Superfudge (Large Print Cornerstone Ser)

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Summary: Super Fudge
Review: (...)Have you ever been so mad at your little brother you just want to leave, get out of the house? Peter has. Fudge, Peter's younger brother gets Peter into a lot of trouble. And, just when Peter thought it couldn't get any worse Peter's mom and dad told Peter they were having another baby. Peter thought, "another Fudge"! And that's when things really started changing. After Tootsie was born Peter's mom and dad told Peter they were going to move to New Jersey. When Fudge started saying big words, his mom and dad found out he could go to kindergarten a year early because he was so ready. On only the first day of school Fudge was already getting into trouble. Peter had made a few friends, but missed his old best friend from New York. As you can see the conflict in this story is Peter vs. Fudge. The theme is even if you're mad at your little brother and things just aren't working out, soon they will. You should read Super Fudge and see how things work out at the end. I give this book five stars because it was great and it had a lot of funny things in it.

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Summary: Superfudge
Review: ... I'm doing a book review on Superfudge. It has 166 humorous pages. It is about Peter Hatcher and his comical little bother, Fudge. They have a little sister named Tootise-Wootise. Also a mom and dad. Their whole family moves to Princeton for 1 year.
Peter has to leave his best friend, Jimmy Fargo. Peter thinks he is going to hate it. Peter will have to go to a new school. Fudge is starting kindergarten. When Peter hears that he has to take Fudge to school he freaks out. On the first day of school Fudge calls his teacher a ratface.
If you what to find out more read Superfudge. This is a book for people who like humorous books.

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Summary: Superfudge Review
Review: 04 December 2001
Judy Blume's Superfudge, a great children's book full of morals and family values centers on the life of a typical fifth-grade boy in New York. Blume shows how moving away from the town a boy loves can affect his life. This book was banned for several reasons, but primarily for immorality. I do not think this book should be banned because most children have no conception of the adult humor that caused the book to be banned. As a child, I could not comprehend the adult humor in this book. Judy Blume does a good job of sending out the right message for every person that reads this wonderful book.
When I read this book as a third grader, I found it hilarious. Although I read a lot of Judy Blume's books as a child, I do not recall being savvy enough to understand the adult humor in them. After reading the book again as a college student, I could comprehend the adult humor that I missed as a child. I did not know that "My mother's the one who likes kissing. That's why she moved to Vermont" had anything to do with this child's mother having an affair (116). I did not even know what an affair was. I found this quote to be funny as an adult. Reading this book as a child, I learned morals and family values, and reading as an adult I had some good laughs because this book is not only for kids. Superfudge is a great book, and I would recommend it to anybody-- adults as well as children.

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Summary: Deeper than it looks
Review: I picked up this one simply because it had a cute cartoon cover. A short while later, I was totally relating to the story, particularly the parts where the Hatcher kids react to major changes in their lives.

The eldest child, Peter, is trying to lead a normal life, but this is being severely hampered by the presence of his uncontrollable younger brother Farley Drexel, better known as Fudge, and his parents, who insist on making big, life-changing decisions without consulting him first.

Although light and funny, it casually throws in some revelations that you may not be ready to explain, like where babies come from, and the existence of Santa Claus. It also skims the surface of the trauma of moving to a new city away from your friends, having a new baby in the family, and having your parents switch their traditional parental roles.

These issues are skillfully woven into a funny context, but the book can be interpreted at a much deeper level than it first appears.

Amanda Richards, February 17, 2005

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Summary: Not about fudge. Student from North Bay, NY
Review: I read this book together with my 7-year old and we were both very dissapointed. He found a couple gags funny (like a myna bird that says, "Bonjour, Stupid")but the book goes nowhere and sucker-punches on Santa and Divorce. If your child still believes, stay away!

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Summary: Eat up this book!
Review: This book was wonderfully adorable, though I think I liked the first one just a tiny bit more. One thing I noticed in this book is that there are harder words integrated throughout the book that the children would learn along with Fudge. I like how they are added in when Peter or a parent says them and then has to explain what they mean to fudge who then tries to use them several times before getting them right. I will definitely read this book to my classes.

This book was wonderfully adorable, though I think I liked the first one just a tiny bit more. One thing I noticed in this book is that there are harder words integrated throughout the book that the children would learn along with Fudge. I like how they are added in when Peter or a parent says them and then has to explain what they mean to fudge who then tries to use them several times before getting them right. I will definitely read this This is the second book in the series about Peter Hatcher and his family. This book begins with Peter's parents telling him that they are going to have a baby and Peter is afraid it will turn out like Fudge, his little brother. Next his Parents tell them that they are moving to New Jersey and his dad is quitting his job to write a book. When they got to their new house in Princeton Peter doesn't meet anyone his age for a while but finally meets a boy his age named Alex and they hang out all summer. When school starts Peter and Alex are in 6th grade and Fudge is in kindergarten. On the first day Fudge kicks his teacher and climbs up on top of a shelf and won't come down until they tell him that they will move him to another class. In this book Fudge also gets a bird and names him Uncle Feather and he repeats everything that they say. The year goes by pretty well with a few fun events thrown in and near the end Fudge and his friend run away because Peter and Alex won't take them to the lake. Instead of proving that they could ride to the lake like they had planned they got their bikes taken away. The book ends when a year is almost up and the Hatchers have to decide to stay in New Jersey or go back to New York and they decide to go back to New York.