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Judy Moody: Sunny-Side Up
By (Author) Megan McDonald
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
17
Candlewick Press,U.S.
Candlewick Press,U.S.
1st February 2025
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Work, politics and society
Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes
Childrens / Teenage: Chapter books (transitional storybooks)
FIC
Hardback
176
Width 148mm, Height 194mm, Spine 17mm
266g
Sometimes you just have to find the good news, as Judy Moody discovers when she creates her very own newspaperfeatured as a bonus at the end of the book.
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow! Mr. Todd has Class 3T looking for the Five Ws in the newspaper, but all Judy can see is how much bad news there is. Climate change! Deadly virus! Sea turtles endangered by straws stuck in their noses! The good news is that Judy is taking all the bad news as a call to action. She gets out her notebook, clicks her six-year pen, transforms into a Kid Reporter, and goes out in search of happier stories. Rare bird sighting in Virginia Beach! Escaped bearded dragon found! Plastic straws banned at Virginia Dare School! Theres even a scoop that Judy overhears while ordering a scoop at Screamin Mimisabout someone who found real buried treasure. Kids intrigued by the first edition of Judys Sunny-Side-Up Newsoffering stories, a word search, a comic, a recipe, and moremay just be inspired to create their own second edition. After all, theres no telling how much good news is out there until you start looking . . . and acting!
Megan McDonald is the creator of the popular and award-winning Judy Moody and Stink series. She is also the author of Bunny and Clyde, illustrated by Scott Nash, the Sisters Club stories, two books about Ant and Honey Bee, illustrated by G. Brian Karas, and many other books for children. Megan McDonald lives in California with her husband, writer Richard Haynes.
Peter H. Reynolds is the illustrator of the Judy Moody and Stink books, the author-illustrator of The Dot, Ish, Sky Color, So Few of Me, The North Star, Roses Garden, The Smallest Gift of Christmas, and Playing from the Heart, and the illustrator of many other picture books. Born in Canada, Peter H. Reynolds now lives in Dedham, Massachusetts.