many ideas and a little chocolate." And now -- by popular demand -- Judy Moody's little brother, Stink, gets his chance to star in his own adventures! Beginning with STINK: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING KID, three more stories, and his own encyclopedia, STINK-O-PEDIA, Stink's special style comes through loud and strong -- enhanced by a series of comic strips, drawn by Stink himself, which are sprinkled throughout the first book. About the need for a book all about Stink, Megan McDonald says, "Once, while I was visiting a class full of Judy Moody readers, the kids, many with spiked hair à la Judy's little brother, chanted, 'Stink! Stink! Stink! Stink! Stink!' as I entered the room. In that moment, I knew that Stink had to have a book all his own."


More recently, Megan McDonald has recalled some of her own childhood with the warmth, humor -- and squabbles -- of three spunky sisters in THE SISTERS CLUB.


Megan McDonald and her husband live in Sebastopol, California, with two dogs, two adopted horses, and fifteen wild turkeys that like to hang out on their back porch.

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4,821 reviews1,226 followers
September 13, 2024
What do I call rereading this Judy Moody classic with J? Rare!

While we were visiting J's family in the EU, I checked this book out on Libby for him to read on a Holland road trip. (He had already eagerly consumed the first book while we were traveling.) Since he didn't get to finish while we were there, I checked out a copy from my library and we read it together via Messenger. What a delightful experience! J was eagerly waiting each time I called to read a few chapters and we had a discussion about favorite chapters once we turned that last page.

J's choice was "Judy Moody, Superhero" in which she finally gets a newspaper article worth of the Moody refrigerator Hall of Fame. For me, the favorite chapter was "Famous Pet Contest" when Judy takes their cat Mouse to a contest and has him make toast as his talent.

One final note about this fun read is this quote from Jessica Finch (Judy's nemesis):

Or we could play the pig game. Intead of dice you get to roll little plastic pigs.

Anyone else recognize the classic game of Pigmania? We have been playing that quirky game in our family for years. 🐖

Stay tuned. We are moving on to Judy Moody Saves the World!.
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283 reviews1 follower
November 10, 2024
آه جودی عزیزم!
امروز فهمیدم می‌تونم توی مسیر رفت یا برگشتم، یه جلد رو بخونم. با این کشف سرنوشت‌ساز، احتمالاً بقیهٔ جلدا رو زودتر بخونم. :٫)

ترجمه خیلی خوبه. این جلد کلی بازی با کلمات داره که همه‌ش خیلی خوب به فارسی برگشته و به‌نظرم بوی ترجمه نمی‌ده. (اینو از همون‌جا که «جودی مودی» به «جودی دمدمی» ترجمه شده، می‌شه فهمید.)

فکر کنم محرک خوبی هم برای فبک باشه. مثلاً توی جلد یکش به هویت اشاره می‌کنه. (یادم رفت برای همون جلد بنویسم.)
توی این جلد هم مسئلهٔ شهرت، دروغ و قهرمان بودن مطرح می‌شه.
توی هردو جلد هم جودی درنهایت (اسپویلر) با کسایی که فکر می‌کنه جالب نیستن، دوست می‌شه. (پایان اسپویل)
پس می‌شه آغازکنندهٔ گفتگویی دربارهٔ دوستی هم باشه.
47 reviews1 follower
April 11, 2014
I really like the Judy Moody character. She might get into trouble, but it's often times just by accident. Judy is a creative outgoing young girl who has many more positive attributes than Junie B. Jones. As a mother, I would prefer my daughter reading about a young girl who acts altruistically like Judy instead of reading about a bratty girl like Junie B. Jones. I thought the ending was touching. The story is about how Judy want to be famous like her classmate who won a spelling bee. She tries hard to participate in events that she knows will get her photo in the newspaper. The one thing that does get her in the newspaper is her kindness of taking all the dolls from the hospital to fix them for the kids who are staying in the hospital. Even though she is not mentioned in the newspaper by name because no one knows it was Judy who fixed all the dolls, Judy feels great about what she did for the young patients.

