Judy Moody Mania!
Ages 6 - 10

"Judy Moody was in a mood." Can you relate to that? The eight-year-old star of a hilarious chapter-book series by Megan McDonald and Peter H. Reynolds, Judy Moody is sometimes grumpy, sometimes jealous, sometimes ready to take on the world, sometimes eager to foretell the future. Whatever her mood might be, though, Judy Moody is always willing to meet a challenge. Are you ready to get in a Judy Moody mood? Check out these activities inspired by JUDY MOODY, JUDY MOODY GETS FAMOUS!, JUDY MOODY SAVES THE WORLD!, and JUDY MOODY PREDICTS THE FUTURE. Rare!

* Indicates activities that are GREAT for groups!

* Download Activity Kit #1 now. Activity Kit includes: Create a"Me Collage" Go on a Judy Moody Word Search Word Search Answering Key Design Your Own Band-Aid What Gets YOU in a Mood?

* Make a "What I Did Last Summer" T-shirt
For Judy Moody, one of the worst things about the first day of school is that everybody comes back from summer wearing T-shirts with words, bragging about where they went on their vacation- like DISNEY WORLD or JAMESTOWN or SEA WORLD. This puts Judy Moody in a very bad mood, because she thinks she didn't go anywhere interesting herself. Then her dad reminds her that she ate a shark last summer, so she quickly makes a T-shirt saying I ATE A SHARK and proudly wears it to school on the first day. Think up the most unusual thing you did last summer and, using fabric markers, make a T-shirt with words describing it. Try to think of something that nobody else will think of!

Join the Moody Hall of Fame
When Judy Moody's little brother, Stink, hangs up his report card on the refrigerator under magnet letters that say "Moody Hall of Fame"--along with his self-portrait and a photo of himself in Washington DC--Judy is eager to add her own stuff to the display. After some funny disappointments on her search for fame, she finds out that being "famous" in the usual sense may not be what she's looking for after all. Start a hall of fame on your refrigerator door using magnets. Hang up anything that makes you feel proud or good about yourself. If you want, you can include things that you haven't done yet--but would really like to do in the future.

* Who Do You Admire?
Judy Moody's role model is Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to get a medical degree and become a doctor, back in 1849. Judy wants to be a doctor herself one day, just like Elizabeth Blackwell. Because of this, she likes to collect Band-Aids, has sent away for a Hedda-Get-Betta doll, and is always using her little brother, Stink, to practice doctor techniques, like listening to his heartbeat with a stethoscope or making fake casts. Think of someone you admire and hope to be like someday. The person can be someone from the past or from the present. Find out as much as you can about that person, and list the reasons why you admire him or her. Then list some ways you could start now to be a little more like that person.

Cool, Calm, and Collected
No one beats Judy Moody when it comes to collecting things. Not only does she collect Band-Aids, but she also collects toothpicks, erasers, doll body parts, pizza "tables" (the little plastic thingamajigs that keep the pizza box from touching the top of the pizza), and even old scabs. Megan McDonald, the author of the Judy Moody books, says that she actually collected most of those things when she was a girl! If you already collect things, keep it up, and start thinking of creative ways to expand your collections. If you're not yet a collector, try to think of something unusual that would be fun to collect-objects that you can reuse and don't have to spend money on. Collecting can be toadly awesome!