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1064 entries.
Judy,
I am watching the documentary - Judy Bloom - Forever. I feel like I have known you all my life. I was born in 1972 and grew up reading all of your books. I kept all of my Judy Bloom books from my childhood and will never part with them. I remember the controversy with the book “Forever.” Crazy!!! One of my friends got in trouble because she brought it to school and, of course, all of the girls read it. We didn’t care!! I know you get these letters all the time, but I too, feel that you helped me understand some of the “stuff” we weren’t suppose to talk about. You have been and will always be my favorite writer!! Thank you so much for pursuing your wonderful dream and talent of writing books!!! 😊❤️
I am watching the documentary - Judy Bloom - Forever. I feel like I have known you all my life. I was born in 1972 and grew up reading all of your books. I kept all of my Judy Bloom books from my childhood and will never part with them. I remember the controversy with the book “Forever.” Crazy!!! One of my friends got in trouble because she brought it to school and, of course, all of the girls read it. We didn’t care!! I know you get these letters all the time, but I too, feel that you helped me understand some of the “stuff” we weren’t suppose to talk about. You have been and will always be my favorite writer!! Thank you so much for pursuing your wonderful dream and talent of writing books!!! 😊❤️
I’m just going to have the same comments as so many people here. Thank you for your writing. I had forgotten HOW MUCH your books meant to me. I’m 54 and have read every one. I even wrote you and you sent me a picture! This documentary is amazing. Thank you for all you have given us!
I am a grandmother of nine. I just watched your documentary last night. I have 6 granddaughters three who are still eleven and under. All have bullying in there lives. I wish you could write a book on today’s bullying. It is really bad in middle school. One of my granddaughters has experienced bullying first and second grade and now in sixth grade. She told me she can’t wait to see your movie. I can’t either! My granddaughters are sweet and kind. That seems to be the ones to be picked on. Thank you for all your wonderful works. ❤️
Hi Judy! I wrote to you in 1981 when I was 10. I could not believe you wrote me back. You wrote "I don't get why your sisters are so bitchy!" My mother got pissed and took it away from me and I never saw it again (one of many childhood traumas). I wish so hard I still had the letter, but I will always have the memory of your written words that I can still see in my mind.
There's not much I can say that others haven't already said. Thank you for being my friend, and making me realize I was normal. You meant so much to me then and you still do to this day. XO
Laura
There's not much I can say that others haven't already said. Thank you for being my friend, and making me realize I was normal. You meant so much to me then and you still do to this day. XO
Laura
Dear Judy,
My daughter is 11, and a writer. She was/is secretly submitting chapters of one of her books to be critiqued on a website. Hundreds of people love her writing and have no idea she is 11. However, the website forum she is posting them on has a lot of inappropriate content as well!! A LOT. She’s doing this in secret because she knows I wouldn’t approve of the platform she is using. How do I best help her as a young writer (she writes suspense - not kid stuff)- while protecting her from the things she has no business being anywhere near?
Thank you for your time and your listening ear.
~Sandra M
My daughter is 11, and a writer. She was/is secretly submitting chapters of one of her books to be critiqued on a website. Hundreds of people love her writing and have no idea she is 11. However, the website forum she is posting them on has a lot of inappropriate content as well!! A LOT. She’s doing this in secret because she knows I wouldn’t approve of the platform she is using. How do I best help her as a young writer (she writes suspense - not kid stuff)- while protecting her from the things she has no business being anywhere near?
Thank you for your time and your listening ear.
~Sandra M
I am a nearly 53 year old woman and this is the first time I have felt compelled to write to an author. There have been many that have inspired me throughout my years as a reader and later and educator and then a mother. I have just watched your documentary on Amazon and I'm so glad you made this program. Like many girls, you were an influential person in my life. When I was young, I never knew that your books were causing a stir. I read them freely thank goodness! I wanted to thank you for your bravery and your honestly to put pen to paper for all of us to read and discussions to be had together. I am so sorry to hear about such nasty things were pointed at you. These are wonderful stories and how wonderful we are to have you. Sure, some can choose not to read certain books - but for us to all have a choice is important. And why not read and discuss things that happen in our lives. That's how I taught in my classroom and how I educated my children. Discuss it all with an open mind and with grace and honesty. Thank you for being you and all the gifts you have given us.