This is a realistic fiction book as the book is not about a real person, but the story could actually happen to a young girl. Girls are often competitive and strive to be the best at something, but this book allows Judy to be great at being kind without being recognized. I like this theme of doing something kind without expecting recognition or praise. This book can be used to discuss this idea of just being kind to others and how that makes one feel. What can kindness provide for others? How do you feel when you are treated kindly? What is our responsibility as people in how we interact with others? This is a great account of how to tell and write a story with a moral.

This book would definitely be in my classroom library for my 1st through 3rd grade students.

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155 reviews
August 24, 2010
Banyak cara yang bisa dilakukan sebagai usaha untuk terkenal. Kalau Anda merasa punya bakat di bidang tarik suara atau tari-tarian, segeralah ikut ajang pencarian bakat. Merasa tidak punya bakat di kedua bidang itu? Berjoget-jogetlah sambil komat-kamit mengikuti lirik sebuah lagu - jangan lupa untuk menyalakan alat perekam - dan segeralah unggah ke youtube. Siapa tahu nasib Anda akan sama dengan duet keong racun. Atau, suara Anda sangat bagus tapi tidak ingin ikut ajang idol-idolan? Rekam saja diri Anda saat bernyanyi, dan (lagi) segera unggah ke youtube. Mungkin, Anda akan menjadi the next Justin Beiber, atau Greyson Change.

Tapi ingat, tidak ada jaminan Anda akan terkenal. Namanya juga hanya usaha untuk terkenal, tergantung juga dengan amal ibadah Anda. Meski sebenarnya, menjadi terkenal itu sangat mudah di Indonesia yang sepertinya sangat suka dengan yang serba instan. Namun, seperti uang panas, easy come easy go, keterkenalan itu juga bisa pudar dengan cepat.

Nah, seperti remaja pada umumnya, Judy Moody juga ingin terkenal. Dia ingin dirinya diliput, entah di radio, surat kabar, atau televisi. Semua bermula karena si Queen Bee, Jessica Finch, sang juara mengeja dalam bahasa Inggris se-Virginia Utara. Kemenangan Jessica diliput oleh surat kabar setempat. Dan dia pun terkenal. Ternyata, ayah Judy juga pernah menang kuis di radio. Terkenal. Sewaktu SMA, ibunya bergabung dengan paduan suara Glee yang juga pernah diliput. Terkenal. Bahkan Stink, adiknya, pernah diliput surat kabar dan televisi karena lahir di kursi belakang jip. Dia merasa semua orang di sekitarnya bisa terkenal. Sementara dia, sama sekali belum pernah. Tidak ada hal yang bisa membuat dia terkenal.

Tekad sudah bulat, dia pun mencoba banyak hal untuk menuju pintu keterkenalan. Mencoba hal-hal yang bodoh pun dia lakukan, yang penting tenar. “Mengubah” biji cherry yang baru dia makan menjadi biji cherry peninggalan George Washington 250 tahun yang silam. Tapi, gagal. Membawa Mouse, kucingnya, mengikuti kontes binatang peliharaan. Hampir berhasil. Lho? Memang, dia meraih juara dua dan berhak menerima pita biru, voucher belanja, dan fotonya akan dipajang di koran Virginia Utara. Tapi kecelakaan kecil terjadi saat sesi foto para pemenang, sehingga hanya siku tangan Judy yang masuk koran. Tidak menyerah, Judy mencoba hal lain. Dia berniat memecahkan rekor sebagai manusia kaki seribu. Tapi kembali sebuah kecelakaan terjadi, ukuran jari kelingking Frank Pearl berubah menjadi dua kali lebih besar dari ukuran normal, dan terkulai ke arah yang salah alias patah. Gagal lagi.

Akhirnya, dia sukses menjadi terkenal bukan karena melakukan hal-hal yang konyol, tapi setelah diam-diam melakukan perbuatan yang baik. Memang, dia terkenal secara misterius. Perbuatannya diberitakan di koran, tapi namanya tidak dicantumkan. Yah . . . seperti Spiderman a.k.a Peter Parker atau Clark Kent a.k.a Superman yang tidak hanya ingin melakukan perbuatan baik tanpa ada keinginan untuk terkenal atau mendapat pujian. Bagi Judy, terkenal secara misterius sudah lebih dari sekedar terkenal. Memangnya, dia melakukan apa?

