50 Fun Facts About Judy Moody

With no vacation T-shirt for the first day of school, Judy Moody draws one claiming she ate what?

A shark is what her homemade shirt says she ate. Her classmates' shirts show off exotic summer trips, so Judy decorates a plain tee to keep up.

At the Famous Pet Contest in Judy Moody Gets Famous, what trick does Judy's cat perform?

Her cat makes toast, a trick good enough for second place. The cat, oddly, is named Mouse.

Judy Moody buys a bug-eating Venus flytrap for a school project and gives it what fitting name?

Jaws joins the family in the first book, when Judy needs a favorite pet to show her class. She decides her elderly cat is too old to count.

Judy Moody's birthday falls on which holiday?

April Fools' Day, April 1, is her birthday. Her mother is still waiting to celebrate one disaster-free birthday with the family.

Judy Moody dreads sitting beside classmate Frank Pearl, a boy known for eating what?

Paste is his snack of choice, which is why Judy wants nothing to do with him at first. His birthday party shows the two how much they have in common.

Which real medical pioneer, pictured on her Women of Science ruler, does Judy Moody hope to be like?

Elizabeth Blackwell, America's first woman doctor, is Judy's hero. In Judy Moody, M.D. she even gets to perform an operation of her own, on a vegetable.

In Judy Moody Predicts the Future, where does Judy find the mood ring she believes has special powers?

A cereal box holds the ring as its mystery prize, and Judy eats bowl after bowl to reach it. She is soon telling fortunes for her whole class.

The T. P. Club that Judy Moody and her friend Rocky start is named after which animal?

A toad gives the club its name after one pees in Judy's hand. Having the same thing happen to you is the initiation for every new member.

In the film Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, which actress plays Judy's free-spirited Aunt Opal?

Heather Graham plays the aunt, a guerrilla artist who minds the children while their parents are away. The book series' own author co-wrote the screenplay.

Which one-word exclamation does Judy Moody use in every book when something wows her?

Rare is her favorite word for showing enthusiasm, and when one is not enough she upgrades to Double Rare. Her word for a bad mood is ROAR.

Which all-about-you art project does Mr. Todd assign in the first Judy Moody book?

A Me collage is the assignment: pictures and objects stuck on poster board to show what makes each student who they are. Judy secretly thinks it sounds fun.

What does little brother Stink accidentally splash across Judy Moody's finished homework for Mr. Todd?

Purple juice lands all over the project she had built so carefully. Instead of throwing a tantrum, Judy finds a clever way to rescue it.

During Brush Your Teeth Week, which part does Judy Moody have to play in the school assembly?

A cavity is her unglamorous role, performed in front of the whole school. It stings more because her brother gets a far more exciting outing.

While Judy Moody is stuck in a school assembly, where does her brother Stink get to go on a tour?

The White House tour goes to her second-grade brother, which leaves third-grader Judy in one of her grouchiest moods.

Besides bugs, what food does Judy Moody feed her new Venus flytrap, giving it far too much?

Raw hamburger is the treat, and she overfeeds the plant with it. Judy had wanted a far more unusual pet but could not find one.

Which sleepy, slow-moving animal does Judy Moody say she would most like as a pet?

A two-toed sloth tops her wish list because they are so soft and cuddly. In real life she settles for a cat and a meat-eating plant.

In Judy Moody Gets Famous, which title does rival Jessica Finch earn by winning a spelling contest?

Queen Bee is the title, and it comes with a jeweled tiara and a front-page newspaper story. The envy sends Judy on her own hunt for fame.

Which piano-playing pet beats Judy Moody's cat to first prize at the Famous Pet Contest?

A chicken wins by pecking out a nursery tune on a toy piano. Judy had been sure her own entry would take the prize.

When Judy Moody finally appears in a newspaper photo, which part of her is all that shows?

Her elbow is the only bit of Judy in the picture, and the paper prints her surname wrong as well. So much for fame.

In Judy Moody Gets Famous, what does Judy secretly fix up and send back to a hospital playroom?

Broken dolls get new parts, tiny hospital gowns and even casts from her. The local newspaper praises the mystery helper, and only her family knows it was Judy.

Which world-record attempt organized by Judy Moody ends with her friend Frank in the hospital?

A human centipede, with her friends linked in a long walking chain, is Judy's bid for the record books. It ends in an injury instead of a headline.

Judy Moody Saves the World begins with Judy entering a Crazy Strips contest to design what?

A bandage is what she designs, with a heal-the-planet theme, but it earns only an honorable mention. Her little brother's entry wins a prize.

In Judy Moody Saves the World, what does Judy secretly take from classmates to save rain forests?

Their pencils vanish because Judy learns the wood is rain-forest cedar. The stunt lands her in trouble at school before it inspires a class project.

The trees Judy Moody's class pays for in Judy Moody Saves the World are planted in which country?

Costa Rica receives a hundred seedling trees, bought with money the third-graders raise themselves. It is the first of Judy's save-the-planet schemes that works.

How does Judy Moody's class raise the money to plant rain forest trees in Judy Moody Saves the World?

A bottle drive does it: the class collects recyclables and trades them in for cash. Judy's earlier ideas had only landed her in trouble.

