"Sometimes I think I am Judy Moody," says Megan McDonald, author of the Judy Moody series, the Stink series, and THE SISTERS CLUB. "I'm certainly moody, like she is. Judy has a strong voice and always speaks up for herself. I like that." For Megan McDonald, being able to speak up for herself wasn't always easy. She grew up as the youngest of five sisters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father, an ironworker, was known to his coworkers as "Little Johnny the Storyteller." Every evening at dinner the McDonalds would gather to talk and tell stories, but Megan McDonald was barely able to get a word in edgewise. "I'm told I began to stutter," she says, leading her mother to give her a notebook so she could start "writing things down." Critically acclaimed, the Judy Moody books have won numerous awards, ranging from a PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Best Book of the Year to an International Reading Association Children's Choice. "Judy has taken on a life of her own," the author notes, with nearly 3 million Judy Moody books in print. Interestingly, the feisty third-grader is highly popular with boys and girls, making for a strong base of fans who are among Megan McDonald's strongest incentives to keep writing, along with "too many ideas and a little chocolate." And now—by popular demand—Judy Moody's little brother, Stink, gets his chance to star in his own adventures! Beginning with STINK: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING KID, three more stories, and his own encyclopedia, STINK-O-PEDIA, Stink's special style comes through loud and strong—enhanced by a series of comic strips, drawn by Stink himself, which are sprinkled throughout the first book. About the need for a book all about Stink, Megan McDonald says, "Once, while I was visiting a class full of Judy Moody readers, the kids, many with spiked hair à la Judy's little brother, chanted, 'Stink! Stink! Stink! Stink! Stink!' as I entered the room. In that moment, I knew that Stink had to have a book all his own." More recently, Megan McDonald has recalled some of her own childhood with the warmth, humor—and squabbles—of three spunky sisters in THE SISTERS CLUB. Megan McDonald and her husband live in Sebastopol, California, with two dogs, two adopted horses, and fifteen wild turkeys that like to hang out on their back porch.
Series
Books
Julie Tells Her Story
2007
The Judy Moody Star-Studded Collection
Books 1-3
2002
Whoo-oo Is It?
1992
Shining Star
2003
Hen Hears Gossip
2008
Judy Moody and Friends
Rocky Zang in The Amazing Mr. Magic
2014
Judy Moody and the Bucket List
2016
Reptiles Are My Life
2001
When the Library Lights Go Out
2005
The Sisters Club
Cloudy with a Chance of Boys
2011
Judy Moody and the Bad Luck Charm
1800
Judy Moody and Friends
Stink Moody in Master of Disaster
2015
Julie
An American Girl
2007
Penguin and Little Blue
2003
Ant and Honey Bee
What a Pair!
2005
Judy Moody Was in a Mood. Not a Good Mood. A Bad Mood.
2000
Stink and the Midnight Zombie Walk
2012
Ant and Honey Bee
A Pair of Friends in Winter
2013
Around the World in 8 1/2 Days
2006
Bunny and Clyde
2023
The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt
2008
The Big Break
A Julie Classic Volume 1
2014
Julie's Journey
2007
Stink
The Incredible Shrinking Kid
2005
Insects are My Life
1995
Judy Moody Predicts the Future
2003
Judy Moody's Mini-Mysteries and Other Sneaky Stuff for Super-Sleuths
2012
Judy Moody Gets Famous!
2001
Judy Moody & Stink and the Grand-Slam Book-Bowl Jam
2023
Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown
2011
Stink
Hamlet and Cheese
2018
Judy Moody, M.D.
The Doctor Is In!
2004
The Judy Moody Mood Journal
2003
All the Stars in the Sky
The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder
2003
Shadows in the Glasshouse
2000
Ant and Honey Bee
A Pair of Friends at Halloween
2010
Judy Moody Declares Independence
2005
Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout
2013
Stink and the Hairy, Scary Spider
2020
Shoe Dog
2014
Daisy Jane, Best-Ever Flower Girl
2007
The Judy Moody Uber-Awesome Collection
Books 1-9
2011
Judy Moody, Book Quiz Whiz
2019
Frank Pearl in the Awful Waffle Kerfuffle
2014
The Wishbone Wish
2015
The Sisters Club
2003
Not-So-Lucky Lefty
2018
The Exquisite Corpse Adventure
2011
The Judy Moody Double-Rare Collection
2007
Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers
2007
Judy Moody and the Right Royal Tea Party
2018
Beetle McGrady Eats Bugs!
2005
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
2011
Judy Moody and Friends
Searching for Stinkodon
2019
Changes for Julie
2007
It's Picture Day Today! (Richard Jackson Books
2009
Judy Moody and Friends
Jessica Finch in Pig Trouble
2014
Stink-O-Pedia
2008
Twice as Moody
2005
The Judy Moody Totally Awesome Collection
Books 1-6
2007
The Hinky-Pink
An Old Tale
2008
Mrs. Moody in The Birthday Jinx
2016
Stink
Superhero Superfan
2023
Beezy
1997
Tundra Mouse
A Storyknife Book
1997
Baya, Baya, Lulla-by-a
2003
Happy New Year, Julie 1974
2007
Mood Martian
2014
A Brighter Tomorrow
My Journey with Julie
2014
Judy Moody
In a Monday Mood
2021
Fairy Door Diaries
Eliza and the Flower Fairies
2025
Is This a House for Hermit Crab?
1990
Stink and the Attack of the Slime Mold
2016
Hania Humorek. Tom 1
2008
My House Has Stars
1996
Judy Moody's Double-Rare Way-Not-Boring Book of Fun Stuff to Do
2005
Prank You Very Much
2020
Judy Moody 10 Books Collection
2011
The Potato Man
1991
Beezy and Funnybone
2000
Stink and the Shark Sleepover
2014
Judy Moody Goes to College
2008
The Holly Joliday
2007
Judy Moody Saves the World!
2002
Meet Julie
2007
Saving the Liberty Bell
2005
The Bone Keeper
1999
Stink
Solar System Superhero
2010
Judy Moody and Friends
2017
The Big Bad Blackout
2014
Triple Pet Trouble
2015
Judy Moody Girl Detective
2010
Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express
2008
Julie and the Eagles
2007
The Great Pumpkin Switch
1992
Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker
2006
Judy Moody and Friends
Amy Namey in Ace Reporter
2014
The Night Iguana Left Home
1999
Stink It Up!
A Guide to the Gross, the Bad, and the Smelly
2013
The Sisters Club
Rule of Three
2009
Judy Moody, Tooth Fairy
2017