Sama seperti “Judy Moody – Lagi Mood, Bukan Mood Bagus, Mood Jelek” yang sudah saya baca sebelumnya, buku ini juga dilengkapi dengan illustrasi. Covernya masih tetap keren, ceritanya masih bagus dan lucu. Kalau di “Judy Moody – Lagi Mood, Bukan Mood Bagus, Mood Jelek”, ceritanya lebih memperlihatkan sisi kreatif Judy, sementara buku ini memperlihatkan kejujuran dan kebaikan hati Judy. Sempat berbohong tapi kemudian badannya merasa “gatal-gatal” sehingga menceritakan yang sebenarnya pada Mr. Todd.

Sempat mendewakan keterkenalan, tapi kemudian memprioritaskan perbuatan baik. Sementara, menjadi terkenal hanyalah sebagai bonus dari perbuatan baik itu.
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566 reviews226 followers
September 24, 2022
Envisage that I'm old to read this kind of book & because of my age I'm not more someone who can accept easy childish behaviors.

Yet I still like Judy Moody even though her point of being famous (because why not?) for being better than a classmate can irritates me in a certain point.

Judy knows how to make up for her wrongness acts. And better, she can sometimes be empathetic with other people (i.e. what she does for the pacients at the hospital).
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28 reviews1 follower
June 11, 2015
I like this book because this girl Jessica Finch wins a spelling contest and gets her face on a news paper.When Judy starts to get extremely jealous,so she enters a pet contest if you win you get to be on a news paper,at the end they ended up taking a picture of her elbow and she still is happy about that and says look at my famous elbow.
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1,039 reviews50 followers
January 15, 2015
This book was just hilarious! Jydy Moody is witty and funny.
36 reviews
January 15, 2015
This book is really funny.
I really like it.
Judy wants to get famous, but how can a girl get famous?
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7,958 reviews262 followers
January 6, 2020
Feisty third-grader Judy Moody returns in this second chapter-book devoted to her adventures, discovering to her chagrin that she is the least famous member of the Moody household - unlike her younger brother, Stink, she has nothing to put on the refrigerator "Moody Hall of Fame" - and of Mr. Todd's class at school. How can Judy become famous? By discovering a cherry-pit from George Washington's famous cherry tree? By breaking a record in the Guinness Book of World Records ? By entering her cat Mouse in a pet contest? Or by doing something completely unexpected...?

