Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
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- Author：Judy Blume
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Devin Woodland
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I read this book with my 7 year old。 She could read it pretty well and she loved the parts with Fudge。 She was never excited to read it and would even complain about it， but once we started she would enjoy it。
Nicole Cassedy
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Fun！！ It is good to read about 4-grade bickering。
Tammy
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3 stars because my kids liked it， otherwise I would only have given it 2 stars。 Fudge is horrible！
Chantal
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Everyone in the family loved Fudge！！
Eva
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A fun walk down memory lane with an old childhood favorite。 I have always loved Judy Blume's children's books， and this revisiting of one of my childhood favorites was a treat。 For every child who has ever had to deal with an irritating younger siblings！ What a fun read！ As an adult， though， I find Fudge's antics much more annoying than I did as a child。 A fun walk down memory lane with an old childhood favorite。 I have always loved Judy Blume's children's books， and this revisiting of one of my childhood favorites was a treat。 For every child who has ever had to deal with an irritating younger siblings！ What a fun read！ As an adult， though， I find Fudge's antics much more annoying than I did as a child。 。。。more
Terra Wood
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Giving this 4 stars because my 5 and 7 year old LOVED it！ The frustration of having a sibling who ruins your stuff and yet is thought too cute by all the adults in your life hasn’t gotten old。 How we all felt for Peter when he got in trouble for Fudge’s bird incident even though he wasn’t in charge， oh the plight of the older sibling！ And yet， the parenting seems very modern when his mom apologizes quite kindly to him for it。 We love Fudge and sympathize with Peter all along the way。 We went str Giving this 4 stars because my 5 and 7 year old LOVED it！ The frustration of having a sibling who ruins your stuff and yet is thought too cute by all the adults in your life hasn’t gotten old。 How we all felt for Peter when he got in trouble for Fudge’s bird incident even though he wasn’t in charge， oh the plight of the older sibling！ And yet， the parenting seems very modern when his mom apologizes quite kindly to him for it。 We love Fudge and sympathize with Peter all along the way。 We went straight on to Double Fudge！ I do recommend these on audio as they are read by Judy Blume herself， so you really get the feeling of the story。 。。。more
Tia
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My mom read this to me when I was very young， and reading it to my son it brought up a lot of memories。 My son found Fudge hysterical， but he cried for Dribble。 There’s not a big story arc here， but little vignettes about Peter and his baby brother。 I think it made my son feel grateful to be an only child， but kids with a younger sibling will likely relate to it。
Aarav Sachdeva
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This book is about a boy named Peter and his naughty brother， Fudge ， and trouble always finds him， wherever he goes ， and how Peter always stops him from getting into trouble 。 He always did the things which Peter did 。 He always imitated his elder brother。 It's a very funny book ，yet ， I loved reading it 。 This book is about a boy named Peter and his naughty brother， Fudge ， and trouble always finds him， wherever he goes ， and how Peter always stops him from getting into trouble 。 He always did the things which Peter did 。 He always imitated his elder brother。 It's a very funny book ，yet ， I loved reading it 。 。。。more
Niharika✩ （Temporary one month long BOOK hiatus）
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“I thought how great it would be if we could trade in Fudge for a nice cocker spaniel。” Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume is the perfect example of an amazing Middle Grade Realistic Fiction。 It's a bunch of short Stories- something that cut down a whole star for Pippi Longstocking。 Yet I liked it。 Why？PlotLife with his little brother， Fudge， makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth-grade nothing。 Whether Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe store， smearing mashed “I thought how great it would be if we could trade in Fudge for a nice cocker spaniel。” Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume is the perfect example of an amazing Middle Grade Realistic Fiction。 It's a bunch of short Stories- something that cut down a whole star for Pippi Longstocking。 Yet I liked it。 Why？PlotLife with his little brother， Fudge， makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth-grade nothing。 Whether Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe store， smearing mashed potatoes on the walls at Hamburger Heaven， or trying to fly， he's never far from trouble。 He's an almost three-year-old terror who gets away with everything， and Peter's had it up to here！ When Fudge walks off with Dribble， Peter's pet turtle， it's the last straw。 Peter has put up with Fudge for too long。 Way too long！ How can he get his parents to pay attention to him for a change？"The plot is why。 It had a plot！ Something Pippi Longstocking didn't。 It was relatable and like。 。 。I felt I was Peter。 I have a totally different sibling crisis， yet I felt connected。 WritingI realised a lot can be covered under 'Writing。' Tense， POV， tone， style etc。 What struck me most when it comes to this specific book？ The tone， and style。 Not even the POV or tense， things I usually notice the most。 I repeat， tone， and style。Do you remember how you used to talk in fourth grade？ No？ Well， then what about how you talk now？ Cut out the inappropriate content from that。 That's the style; That's the tone。CharactersPee-tah was how Fudge pronounced 'Peter。' And I found that ridiculously hilarious， so now I'm going to call Peter Pee-tah。 He was so annoyed by Fudge- but still put up with him I mean， what else do you do， right？ Younger siblings are meant to be ignored， right？ NO🙄Anywaysss， I found his neverending patience with Fudge inspiring， because I have the patience of a piece of cardboard。Fudge， or Farley was ridiculousness and stupidity combined。 Add a lot of annoyance to that and you 。 。 。get。 。 。FUDGE！Alrightyyy~-~ 。。。more
