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Where Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing sits
- Series
- Book 1 of The Fudge Books. See all The Fudge Books books in order
- The book before
- None. This is where the series starts.
- The book after
- Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against penguinrandomhouse.com
- Place in the series
- It is book 1 of The Fudge Books. (penguinrandomhouse.com; read November 6, 2026)
The Fudge Books ... Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
- Next book
- Book 2 is Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great. (penguinrandomhouse.com; read November 6, 2026)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing ... Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
What Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- Peter has a little brother who is two and a half. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
his demanding two-and-a-half-year-old brother
- The little boy's demands make Peter's life harder and harder. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
demanding ... an ever increasing problem
The story behind Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
- The spark was a newspaper story about a small child who swallowed a pet turtle. (judyblume.com; read November 6, 2026)
an article from the newspaper about a toddler who swallowed a tiny pet turtle
- Several publishers turned down her first version of the story. (judyblume.com; read November 6, 2026)
I submitted my manuscript to several publishers but they all rejected it
- An editor urged her to expand it into a longer story about the Hatchers. (judyblume.com; read November 6, 2026)
consider writing a longer book about the Hatcher family
- She wrote the book that summer, basing Fudge on her own son as a toddler. (judyblume.com; read November 6, 2026)
basing the character of Fudge on my son
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Other books in The Fudge Books
5 books listed so far
- Book 2: Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
- Book 3: Superfudge
- Book 4: Fudge-a-Mania
- Book 5: Double Fudge
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