I enjoyed this follow-up to the first Judy Moody book, once again finding the eponymous young heroine an engaging blend of spunky rebel and essentially good-hearted young girl. It was interesting that when Judy eventually does get her fifteen minutes of fame, it is for something she does anonymously, to benefit others. I appreciated that, and I also appreciated Judy's decision to confess to Mr. Todd that she was the one responsible for the worm incident in class, not her rival Jessica. With an amusing story, an appealing cast of characters, and entertaining illustrations, this series is a great pick for beginning chapter-book readers in the market for girl characters with... character.
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February 17, 2025
If someone asks who are you, I would say this, this series is what I am made of.
27 reviews
November 13, 2012
In this book by Megan McDonald, Judy Moody tries everything that she can to become famous. Her classmate, Jessica Finch, won a spelling bee and Judy saw that this got her fame so she wanted the same. She tried to make up a lie about an ancient cherry, she tried to have a famous pet that did tricks and she tried to break a world record but these all ended wrong and Judy was still not famous. One day she accidentally stepped on her friends finger and broke it. They took him to the hospital and while she was there she met a little girl who had undergone a heart transplant. While in the playroom with this girl, Judy saw all the toys and dolls that the hospital had and they were all broken. She ends up stealing the dolls from the hospital and taking them home to repair. She sends them back to the hospital anonymously for the children to have to play with. An article is written in the paper about the "Phantom Doll Doctor" and Judy and her family know who did this but the hospital never does. She becomes famous without her name being posted all over everything.
I thought this was a great story for young readers. It has a great message for children about being famous and doing things that will benefit others and not only for your own personal fame. I would recommend this book for second-third graders. This is a great book for transitioning from easy readers to more challenging books. I would recommend this book more for girls than boys. I think that this was a fun book that would keep students engaged and eager to read, especially since it is a series. This was also a good book because it introduced many vocabulary words. It talked about a spelling bee, so the words were spelled out in the book and this would be good for students to learn new words and their correct spelling while reading.
32 reviews
October 22, 2018
Just Moody is a great series for inside the classroom and perfect for grades 1st-3rd. A series that I believe has a big lesson to it is Judy Moody Gets Famous! The story is about how Judy wants to be famous like her classmate who won a spelling bee and got to be on the cover of the newspaper. She tries very hard to participate in events that she thinks will get her in the newspaper as well. Judy then does a very kind thing by taking all of the dolls in the hospital and fixing them up for the kids who are all having to stay at the hospital. Although Judys name doesn't get mentioned in the newspaper because no-one knew who actually did it, she knows that what she did went a long way and she was grateful that she was even able to do that for the kids. I believe that this book has an important lesson to students, especially girls who are always trying to be competitive with one another and try to be better than others at things. As girls, we love attention and hate when others are above us at something. It's important to tell everyone that one thing a person can do and do amazing at is being kind to one another. Be yourself and do not let anyone put you down. I liked that these chapter books have a little amount of black and white images to it because it makes students who want to read chapter books a little more comfortable to read it because it has pictures like their used to a picture book having. I recommend these series to all classrooms because although the character can one off as moody in the beginning, she always changes into a better person at the end.
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146 reviews
July 15, 2010
Judy has more depth and dimension in this second installment. She still harbors some of the same feelings about her brother Stink, but their relationship is more amicable. And although envy and jealousy motivate much of Judy's quest for fame, readers can't help but feel for her when she can't find a single event in her life to earn a place in the Moody Hall of Fame. Throughout the text she learns the difference between becoming famous, infamous and just plain criminal. Judy might be known for being moody, but by the end of this text, she's also known for having a tremendous amount of heart.
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18 reviews5 followers
December 7, 2015
'' Judy Moody Gets Famous '' by Megan McDonald is a good book if you just want a break and you just want to read something easy. So if you like to read Humor and Comedy books tis book is for you.
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986 reviews86 followers
April 10, 2017
It's been a while since I've read a Judy Moody book. My last experience wasn't so great but this one? It left me teary-eyed at the end. What a great lesson that Judy learned her self about the right kind of famous. Being kind to others.
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66 reviews3 followers
April 30, 2017
The book was about Judy wanting to be famous. They were trying to form a human scorpion by tying their shoes together and walking around like a human scorpion. That was my favorite part.
9 reviews
May 24, 2019
Judy Moody has always been moody. Especially moody, in my opinion. However, this time, she is in a jealous mood. Judy is jealous of her classmate, Jessica Finch. As if this weren't bad enough, Jessica always brags about how great she is, and how she has things that most people cannot afford. If I were to describe Jessica in one word, it would be snobbish. Judy is jealous of Jessica´s possessions. I would rather live in the Moody's house than the Finch's house though. This is because yes, Judy can be grumpy and moody at times, but the Finch's seem to always think that they are better than everyone else. I think that Judy realizes this soon later because she saw Jessica being mean to someone. I consider Judy to be adventurous, fun, and yes, sometimes moody. However, after much thinking and many experiences with Jessica, Judy realizes that she is not jealous of Jessica. She is not jealous, because she now knows that she has everything that she will ever need. In my opinion, Judy Moody and her family are extraordinary, because they have love. I believe that it doesn't matter whether you are poor or rich, as long as you have love. Love is the most important thing in the world to me. I believe that Judy Moody is becoming a better person every day because of her experiences. I loved this book because of all the valuable lessons about accepting who you are and what you have. For those reasons, I rate this book with a 5/5.
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244 reviews4 followers
July 14, 2021
Loved the ending to this book. It was great how the author turned jealousy into something good. My boys enjoy these books.
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1 review
April 14, 2023
it was really good I look how Judy expressed her feelings and became famous!!
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166 reviews11 followers
July 30, 2023
good
will i liked the that ‘’ judy ‘’ fixed the doll’s
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June 16, 2020
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