Megan McDonald

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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...more "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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JUDY MOODY Gets Famous--no lie!

08 March 2011

IN A MOVIE MOOD!

Get ready, get set... Get MOODY!

This summer, Judy Moody is coming to the Big Screen! For real and absolute positive!

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Average rating: 3.94 · 19,612 ratings · 2,027 reviews · 97 distinct works

	Judy Moody (Judy Moody, # 1) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 2,980 ratings — published 1948 — 29 editions	My rating:
	Judy Moody Gets Famous! (Book #2) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 1,878 ratings — published 2001 — 33 editions	My rating:
	Judy Moody Saves The World! (Book #3) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 1,454 ratings — published 2002 — 33 editions	My rating:
	Judy Moody, M.D.: The Doctor is In! (Judy Moody #5) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 1,207 ratings — published 2004 — 30 editions	My rating:
	Judy Moody Predicts the Future (Judy Moody, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 1,210 ratings — published 2003 — 31 editions	My rating:
	Stink (Book #1): The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (illustrator) 3.79 avg rating — 1,145 ratings — published 2005 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Judy Moody Declares Independence (Judy Moody #6) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 1,033 ratings — published 2000 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days (Judy Moody #7) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 877 ratings — published 2000 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Meet Julie (American Girls: Julie, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 638 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Judy Moody Goes to College (Book #8) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 642 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions	My rating:

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Series by Megan McDonald

Judy Moody (33 books)
by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator)

3.95 avg rating — 13,193 ratings

Stink (10 books)
by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator)

3.93 avg rating — 4,587 ratings

American Girls: Julie (6 books)
by Megan McDonald

3.93 avg rating — 1,992 ratings

The Sisters Club (3 books)
by Megan McDonald

4.05 avg rating — 755 ratings

Beezy (4 books)
by Megan McDonald, Nancy Poydar (Illustrator)

3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings

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“I love jell-o. I love the way it comes in rainbow colours, wiggles and jiggles and looks like brains.”
― Megan McDonald, The Sisters Club

tags: brains , humor , jell-o , random

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“I couldn't think of anywhere I'd rather be. In the middle.”
― Megan McDonald, The Sisters Club

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