Judy Blume
Teacher Resource File

Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center Judy Blume page. You will find biography, bibliography, criticism and lesson plans. For other children's authors, see Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults. The ISLMC is a meta-site for librarians, teachers, parents and students. You can search this site, use an index or sitemap. Revised 7/14/00

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Biography

Judy Blume Her very own home page
Judy Blume
Biography, booklist and interview transcript
from Scholastic
Judy Blume
Interview with Judy Blume from Random House
Judy Blume
Biography, bibliography from Educational Paperback Association
Judy Blume
Autobiographical sketch from Kidsreads.com
Interview with Judy Blume
From January Magazine
Is Harry Potter Evil? by Judy Blume
From National Coalition Against Censorship
Judy Blume
Facts about her life; bibliography, awards; e-texts. By students from
Evanston/Skokie SD 65
Judy Blume
Biography by Cathy, a third grader

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Lesson Plans

Guide for "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret"
Anticipation guide. Grades 5-8. From KidReach
Guide for "Deenie"
Anticipation guide. Grades 5-8. From KidReach
Freckle Juice Literature Circle
Second grade; includes information on literature circles
Freckle Juice
Grade 2; summary and activities; by Jo Hubbard, EduPlace
The One in the Middle Is a Green Kangaroo
Grades K & 3; bookmaking. Space up the page to find the lesson plan
Superfudge
Grade 4; summary & activities; by Lauren Perkins; from EduPlace
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Grade 4; activities & summary; by Jennifer Masciangelo; from EduPlace

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Criticism

EduPlace. KidViews
Use the search function for reviews of several of her books
Book Review. Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret By Gillian Nelson
Book Review. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
By Richa M. from ThinkQuest
Judy Blume for President
From The Boston Phoenix. Discusses Blume's effect upon a
generation of readers.

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Bibliography

Judy Blume's Bibliography
Judy Blume Information
Biographical bibliography; film adaptations; works.
From Carr Library

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ERIC Resources

ERIC is an source of information. If the following links do not work, please search AskEric directly.

"Judy Blume and Beyond"

By Philomena Hauck; critical examination of Blume's novels.
ED220859
"How To Be a Young Member of the Middle Class: Socialization in the Novels of Judy Blume"
By Joyce A. Litton; ED295192
"Places I Never Meant to Be: A Personal View"
By Judy Blume, in American Libraries; describes experiences
with censorship; EJ589945
"Poll Taken at the JH/MS Assembly Session, NCTE, Seattle"
By Lanny van Allen; poll on teachers' use of Blume's books;
ALAN Review; EJ477218
"Enid Blyton, Judy Blume, and Cultural Impossibilities"
By Derek Eales; criticism; in Children's Literature in Education;
EJ403602
"Cultural Arrogance and Realism in Judy Blume's 'Superfudge'"
By Perry Nodelman; criticism; in Children's Literature in
Education
"Look What They've Done to Judy Blume! The Basalization of Children's Literature"
By Kenneth S. Goodman, in New Advocate
"Reconsidering Judy Blume's Young Adult Novel 'Forever...'"
By John Gough; Book defense; in Use of English
"Judy Blume: New Classicism for Kids"
By Stephen M. Garber; psychological analysis of Blume's books; in
English Journal
"Et Tu, Judy Blume: Are the Books Girls Chose to Read Sexist?"
By Jon Shapiro and Geraldine Snyder; in Reading Horizons; EJ266944
"Creating a Disabled Reader: A Father's Perspective"
By Jerry Phillips; ED326840
"'Cinderella and the Pigman' in The ALAN Review"
By W. Geiger Ellis, ed. Article in Vol. 1, No. 1. ED226377
" Language and Racism"
In Interracial Books for Children Bulletin; ED128523
"Ted Hipple Was Right! How I Broke the Rules and Lived Happily "Forever" and Ever!"
Jeffrey S. Kaplan; in English Journal; EJ490710
"An Interview with Judy Blume"
By Lanny van Allen; in ALAN Review, Fall 1992; EJ454204
"A Slow, Subtle Exercise in Censorship"
By Elyse Clark; in School Library Journal, Mar. 1986; EJ333350
"Young Adult Books: 'Watch Out for #1'"
By Jack Forman; criticism; in Horn Book Magazine, Jan.-Feb. 1985;
EJ309823
"Is There Life after Judy Blume?"
By Judith K. Redmond; article on reading interests of young adults;
in English Journal, Mar. 1982; EJ259348
"Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries"
By Herbert N. Foerstel; ED376832.
"Hit List: Frequently Challenged Books for Young Adults"
By Merri M. Monks and Donna Reidy Pistolis; ED397855
"Children Talking about Books"
By Sarah G. Borders and Alice Phoebe Naylor; article about reader
motivation; ED361705
"Biography Today: Profiles of People of Interest to Young Readers, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 1992"
Edited by Laurie Lanzen Harris; in Biography Today, Jan. 1992;
ED351257
"Independent Reading in the Sixth Grade: Free Choice and Access to Material"
By Joye Coy-Shaffer and Shirley Pettit; reading interest study;
ED331039
"Materials for Children about Nuclear War"
By Harry Eiss; bibliography; ED297339
"Young Adult Literature in Developmental Reading Classes"
By Jane Ward Hawk and Virda K. Lester; using ya novels in the classroom;
ED277986
"The Marble in the Water: Essays on Contemporary Writers of Fiction for Children and Young Adults"
By David Rees; American children's authors of interst in England; ED188218
"From Writers to Students: The Pleasures and Pains of Writing"
Edited by M. Jerry Weiss; taped interviews with children's authors; ED174942
"The Arizona Young Authors Conference and Young Readers Award: A School District's Support Program"
By Marjorie Benson and Lois Fair Wilson; ED162291
"Fiction for Adolescents: Theory and Practice"
Edited by James E. Davis; from Focus: Teaching English Language Arts;
articles on writing for young adults; ED157082
"Using a Novel to Teach about Tolerance"
By Patricia Ferries; in History and Social Science Teacher;
lesson plans and study guide for Iggie's House; EJ293994
"Some Thoughts on Censorship: An Author Symposium"
By Norma Klein; in Top of the News, Win. 1983; EJ276815
"A Study of Selected Adolescent Problems as Presented in Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Middle School Students"
By Mary F. Compton and Juanita Skelton; in Adolescence, Fall 1982;
content analysis; EJ269641
"'I Like Judy Blume. It's Like She Knows Me.'"
By Judith Higgins and Amy Kellman; in Teacher, Jan. 1979; survey
about children's reading and television viewing; EJ205799
"Trust Your Children: Voices against Censorship in Children's Literature. Second Edition"
By Mark West; report on censorship in schools; ED412538

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