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Title: Judy Blume: Our Favorite Author


1
Judy Blume Our Favorite Author
  • By Sally Bryan and John Doe

2
Personal Information
  • Judy Blume was born in Elizabeth, NJ on February
    12, 1938.
  • She Graduated from New York University in 1961.

3
Family
  • Judy Blumes Husband is a writer of non-fiction
    books.
  • She has three grown children and one grandchild,
    whose first word was book.

4
Books by Judy Blume
  • Judy Blume has written over 20 books for
    children. Her first book was a picture book
    called The one in the Middle is the Green
    Kangaroo. Other books by Blume include
  • Freckle Juice
  • Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
  • Superfudge
  • Fudge-a-mania
  • Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
  • Double Fudge

5
Characters
  • Fudge Fudge is one the most loved characters in
    all of Judy Blumes work. Fudge is not a real
    person, but she based him on her son when he was
    in pre-school.
  • The Pain and the Great One are really Judys son
    and daughter when they were six and eight years
    old.
  • Shiela Tubman was scared of dogs, the dark and
    thunderstorms just like Judy was when she was a
    child.

6
Being A Writer
  • Blume gets her ideas from everywhere memories
    of her life, things that happened to her
    children, things she sees and hears and mostly
    from her imagination.
  • All of Blumes books start on a day that
    something different happens. For example,
    Superfudge started on the day Peter found out his
    parents were having another baby.
  • It takes Judy Blume about one year to write a
    book from beginning to end.

7
Awards
  • Are You there God? Its Me Margaret won the
    Outstanding Book of the Year by the New York
    Times in 1970.
  • Freckle Juice won the Michigan Young Readers
    Award in 1980.
  • Fudge-a-mania won the Michigan Readers Choice
    Award in 1993.

8
Why Judy Blume is our favorite author
  • Judys books are funny and entertaining.
  • Her characters face many of the same situations
    that we face everyday.
  • When we read her books its like we are a part of
    the story.

9
Learn more about Judy Blume
10
Resources
  • Photos
  • www.judyblume.com/photos.html
  • Research
  • www.judyblume.com/menu-main.html
  • www.judyblume.com/articles/oppenheimer.html
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