Ashlie
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Okay people。 I think the last three reviews I have written start with hand-wringing about being behind in reviews。 This time is no different。 Except for how I am determined， or should I say DETERMINED to get caught up。 I have a twisted process in that I don't like to keep reading if I haven't reviewed， so now I'm in this twisted merry-go-round of I want to read， but I'm behind in reviews， but I'm more behind than I've been in a bit so it feels hard to start so I don't write OR read。 AND ALSO I'm Okay people。 I think the last three reviews I have written start with hand-wringing about being behind in reviews。 This time is no different。 Except for how I am determined， or should I say DETERMINED to get caught up。 I have a twisted process in that I don't like to keep reading if I haven't reviewed， so now I'm in this twisted merry-go-round of I want to read， but I'm behind in reviews， but I'm more behind than I've been in a bit so it feels hard to start so I don't write OR read。 AND ALSO I'm still working on my own book （！） but then I can't work on writing that until I've written this and also have I mentioned I'd like to do some reading？ （Pardon the extreme navel-gazing， ain't no accountability like internet stranger accountability cuz internet strangers give you empathy even though they might pass you on the street and not recognize you。 SO。 INTERNET STRANGERS。 HERE I AM， REALLY MEANING TO CATCH UP ON MY REVIEWS）。And with all that said， let's talk about some Judy Blume。 I of course read all the hits of Blume in my youth， the middle grade and young adult categories， but from my best recollection I missed out on the kiddo books in general and the fudge books in particular。 That last Judy Blume book I read actually was her newest adult book， In the Unlikely Event， which I rated as， well， just fine， so I'm curious how I'd feel about re-reading the ones I loved when I was younger。I of course picked up "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" up for the Cannonball Read book club （which I then couldn't take part in） so I should give a gander to see what others thought of it， in particular people who were revisiting it。 As an older sibling I get the appeal of this tale， but luckily my younger brother was nothing like the odious Fudge， who is one of the most ill-behaved （and poorly parented） children on the block。I see this book as a time capsule when dads were at the office， and moms were doing all the childcare， and it's successful at painting that picture and fine in a book that is resting in an adults hands， but I wouldn't want to give this to a kiddo to read unless I caveated it with "this was a different time which is why the father is such a moron， and the mother is afraid of leaving her husband with the children for a weekend because parenting is such a mystery to him。" Though now that I think of portrayals of husbands and fatherhood even in more recent popular culture， I fear we haven't moved the dial that much （sigh）。 I also feel like each character （mom， dad， older brother， younger brother） was portrayed as just such a negative representation of what a GOOD one of those should be， like they were a family of Goofus' to Galants （a la Highlights magazine）， that again， I wouldn't love the message this was giving to an impressionable kiddo。 And like y'all。 His brother broke into his room AGAIN and ATE HIS TURTLE and the family isn't even checking in on the older sibling about it？ Like he's a jerk for caring about a turtle and not understanding how stomach acid works？ C'mon。So yeah， it was a bit wild to read this in present day， as an adult， and I'm still a firm Blume fan， but this book didn't deliver anything to make me want to keep reading。 Wait dang I just saw the next book is about Sheila， okay， that might be okay。 I might be forced to eat my literary words。。。 。。。more
Arnavjit Sachdeva
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Amazing read ， its one of the most weird， kinda good ， book i have read recently 。 The author has done a good job， changing the narrative ， from sad to funny ， and funny to serious ， on each page。 Its a light read and i would recommend this to kids ， who want to read comedy stuffed in the pages ！
Huia
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Childhood
Kanak Aggarwal
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is a record of some of the experiences in the life of Peter Hatcher as he struggles to maintain his identity and existence separate from that of his two-year old brother， Fudge。Each chapter of the book is the narrative of a separate incident; experiences do build on preceding chapters to some extent， but the chapters could be read as independent stories without loosing the effect or the humor of the situations。 Peter wins a pet turtle in the first chapter， then ha Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is a record of some of the experiences in the life of Peter Hatcher as he struggles to maintain his identity and existence separate from that of his two-year old brother， Fudge。Each chapter of the book is the narrative of a separate incident; experiences do build on preceding chapters to some extent， but the chapters could be read as independent stories without loosing the effect or the humor of the situations。 Peter wins a pet turtle in the first chapter， then has recurrent problems because Fudge persists in bothering the turtle （up until he swallows it）。 Peter gets roped into helping their mother with Fudge's three-year-old birthday party， which quickly degenerates into chaos。 And life for Peter moves on。。。Two is a crowd when Peter and his little brother， Fudge， are in the same room。Peter thinks he has the world’s biggest problem – his naughty little brother， Fudge。 Grown-ups think Fudge is absolutely adorable。Fudge causes trouble wherever he goes and it’s usually up to Peter to sort out the mess。Peter and his pet turtle， Dribble， know the truth， but when， Fudge does get his hands on Dribble – disaster strikes！ 。。。more
Ari
