Judy Blume - Children's Author

Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey USA, making up stories inside her head. She has spent her adult years in many places, doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Adults as well as children will recognize such Blume titles as: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Superfudge; Blubber; Just As Long As We're Together and Forever. She has also written the novels Wifey, Smart Women, and her latest, Summer Sisters, the New York Times No. 1 bestseller. More than 75 million copies of her books have been sold, and her work has been translated into twenty-something languages.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Judy Blume

Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Judy Blume
Best-selling Judy Blume has made her reputation by writing books which show the world from a child’s point of view. She is skilful at catching how children see the world and how they make sense of it and deal with...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Bookshelf Essentials | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/11/2011
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The Pain and the Great One: Going Going Gone
Judy Blume
The Pain (aka Jake Porter) is six years old. His sister, The Great One (aka Abigail Porter), is eight. Like any siblings, they drive each other mad but they have fun adventures. In funny, warm and characterful episodes, the Porter family comes to...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2010
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The Pain and the Great One: Friend or Fiend?
Judy Blume
Sibling friends and rivals The Pain and The Great One are back for another set of adventures. This time there’s embarrassment for The Pain when he muddles up friend and fiend in reading aloud, the excitement of Fuzzy the cat’s...
Featured in: 5+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/08/2009
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The Pain And The Great One: Going Going Gone
Judy Blume
The Pain (aka Jake Porter) is six years old. His sister, The Great One (aka Abigail Porter), is eight. Like any siblings, they drive each other mad but they have fun adventures. In funny, warm and characterful episodes, the Porter...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/03/2009
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Pain and the Great One: Soupy Saturdays
Judy Blume
Seven hilarious short stories of loving siblings, Jake (the Pain) and Abigail (The Great One) who can’t stop squabbling. A convincing slice of family life! There is also an audio version of this title available too. Be sure to...
Featured in: 5+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/03/2009
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The Pain and the Great One: Cool Zone
Judy Blume
A funny family story about siblings The Pain (Jake) and his sister The Great One (Abigail). The Pain is six and The Great One is eight and the stories about them tell how they do everything together and how they...
Featured in: 5+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/07/2008
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The Pain And The Great One - Soupy Saturdays
Judy Blume
Seven hilarious short stories of loving siblings, Jake (the Pain) and Abigail (The Great One) who can’t stop squabbling. A convincing slice of family life! There is also an audio version of this title available too. Be sure to...
Featured in: 5+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/02/2008
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Deenie
Judy Blume
Judy Blume is a past-master at communicating with teenagers over complex life issues that many other authors are wary of bringing in to their writing. She writes in a simple, straightforward and realistic style which every reader I’ve introduced to her...
Featured in: 11+ readers | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/07/2006
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Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Judy Blume
Money, friends, and what happens to children when a family unexpectedly gets rich. The difference is huge, but life in the fast lane isn’t necessarily better; in fact there’s a whole set of complications that need to be unravelled in order...
Featured in: 11+ readers | eBooks
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 09/04/1998
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