Judy,
Like so many others have expressed, your books have been a huge part of my life and childhood. Upon watching Judy Blume Forever, it occurred to me that I could and should have written to you as a child! It would have been a thrill for me to correspond with you. I wanted to be a writer then; in many ways I still do and have never given it a shot. I wonder if writing to you could have given me more courage to try.
Even so, I’m grateful that now I realize it can be done and it’s easier than ever with the internet! I loved watching the documentary and hearing how so many others have resonated with your books just as I did, and it comes as no surprise that they have influenced many other creative people whom I admire. Something that I found funny was the idea that your books were controversial—as a child, I think you must accept whatever is presented to you for what it is because you don’t have as much to compare it to. I’m so grateful for that, that I was able to read your books and not know that there were adults out there making a fuss over talking about periods and bras. (In some way, I think I perceived that adults appreciated your books because they could fill in where the adults were uncomfortable. My fourth grade teacher must have asked me a thousand times, “Did you read Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret yet?”) I loved that you said you and your friends talked so openly about yourselves and your bodies, but my friends didn’t do that, and I was able to live out those conversations through the characters in your books. Through Margaret, whose anxieties about getting her period mirrored my own fears that I would never develop a chest. Through Jill, who was a bystander to bullying as I, upon reading the book, realized I sometimes was, and began to question my behavior. Perhaps most importantly, through Stephanie, with her “Benjamin Moore” poster (the arguments I had with my dad about damaging paint by taping posters to my wall were infinite!) The dynamic among Stephanie and her friends was so similar to mine, and I learned so much from the way Stephanie, Rachel and Alison navigated their social dynamics. I learned to see that someone’s weird behavior is probably a cover for something going on underneath the surface, and I believe I began to develop more compassion because of that. Just as Long as We’re Together wasn’t even mentioned in the documentary, but it was a book that I must have read fifty times! I still have my old dog-eared copy, and I’ll never get rid of it.
Some years ago, I spotted a modern edition of Margaret in a bookstore where the title is printed inside what look like text message bubbles, and I was overjoyed to see that these stories continue on for young people today. It was a delight to relive some of the memories of reading these cherished books in the documentary, and to learn more about you and your life. I wish that I could be as clear on my goals and desires as you have been, as fearless to do something that everybody didn’t just accept. Your life is as influential to me as your books, and I’m so thankful you exist.
Like so many others have expressed, your books have been a huge part of my life and childhood. Upon watching Judy Blume Forever, it occurred to me that I could and should have written to you as a child! It would have been a thrill for me to correspond with you. I wanted to be a writer then; in many ways I still do and have never given it a shot. I wonder if writing to you could have given me more courage to try.
Even so, I’m grateful that now I realize it can be done and it’s easier than ever with the internet! I loved watching the documentary and hearing how so many others have resonated with your books just as I did, and it comes as no surprise that they have influenced many other creative people whom I admire. Something that I found funny was the idea that your books were controversial—as a child, I think you must accept whatever is presented to you for what it is because you don’t have as much to compare it to. I’m so grateful for that, that I was able to read your books and not know that there were adults out there making a fuss over talking about periods and bras. (In some way, I think I perceived that adults appreciated your books because they could fill in where the adults were uncomfortable. My fourth grade teacher must have asked me a thousand times, “Did you read Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret yet?”) I loved that you said you and your friends talked so openly about yourselves and your bodies, but my friends didn’t do that, and I was able to live out those conversations through the characters in your books. Through Margaret, whose anxieties about getting her period mirrored my own fears that I would never develop a chest. Through Jill, who was a bystander to bullying as I, upon reading the book, realized I sometimes was, and began to question my behavior. Perhaps most importantly, through Stephanie, with her “Benjamin Moore” poster (the arguments I had with my dad about damaging paint by taping posters to my wall were infinite!) The dynamic among Stephanie and her friends was so similar to mine, and I learned so much from the way Stephanie, Rachel and Alison navigated their social dynamics. I learned to see that someone’s weird behavior is probably a cover for something going on underneath the surface, and I believe I began to develop more compassion because of that. Just as Long as We’re Together wasn’t even mentioned in the documentary, but it was a book that I must have read fifty times! I still have my old dog-eared copy, and I’ll never get rid of it.
