Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1)

by Judy Blume

Any fourth grader would agree that Peter Hatcher had a terrible problem -- his little brother, Fudge. But the grownups in his life just couldn't see that there was something wrong with a two-year-old who broke his front teeth trying to fly, decided that he was a dog, went on a no-eat strike, and scribbled all over his brother's homework.

Peter was always asked to perform so that Fudge would be less of a terror: like standing on his head so that Fudge would laugh, opening his mouth for his mother to pop food into, or convincing Fudge that pedaling a Toddle-Bike was fun so that he would ride for a TV commercial.

But Peter was finding his brother harder and harder to take -and when Fudge got at his pet turtle, Dribble, that was the living end. What happens then, and how Peter's parents save the day, makes for a mixture of hilarity and a little more understanding on everyone's part.
--front flap

• ISBN10: 0525407200
• ISBN13: 9780525407201
• Publish Date: 28 April 1972 (first published 1 October 1923)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 29 January 2010
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 128
• Language: English

Reviews

[MurderByDeath]

Someone here on BookLikes mentioned Judy Blume and SuperFudge on their post the other day and I've just spent 20 minutes trying to find them and I can't.  To that person:  thank you!  I realised reading it that I needed some Judy Blume in my life right now.   I never liked this one as much as Superfudge (which I started last night) because of Dribble.  Even as a kid I was NOT happy with Dribble's fate.  Still, it's a great book and what was funny as a kid is still funny, but frighteningly not: I know kids like Fudge; he's not the exaggeration I always thought he was.   This book is still relevant and great for all kids but the oldest of the family will find it particularly relatable.