In Judy Moody Saves the World, which rain forest product of her dad's does Judy hide from him?

Coffee is the first thing to go once Judy learns the beans grow in rain forests. She also wants the family to reuse all of its garbage.

What makes Frank Pearl's birthday party awkward for Judy Moody in the first book of the series?

She is the only girl at the all-boy party, which she expects to be a disaster. Instead it is where she and Frank find out how alike they are.

In Judy Moody Predicts the Future, which fortune-teller name does Judy use for her predictions?

Madame M is her psychic name, the letter standing for Moody. Her outrageous forecasts soon have everyone wondering whether she really can see what is coming.

Judy Moody predicts she will earn a coveted tricorn-hat sticker named for which American founder?

Thomas Jefferson is the name on the sticker Judy is sure she will win. It is one of several bold forecasts she makes with help from her mood ring.

According to Judy Moody's prediction, what is the real reason Mr. Todd has new eyeglasses?

He is in love, Judy announces, and this is the one prediction about her teacher that turns out right. Most of her other forecasts flop.

Besides her mood ring, which fortune-telling toy does Judy consult in Judy Moody Predicts the Future?

A Magic 8 Ball joins the mood ring in her fortune-telling kit. With the two of them, Judy is convinced she can foretell the future.

In Judy Moody, M.D., what do Judy and her friends operate on after taking a doctors' oath?

A zucchini is the patient in their make-believe surgery. It is one of several hands-on adventures in the human body unit, along with a hospital field trip.

Which illness gives Judy Moody a taste of her own medicine in Judy Moody, M.D.: The Doctor Is In?

Tonsillitis turns the would-be doctor into the patient. Her friends also play a trick on her in this book, then work to cheer her up.

What of her brother Stink's did Judy Moody once take to school for Share and Tell?

His baby belly button, saved since he was born, went to class with her. Judy took it without asking, which is typical of how she treats her little brother.

A trip to which city puts Judy Moody in a revolutionary mood in Judy Moody Declares Independence?

Boston fills Judy's head with heroes of the American Revolution. She comes home demanding more rights of her own.

In Judy Moody Declares Independence, where does Judy stage her own tea-throwing protest at home?

In the bathtub is where the tea goes, in a revolt she calls a Tub Party. Her dad is not amused, and she and her brother are left mopping the floor.

Tori, the pen pal Judy Moody makes in Judy Moody Declares Independence, comes from which country?

England is home for Tori, who amazes Judy with her own phone, a private bathroom and an allowance paid in pounds.

Judy Moody proves her independence by rescuing her brother Stink after he falls asleep where?

On the bus is where he dozes off, and Judy's quick thinking gets him back safely. The crisis lets her show the responsibility she had been trying to prove all along.

Amy Namey dresses like which daring real-life woman in Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days?

Nellie Bly, the reporter who raced around the globe in 72 days, is Amy's hero. Amy even interviews Judy's best friends at the lunch table.

Which folk dance does Judy Moody perform for her class in Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days?

The tarantella is the dance, learned for the class's whirlwind tour of world cultures. When her friend Rocky is angry with her, Judy has to dance it alone.

In Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days, Class 3T studies tooth-brushing sticks from which country?

Yemen supplies the tooth-brushing sticks, one stop on a class tour of the globe that also takes in an Italian dance.

In Judy Moody, Book Quiz Whiz, what is the name of the reading team Judy and Stink belong to?

The Bookworms have five members, drawn from the second and third grades at Virginia Dare School. They face readers from the next town in the Book Quiz Blowout.

The Book Quiz Blowout in Judy Moody, Book Quiz Whiz takes place in what kind of venue?

A bowling alley called Starlight Lanes hosts the contest. The home team is nervous about a rival school whose star player is a fourth-grader.

In Judy Moody, Book Quiz Whiz, Stink makes himself a cape out of what to remember book facts?

Sticky notes covered in scribbled trivia make up the cape. It earns him the nickname Super Sticky-Note Man.

Which children's book does Judy Moody try to speed-read while training for the Book Quiz Blowout?

The Princess in Black is her speed-reading test, and she finds the skill much harder than it sounds. She also tries reading while hanging upside down.

Which former children's librarian, the youngest of five sisters, writes the Judy Moody books?

Megan McDonald launched the series in 2000 and based Judy partly on her own moody childhood. She lives in Sebastopol, California.

Which former animator illustrates the main Judy Moody chapter books and the Stink spin-off series?

Peter Reynolds draws both the Judy Moody and Stink books. He sometimes paints with tea instead of water, and he also created the picture book The Dot.

Which gross collection does future doctor Judy Moody keep so she can study it under a microscope?

Scabs are her pride, kept because she plans to be a doctor and finds them fascinating up close. Her collecting habit comes from the author, another keen collector.

To cram for the Book Quiz Blowout, Judy Moody reads while hanging upside down like which storybook heroine?

Pippi Longstocking inspires the upside-down reading, one of many tactics Judy tries. The story mentions more than sixty real children's books.

In Judy Moody, Girl Detective, Judy models her sleuthing on which classic mystery-solving heroine?

Nancy Drew is her model, down to a homemade detective kit. Calling herself Judy Drewdy, she hunts for a missing police puppy named Mr. Chips.