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Dear Judy Blume,
My class just finnished Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing. It was so funny! My favorite part was when Fudge ate dribble. My favorite character is Fudge because he is so funny. My favorite word he says is peeta Its very funny! and im so excited to read a nother book of yours!

From: Macie

Dear Judy Blume,
I really like your books and I you are the reason I want to be an author. I live in Boston so I can not meet you, but I think writing this is similar. How do you get your amazing ideas? If I become an author, I want to write books similar to yours. Thank you for writing books that make me feel understood. My favorite book of yours is probably Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. I am in fifth grade and plan to read all of your books by the time I am a teen. Again, thank you for being a very big inspiration for me.

Thanks for standing against bans. 10 years ago I made a thank you video for a high school class near Denver protesting bans Thought you’d enjoy forbiddenworldhistory. net
I’m author of a world history that I spent more than 20 years researching

I have an 8 year old stepson who recently moved from Korea. Trying to teach him the love of reading. He, unfortunately, has his very own "Fudge" in his life his younger brother of almost 4. So, I started Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing with him to show him that reading isn't just about stories where stuff happens; we can read about other experiences to empathize as well as our own to feel less alone.
It did not take very long for my stepson to empathize with Peter Hatcher. We both had to put the book down after Chapter 3 because it was giving us PTSD, haha.
I read it years ago, and I guess it stuck with me in that I remembered it to share with my stepson. I don't recall everything, and reading the book as a dad is certainly different. I know what happens to Dribble, so I'm curious how he will react. Anyway, I've read a good amount of Judy Blume in my youth, so thank you for everything in the past, but also I am thankful that your books are still finding ways to enrich my life.
PS: I also had a weird time in my late 30s when I was reading Tiger Eyes and Command and Control, but that's neither here nor there.

Dear Judy,
I am in 6th grade now and I have read every book in your series The Pain And The Great One and I have also read Are You There God? Its Me Margret. I want to read every single one of your middle grade books and I really love to read. I read the descriptions of all the books and I think that they seem interesting. I love realistic fiction books and your books changed my life when I read samples of them. my parents are divorced and I have an annoying little brother. I have a few close friends and I feel like the rest are fake. I can't wait to read your books. I have had a crush on a boy named Andrew who was in my 4th grade class and I'm pretty sure he also likes me. my friends emailed him and told me I should tell him on the first day of school so I said ok. he doesn't respond to emails and he's gonna be on my bus. I am really nervous and excited at the same time and so yeah.I am a huge fan of your work and I just wanted to let you know that. from,
K

Dear Judy Blume,

You know I wanted to write a paper and pen note to send you, but I can’t find my stationery, mail takes forever and then where do you put a piece of correspondence it you aren’t curating your personal archives, so it’s 2026 so email works!
Today I was thinking of all your books that I read growing up. I was born in 1975 so they were definitely part of my generation. I even remember seeing people reading “Wifey” on the beach thinking that’s racy! The book I love the most, it’s probably a popular top choice, is Are you there God, it’s me, Margaret?”
I’m not sure where my copy came to me from. It had the purple cover and the sanitary napkins were still belted. I started reading it right after my family moved to Hawaii when I was ten years old. And was going through what Margaret went through. And I had a Jewish dad (still do he’s 80). The oddest thing happened to my paperback copy. I put it on a shelf for a few months and then picked it up to have a good read with a favorite book. Inside I noticed a little “bug” squirming around and it had eaten through several pages. A perfect little circle. It must have been some type of cellulose-eating beetle (I actually married an entomologist so tell him this story from time to time). It was like a Judy Blume paperback meets the Very Hungry Caterpillar!
I have no idea where the book went. But have a copy ready for my tween daughters but they aren’t interested. Children today lack interest in anything literary (that’s we had - or cards to play solitaire). Moreover I adore the movie adaptation of AYTGIMM (acronym for Are you there God, it’s me Margaret? right?). It was worth the wait and so well done.
Hope you are having a great summer where ever you are. Thanks for giving me a chance to send you fan mail. Might even give you a chuckle or two - I learned humorous writing reading your books. -Annie

I'm Dom and I'm going into fourth grade just like peter! I loved your Fudge series! Can you make a 6th one? I'd really appreciate it. I'm also a big fan of your Pain and the Great One books! It's an oldie but a goodie. bye!

Hello, my name is Jeremiah. I first read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing with my third-grade class. I fell in love with the Fudge series and writing. Now I am 16, going into 11th grade, and I have been writing many stories, taking writing classes, and even self-published my own dystopian book in middle school. So a hundred million trillion thanks for inspiring me and many others to pursue writing. Now going back and re-reading the Fudge series, I am realizing how much your books have shaped my childhood, and my own personal writing even now! So thank you again, your resistance and imagination are truly inspiring.

Hi from across the pond! (London). I've been a huge admirer of your work for many years. After my mum passed away, I commissioned the Israeli illustrator Omer Hoffmann to work on a mural of famous Jewish children's book authors. The work was finally completed a month ago and is now on display at Muswell Hill synagogue. Writers from I L Peretz to the present day- including you! - are featured in the mural and accompanying literature. If you come to London, please come and look! You can read more about the mural at www.greenbeanbooks.com/mural

Hello - I have always wondered why "Wifey" was never developed as a motion picture. I have at times even speculated about who might direct it, who would be cast, etc. It is a very funny, tragic, memorable book. Fun to read and reread. I hope such a project emerges one day and does justice to such a well-crafted satire of suburbia and American affluence.