Jm Bk 3: Judy Moody Saves The World (Old

Judy Moody is studying the environment in her science class at school. When Judy's teacher tells them that one person can make a difference, Judy is convinced that she can save the world! So she tells her parents not to drink coffee or use lipstick because these products come from the rainforest.

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She releases her brother's pet toad into the wild and she tries to get her third grade class to stop using pencils made from trees... All her ideas are making everyone angry... what can Judy do to save the world?

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This is a great book about one student inspiring those around her to make positive changes and help save the rain forest. This gives students the idea that they do have power even as youngsters, and that with determination they can make a difference. This is well written but as an individual book

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it leaves something to be desired in character development, the book makes reference to previous Judy Moody books. I do suggest reading a few Judy Moody books before beginning this one, that would easily solve the problem.

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When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade class to undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project.

This is a sweet little book about a third grade girl named Judy Moody. Judy has a little brother named Stink and a best friend named Rocky. In science class, Judy is learning about rainforests and how important it is to help save them. Rainforests provide supplies for so many things including

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pencils, gum, and even coffee. Judy Moody decides that she must help save the world. She recycles banana peels and tries to get her family to use less paper bags, lipstick and coffee (which contain rainforest materials). Still she doesn't feel that she has achieved anything until she excites the whole class about saving rainforest trees. Soon everyone in grade 3T is involved in helping to make a real difference for the rainforests of South America.

This is a sweet little chapter book that could be used in a third grade classroom to teach children about recycling and rainforests. Judy is adorable and so is the book which contains nothing objectionable.

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McDonald, Megan. (2002). Judy Moody Saves the World! (Reynolds, P.H. Illus.) Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.

ELIB 530A LibraryThing – Part D – Realistic Fiction – popular
I wish I had been able to read Megan McDonald’s books when I was a child. I know I would have related to the very precocious character of Judy Moody. This is the first one of the series that I have read. In the book Judy learns

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about the rain forest in school and goes overboard in her youthful attempts to save the planet, starting with throwing out some very important items members of her family use and trying to get them to change their ways. Then she moves on to trying to motivate her class to save the rainforests. Not everything goes over well until she hits upon the idea to raise money to plant trees in the rainforests. In the end the class raises enough (by collecting bottles to recycle) to plant 100 trees in the Children’s Rain Forest in Costa Rica. A special surprise assembly is held and the class is honored with the school’s coveted Giraffe award, t-shirts and free ice cream cones. This book would be cute enough just following Judy’s everyday antics but it goes further in sending the message that even young children can have a positive impact on the world. I also like the books physical format and the illustrations complement the text very well, making it all the more attractive to young readers.

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When her third grade class begins studying the environment, Judy Moody is ready to whip the planet into shape, starting with her own family! As usual, not all of her ideas work quite the way she plans. Can she convince her class to take part in her latest environment-saving project? Can Judy

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single-handedly save the world?

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This book is interesting and persuasive because it tells how Judy Moody saves the world. This book dealt with issues of best friends, little annoying brothers, first day of school and dealing with people you don’t really like. Judy learned how to make the best of certain situations. It’s a

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great book for children to read with easy words and an exciting story line. The book also gives some handy tips on how to save the rainforest. It also introduces the readers to fun and different methods of getting involved at a young age.

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Judy Moody is nothing if not committed - when she gets a goal in her head, Judy puts 100% of herself into meeting that goal. Sometimes that means she goes a little overboard though and when saving the world is your goal, that means trouble! Judy's teacher is doing a unit on the environment and

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conservation and Judy is determined to do her part - whether that means releasing her brother's pet toad into the "wild" or hiding all the pencils in her classroom so that the rainforest won't be cut down. Will Judy ever find a way to really help save the world?

The Judy Moody series for chapter book beginners is full of the humor and problems that kids see every day in their own lives. This particular outing would work well as a read-aloud with plenty of curricular connections to conservation units - teachers could even steal the planting a tree in the rainforest project to use for their own classes.

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Judy Moody Saves the World is another story of Judy Moody getting into a mood. This time the mood is saving the world. She is learning about the importance of the rain forest and decides that it is her job to save the rain forest, and in that, save the world. This book could be used for many

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different things. Her parents do not fully support her in the beginning, however, this book is a perfect example of fighting for something you believe in until something changes. Because of Judy's persistence, she not only gets her parents involvement, but finds a way for her third grade science class to raise enough money to have 100 trees planted in the rain forest. Through dealing with her pain-in-the-butt younger brother and having to prove people that what she believed was worth acting on, Judy Moody does a great deal to help save the world!

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My 6yo is racing through the Judy Moody books, and I picked one up to see what they're like. If this one is representative, they're okay, but I'm not interested in reading any of the others -- I'll leave them to her. The Clementine books and Ivy & Bean books, in a similar vein and age level, are

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funnier to me.

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Judy Moody takes on a new role, that of planet saving heroine! That's right...the kids are studying the devastating effects that man has had on mother nature, and Judy is not taking it lying down. Cue the lack of un-environmentally friendly products at home, overuse of pencils in the classroom, and

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anything else that might hurt mother earth...but the lesson Judy learns is that all these things in moderation will help preserve our planet. Informing other versus forcing them is the way to go.


**copy received for review

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My 6yo is racing through the Judy Moody books, and I picked one up to see what they're like. If this one is representative, they're okay, but I'm not interested in reading any of the others -- I'll leave them to her. The Clementine books and Ivy & Bean books, in a similar vein and age level, are

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funnier to me.

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