Some years ago, I spotted a modern edition of Margaret in a bookstore where the title is printed inside what look like text message bubbles, and I was overjoyed to see that these stories continue on for young people today. It was a delight to relive some of the memories of reading these cherished books in the documentary, and to learn more about you and your life. I wish that I could be as clear on my goals and desires as you have been, as fearless to do something that everybody didn’t just accept. Your life is as influential to me as your books, and I’m so thankful you exist.
Dear Judy,
My name is Jill. I’m now 42 and I have to admit I’ve never read it’s me, Margaret. I watched a documentary about you and the controversy surrounding the book is what drew me in, but then I realized that I needed to read this book. I have dissociative identity disorder. It’s a disorder formed from trauma in childhood. My brain didn’t have a chance to develop the way a normal child’s do so I am learning these things now at 42 almost 43. I can relate to how you tell the stories from your experience and as an adult because I am experiencing these things as an adult from a child’s mindset. I’d like you to know that there are people out there like me who benefit from your books as adults too. Thank you so much for everything that you do and the connections that you help us to feel. I recently remembered that I love to read. I forget a lot because of the disorder but I remember one of my favorite books is super fudge. I read many of your books when I was young I just don’t remember them. I’m going to reread them. Thank you for being honest. Thank you for helping people like me. I know I didn’t take the time to do the punctuation and everything perfect in this email, but I thank you for reading it. It took a lot of courage to write it. I don’t usually do things like this, but I feel that it’s important to educate and shed a light on people like me. I hope someday you’ll write me back. Take care and good luck on the movie. I will write again after I’ve read the book.
Best wishes,
Jill.
My name is Jill. I’m now 42 and I have to admit I’ve never read it’s me, Margaret. I watched a documentary about you and the controversy surrounding the book is what drew me in, but then I realized that I needed to read this book. I have dissociative identity disorder. It’s a disorder formed from trauma in childhood. My brain didn’t have a chance to develop the way a normal child’s do so I am learning these things now at 42 almost 43. I can relate to how you tell the stories from your experience and as an adult because I am experiencing these things as an adult from a child’s mindset. I’d like you to know that there are people out there like me who benefit from your books as adults too. Thank you so much for everything that you do and the connections that you help us to feel. I recently remembered that I love to read. I forget a lot because of the disorder but I remember one of my favorite books is super fudge. I read many of your books when I was young I just don’t remember them. I’m going to reread them. Thank you for being honest. Thank you for helping people like me. I know I didn’t take the time to do the punctuation and everything perfect in this email, but I thank you for reading it. It took a lot of courage to write it. I don’t usually do things like this, but I feel that it’s important to educate and shed a light on people like me. I hope someday you’ll write me back. Take care and good luck on the movie. I will write again after I’ve read the book.
Best wishes,
Jill.
Dear Judy Blume,
Growing up I genuinely had no idea you could write authors. You're everywhere in the news now and I wanted to finally find a way to send a message to you, even if I never get a response. Although I'm sad my letter writing skills are being wasted, I thought you would still use snail mail!
When I was in fourth and fifth grade I got introduced to your series Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and got super hooked. I've also read Are You There God It's Me Margaret but the Fudge series is my all-time favorite of yours because I relate a lot to the characters. I'm the oldest with two siblings and they got away with everything!! I liked the realism your books had, they were different from other books I read which were huge epic fantasy adventures I didn't relate to and I liked them more because I was a very quirky, creative kid growing up and saw the world differently. And I had the worst luck!
I'm writing my own books now and I have you to thank for that. Had I never read you, I never would've even conceived the idea of authorhood, but I know I want to write books like yours and inspire kids with timeless messages. In fact when I was in fourth grade I wrote a story in a notebook I carried around everywhere, heavily inspired by your own books about a prank war, called 4th Grade Stinkbombs. I hope to publish it seriously one day.
Thank you for jumpstarting my own career and creating my love of writing. Your books are still important to this day and even though I'm only 25, younger than many fans of yours, your books are beloved still and mean a lot to kids everywhere. It sucks that you have to keep fighting book bans even in this day and age. I hope I get to meet you one day and talk to you in person. Thanks again for all you've done for children and women throughout your life.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth
Growing up I genuinely had no idea you could write authors. You're everywhere in the news now and I wanted to finally find a way to send a message to you, even if I never get a response. Although I'm sad my letter writing skills are being wasted, I thought you would still use snail mail!
