Judy Moody (Book #1) [Import] [ペーパーバック]

装丁、イラストが抜群に魅力的だ。本のサイズからしてかわいらしく、女の子がつい手にとってしまうよう、仕掛けられたワナとは思いつつ、大人の女もそして多分男も手にとってしまう。ヒロインは気分屋のジュディ。小学3年生だが、へたをすると日本の高校生より自立している。まったく「ブリッ子」のところがなく、男子を冷ややかに見る目がかっこいい。こういう女子にくっついていたがる男子のタイプは、日米共通なんだなあと、盛り込まれたディテールを楽しみながら、愉快に思う。

各章が短く、しゃれたイラストも随所にあって、英語も分りやすいので、軽い気持ちで読み始められるだろう。アメリカの小学生生活の典型が描かれているので、アメリカ人の精神発達の過程の一端を見る興味もある。（え） --このテキストは、絶版本またはこのタイトルには設定されていない版型に関連付けられています。

気分屋の女の子、主人公ジュディは、どんよりした気分で3年生という新学年を向かえた。新しい机には、自分の名前が書かれたアルマジロのステッカーなどないだろうし、新しい教室にはロジャーという名前のヤマアラシはいないだろう。 気分のいい日やムカムカする日は誰でもあるだろうが、ここまで激しい個性の持ち主は、見ていて気持ちがよい。
そんなジュディも色々なことに興味を示し、パワフルな毎日のエピソードがほほえましい。イラストもお洒落で字も大きめ。『Judy Moody Gets Famous!』(0763619310)『Judy Moody Saves the World』(0744590507)『JudyMoody Predicts the Future』(0744583438)とタイトルからしてジュディのその後が気になるシリーズだ。(か)
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Reissued in a way-cool paperback design

"Judy Moody was in a mood. Not a good mood. A bad mood. A mad-faced mood."

To start, Judy Moody doesn't have high hopes for third grade. Her new desk won't have an armadillo sticker with her name on it. Her new classroom will not have a porcupine named Roger. And with her luck, she'll get stuck sitting in the first row, where Mr. Todd will notice every time she tries to pass a note to her best friend, Rocky. An aspiring doctor, Judy does have a little brother who comes in handy for practicing medicine, a cool new pet, and a huge Band-Aid collection.

Judy also has an abundance of individuality and attitude, and when Mr. Todd assigns a very special class project, she really gets a chance to express herself! Megan McDonald's spirited text and Peter Reynolds's wry illustrations combine in a feisty, funny first chapter book for every kid who has ever felt a little out of sorts.

The first day of third grade puts Judy Moody in a mad-face mood. She just knows everyone will come back from summer vacation with word T-shirts, like "Disney World" or "Jamestown: Home of Pocahontas." All Judy has is a plain old no-words T-shirt. She'll have to go to a new classroom, with a new desk, and she won't have an armadillo sticker with her name on it like she did last year. And knowing her luck, she'll end up sitting next to Frank, the boy who eats paste. For breakfast her dad makes eggs with the yellow middle broken, and her younger "bother," Stink, thinks he knows everything now that he's starting second grade. But bad moods never last long with the irrepressible Judy Moody, and before long, her day--and year--look brighter. Mr. Todd assigns the class a "Me" collage, which sets Judy on a lively and hilarious self-exploration over the next few action-packed weeks.

Prolific author Megan McDonald (Beezy and Insects Are My Life) introduces readers to a thoroughly charming, independent, willful heroine, who is far more upbeat than she likes to let on to her reading audience. Remarkably understanding adults populate Judy's world, allowing her to express her witty, resourceful self freely. Peter Reynolds's personable line drawings complement McDonald's text in a light, pleasing style. (Ages 6 to 10) --Emilie Coulter
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McDonald's (the Beezy books) comical novel introduces the entertainingly mercurial Judy Moody. The book itself has a look as fresh as its heroine (a compact trim size and an inventive jacket design die-cut that reveals the bright green and orange of the cover below). From the start, Judy devises intriguing solutions to her dilemmas. The book opens on the first day of third grade, with a hilarious spread in pen-and-ink wash showing only Judy's feet sticking up from her bed as her mother attempts to rouse her from the doorway. What to wear? Judy has no T-shirt to rival her classmates' shirts touting their exotic summer destinations, so the heroine decorates a plain white T with a drawing of a shark and the words "I Ate a Shark." For a "Me collage" at school, she insists that her cat, Mouse, is too old to qualify for the "My Favorite Pet" slot; unable to find a two-toed sloth, she purchases a Venus flytrap and proceeds to overfeed it raw hamburger. Her relationship to her best friend, Rocky, and her second-grade brother, Stink, also propel the plot in diverting directions, and the dialogue is spot-on (e.g., when aspiring doctor Judy gets her kit in the mail, Stink asks, "Why can't I ever be Elizabeth Blackwell, First Woman Doctor?" and she responds, "For one thing, you're a boy"). It's hard to imagine a mood Judy couldn't improve. Ages 6-9. (Apr.)
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Megan McDonald is the creator of the popular and award-winning Judy Moody and Stink series. She is also the author of two Sisters Club stories and many other books for children. She lives in Sebastopol, California.

Peter H. Reynolds is the illustrator of the Judy Moody and Stink books and the author-illustrator of THE DOT, ISH, SO FEW OF ME, THE NORTH STAR, and ROSE'S GARDEN. He lives in Dedham, Massachusetts.