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 "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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	Judy Moody was in a Mood. Not a Good Mood. A Bad Mood. (Judy Moody #1) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 15,528 ratings — published 2000 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 11,415 ratings — published 2005 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judy Moody Gets Famous! (Judy Moody, #2) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 9,645 ratings — published 2001 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judy Moody Saves the World! (Judy Moody #3) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 7,052 ratings — published 2002 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judy Moody, M.D.: The Doctor is In! (Judy Moody #5) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 5,397 ratings — published 2004 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judy Moody Predicts the Future (Judy Moody, #4) 4.08 avg rating — 5,392 ratings — published 2003 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 4,653 ratings — published 2007 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judy Moody Declares Independence (Judy Moody #6) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 4,457 ratings — published 2005 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judy Moody Goes to College (Judy Moody, #8) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 4,078 ratings — published 2008 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Around the World in 8 1/2 Days (Judy Moody #7) by Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 4,136 ratings — published 2006 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Megan McDonald

Judy Moody (15 books)
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Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator)

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Stink (12 books)
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Barbara Rosenblat (Reader)

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American Girl: Julie (6 books)
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Judy Moody & Stink (4 books)
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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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“The Toad Pee Club had taken one small step for toadkind and one giant leapfrog for humankind.”
― Megan McDonald, Judy Moody Saves the World!

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