When I was in fourth and fifth grade I got introduced to your series Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and got super hooked. I've also read Are You There God It's Me Margaret but the Fudge series is my all-time favorite of yours because I relate a lot to the characters. I'm the oldest with two siblings and they got away with everything!! I liked the realism your books had, they were different from other books I read which were huge epic fantasy adventures I didn't relate to and I liked them more because I was a very quirky, creative kid growing up and saw the world differently. And I had the worst luck!
I'm writing my own books now and I have you to thank for that. Had I never read you, I never would've even conceived the idea of authorhood, but I know I want to write books like yours and inspire kids with timeless messages. In fact when I was in fourth grade I wrote a story in a notebook I carried around everywhere, heavily inspired by your own books about a prank war, called 4th Grade Stinkbombs. I hope to publish it seriously one day.
Thank you for jumpstarting my own career and creating my love of writing. Your books are still important to this day and even though I'm only 25, younger than many fans of yours, your books are beloved still and mean a lot to kids everywhere. It sucks that you have to keep fighting book bans even in this day and age. I hope I get to meet you one day and talk to you in person. Thanks again for all you've done for children and women throughout your life.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth
Hi Judy,
I loved your books. I just heard you on Fresh Air. I have one piece of advice for you: get a tricycle! They're the best.
Love, April
I loved your books. I just heard you on Fresh Air. I have one piece of advice for you: get a tricycle! They're the best.
Love, April
Dear Ms. Blume, I just finished watching the documentary on your life and work on Amazon Prime. I am 56 and have read every one of your books, starting when I was about 10 years old. I am so thirlled to be able to tell you the emormous impact your books had on me, in every positive way possible. I especially connected with "Tiger Eyes". I lost my father whenI was 7 and never knew anyone else who had that happen to them growing up. It was as if you were writing about my life. I have loved every word you ever wrote. I just need to say thank you for you.
Hi, Judy Blume (as the kids call you),
I found your documentary on Amazon Prime when I was searching for something to watch last night. As a girl growing up in the 1970's and 80's, I loved your books! I also did not know how active you continue to be in the censorship "arena (for lack of a better word)," and what a strong woman you are - raw and genuine. I especially enjoyed the part about you appearing on the show Crossfire and your question to Buchanan - I laughed hard a that part of the documentary!
Well...back to last night. I was watching your documentary while working on my computer when I learned about the non-profit bookstore you and your husband started in Key West, FL where you lived. My wife was downstairs in bed when I flew off of the couch, knocked my cell phone and the remote on the floor and ran downstairs and opened the door, "Toni! We need to go to Key West!"
"Why?" she suspiciously asks
"Judy Blume has a bookstore there and she goes there."
"Cool!" she says.
I went back upstairs to finish watching the documentary. The little bit of news made my day (which was no feat, I just came home from a cancer support group)! Suddenly, our vacation plans has changed. What could be better than Key West - meeting Judy Blume, the ocean, and rainbow flags flying everywhere? I was wondering how I would find out when you would be in Key West, FL this summer (not away for some reason)? I will be coming a long way and my main reason would be to meet you. Any information for vacation planning would be helpful. Thank you Judy Blume!
I found your documentary on Amazon Prime when I was searching for something to watch last night. As a girl growing up in the 1970's and 80's, I loved your books! I also did not know how active you continue to be in the censorship "arena (for lack of a better word)," and what a strong woman you are - raw and genuine. I especially enjoyed the part about you appearing on the show Crossfire and your question to Buchanan - I laughed hard a that part of the documentary!
Well...back to last night. I was watching your documentary while working on my computer when I learned about the non-profit bookstore you and your husband started in Key West, FL where you lived. My wife was downstairs in bed when I flew off of the couch, knocked my cell phone and the remote on the floor and ran downstairs and opened the door, "Toni! We need to go to Key West!"
"Why?" she suspiciously asks
"Judy Blume has a bookstore there and she goes there."
"Cool!" she says.
I went back upstairs to finish watching the documentary. The little bit of news made my day (which was no feat, I just came home from a cancer support group)! Suddenly, our vacation plans has changed. What could be better than Key West - meeting Judy Blume, the ocean, and rainbow flags flying everywhere? I was wondering how I would find out when you would be in Key West, FL this summer (not away for some reason)? I will be coming a long way and my main reason would be to meet you. Any information for vacation planning would be helpful. Thank you Judy Blume!