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This was an assigned read-aloud book every Friday with two of my classes in third grade。 It's amusing how some of my students loved it and read the dialogue， especially from Fudge， with expression; but others students didn't care about the book and preferred doing other things while their classmates were reading。From my own perspective reading this for the first time in decades， I was constantly smiling and laughing， imagining I was Peter。 This was an assigned read-aloud book every Friday with two of my classes in third grade。 It's amusing how some of my students loved it and read the dialogue， especially from Fudge， with expression; but others students didn't care about the book and preferred doing other things while their classmates were reading。From my own perspective reading this for the first time in decades， I was constantly smiling and laughing， imagining I was Peter。 。。。more
Leah
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Uh， some things in this book are problematic （such as far shaming） but it allowed us to have good family discussions on people。 The kids loved the stories。
Christine Bradshaw
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I love Judy Blume as much as I did when I was a kid。 I love her even more now that my students are reading her books。 We just finished Tales of a 4th grade Nothing and it is just as relevant today as it was in 1980！
Caroline R
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Read for the girls。 Read aloud: 1-4th grade Read on their own: 3-4th grade Very Ramona-ish—nothing of note that I would object to and I think many kids in fourth grade with little siblings could relate to the stories of Fudge and his antics。 ;）
Erin Jqc
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I enjoyed reading this old treasure with my kids。
Yvonne Crawford
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Loved
Alex Mitchell
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Why in the world did my roommate unironically recommend me this？ He even bought me the book。 Even for a children's book， it somehow carries on for way too long。 Nostalgia's a powerful drug， I guess。 Why in the world did my roommate unironically recommend me this？ He even bought me the book。 Even for a children's book， it somehow carries on for way too long。 Nostalgia's a powerful drug， I guess。 。。。more
Abraham Almaraz
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So back to 4th grade of Elementary School， my teacher read this book to us and I loved it。 I have not read it since so I can't say what I think of the book today。 So back to 4th grade of Elementary School， my teacher read this book to us and I loved it。 I have not read it since so I can't say what I think of the book today。 。。。more
Tanush Aggarwal
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The author Judy Blume published Tales of a fourth grade from the perspective of a nine year old boy Peter and centers around the mischief that his sibling Fudge causes。 All the chapters contains one or another mischievous behavior of Fudge which puts Peter into resentment。 They might not seem like such a big deal to anyone else， but to Peter， they are huge。 He feels like a "nothing" because it seems to him like it's Fudge who gets all the attention and Peter who gets all the blame。 Sibling rival The author Judy Blume published Tales of a fourth grade from the perspective of a nine year old boy Peter and centers around the mischief that his sibling Fudge causes。 All the chapters contains one or another mischievous behavior of Fudge which puts Peter into resentment。 They might not seem like such a big deal to anyone else， but to Peter， they are huge。 He feels like a "nothing" because it seems to him like it's Fudge who gets all the attention and Peter who gets all the blame。 Sibling rivalry is the main theme of this book。 Another theme is love of family， family is important and we overlook problems because of that love。 Finally， the book also shows us that one way to deal with problems through a sense of humour。 So I strongly recommend this book as this is the problem of every sibling。 。。。more
Lydia Gordon
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7+ This is very much a children’s book。 No overarching plot， and half the things don’t make sense。 But that’s the appeal for kids I think。 It’s fun and the humor is actually kid friendly。 I’m just still sitting here wondering how the two year old swallowed a whole turtle。 Would recommend。
Carie
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A definite contender for my 9 year old’s book club with her fiends。
Khevna Gossain
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I loved the book。 If you like humor， craziness， and more humor， then you should definitely read this book！ It's got a lot of humour and Fudge is really crazy。 You can't stop reading it and can't leave it in between。 It's about a boy named Peter and his crazy little brother named Fudge， who is always annoying Peter in one way or the other。 Great book。 I loved the book。 If you like humor， craziness， and more humor， then you should definitely read this book！ It's got a lot of humour and Fudge is really crazy。 You can't stop reading it and can't leave it in between。 It's about a boy named Peter and his crazy little brother named Fudge， who is always annoying Peter in one way or the other。 Great book。 。。。more
Aubree
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I loved this book when I was a kid- I read it so many times the cover fell off。 But I still have that copy and it’s now become the first read aloud chapter book for me and my daughter！ We laughed together and found many things with which to learn and talk about。 What a great experience！ And she’s only five so there’s so much more reading ahead for us！
CHAKITA
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This book is especially for middle age kids 9+。 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing offers an funny look at family life and two brothers。 The message here is that being an older brother can be hard， and parents sometimes lose their patience， but everyone does their best and they all still love each other。I loved reading this book because this book has the same story that is in my actual life。Thanks & RegardsPrisha MalhotraSanskriti SchoolClass 5F
Maja
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So good read aloud！ So much funnier now that I’m a parent！
Kaashvi Sharma
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The story of Peter Warren Hatcher is simply brilliant。 His problems and feelings regarding his little joys and sorrows give an amusing break from the current situation。 I would recommend this book to anyone who is on fourth grade or older。
Shawna Marie
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