Dear Ms. Judy,
I wanted you to know how much of an impact you had on my childhood, tween years and early teen years. I was a very shy girl growing up and I was also terrified of losing my father. Your books gave me a safe place to learn about my place, learn about the world and made me feel safe to feel big emotions.
My first book that I ever read was Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great. I have been such a huge fan of yours and I just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for being a champion for young people, women and just lovers of literature in general.
Fun fact - I’ve read all of your children and young adult books. Thank you so so much. You’re a light in this world. Thank you for creating a safe space for me to lose myself in and have a great imagination. I hope you know how much you’ve touched my life all the way on the tiny island of Jamaica.
I wanted you to know how much of an impact you had on my childhood, tween years and early teen years. I was a very shy girl growing up and I was also terrified of losing my father. Your books gave me a safe place to learn about my place, learn about the world and made me feel safe to feel big emotions.
My first book that I ever read was Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great. I have been such a huge fan of yours and I just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for being a champion for young people, women and just lovers of literature in general.
Fun fact - I’ve read all of your children and young adult books. Thank you so so much. You’re a light in this world. Thank you for creating a safe space for me to lose myself in and have a great imagination. I hope you know how much you’ve touched my life all the way on the tiny island of Jamaica.
Dear Ms Blume, I recently saw an advertisement they are promoting the movie “Are you there God, it’s me, Margaret.” I cannot tell you how thrilled I was to see this and I will look forward to seeing the movie. I am now a 60 years old woman. When I was an adolescent, I chose that book to read, and at the time I was going to a different school than my families religious beliefs. I got in trouble for reading your book because it was not school appropriate. I was admonished and my religion belittled. Regardless, I had a little rebellion, and my open-minded parents, let me read it in the quiet of my home. Your book made a big impact on me and helped me to figure out things that were scary and confusing about my body, my religious views, and about figuring out who were my true friends, I’m really not trying to emphasize what happened during that time, but wanted to share with you that, even after all these years, you made a huge impact on my life. I was able to understand myself, I was able to embrace and understand my.body changes, my religious identity, and I was also able to make true friends. I think some writers, write merely for story telling alone, and not really think about the impact it might have on people that read the stories. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, Ms. Blume. KNOW you are one the first people that wrote in a way for me to truly understand at my level, to impact my life and to quiet a lot of fears and confusion that I had. With the most humbleness of thanks and gratitude. Lisa W
Do you recall Joe Lieberman from Elizabeth New Jersey? He was my father but he died months after my birth. I was in an orphanage and finally got adopted. His dad was a pediatrician in Elizabeth. According to a childhood neighbor, Gail, you and Joe hung out at the YMCA together. I sure would love to hear stories.
BTW, I taught fourth grade and my students and I loved your books!
BTW, I taught fourth grade and my students and I loved your books!
Dear, judy Blume
I'm a kid in 3rd grade in Ms wolf's class I'm nine years old.
I love all of your books the one I'm reading is Super Fudge It's funny and also fun to read Super fudge is also in fact my favorite book your books are so fantastic I love reading them all. I am a great fan of your too.
from:Mike to: judy blume
I'm a kid in 3rd grade in Ms wolf's class I'm nine years old.
I love all of your books the one I'm reading is Super Fudge It's funny and also fun to read Super fudge is also in fact my favorite book your books are so fantastic I love reading them all. I am a great fan of your too.
from:Mike to: judy blume
I really love superfudge it's very funny and a good book to read.At first i didn't like the book but now I love it.
Hi, Judy!! My class is reading SuperFudge right now and I love the book!! My favorite part of the series is when Peter becomes friends with Alex Santo!! It's fun! I really love the book and I hope you make another one!! But just remember, take your time if you need to!! You don't need to make books all the time! Bye bye!! 🙂
I’ve been an activist since I was 18 years old
When I was a nurse in training
It was before Roe and I saw too many poor and uneducated young women that died from blood loss and septicemia
Now my kids and grandchildren are activist🥰
When I was a nurse in training
It was before Roe and I saw too many poor and uneducated young women that died from blood loss and septicemia
Now my kids and grandchildren are activist🥰
I’m on psychiatric boards at UCLA and I was an RN at Harvard University. I’ve seen too many attempted suicides in both places because they didn’t get the grades that their parents wanted
Very sad
Now I speak on learning disabilities
I do
my want to stop
Very sad
Now I speak on learning disabilities
I do
my want to stop
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