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Judy says: Thank you, thank you for all your wonderful notes. I only wish I could write back to each of you personally. But in order to start a new book I need serious thinking time, which means less time for e-mail. Hope you understand.
Just want you to know that my assistant and I read this guestbook every day, and try to respond when appropriate. Your continued love and support are a constant inspiration.
978 entries.
Several months ago I saw an interview with you during which. you said that, as a child of the 50s (as am I) you were told "We don't talk about our feelings." That quote found a home in my brain; it explained everything.
I am a memoir writer, now writing my own memoir at the request of my two adult grandsons. "We don't talk about our feelings" is the antithesis of who I am now, but it has a hand in my private evolution into the person I am now.
I have read and enjoyed several of your books, for which I thank you. But my eternal gratitude goes to you for helping me see who I am as opposed to who I was. Things could have been different, but they weren't. Oh yes we DO talk about our feelings.
I am a memoir writer, now writing my own memoir at the request of my two adult grandsons. "We don't talk about our feelings" is the antithesis of who I am now, but it has a hand in my private evolution into the person I am now.
I have read and enjoyed several of your books, for which I thank you. But my eternal gratitude goes to you for helping me see who I am as opposed to who I was. Things could have been different, but they weren't. Oh yes we DO talk about our feelings.
I loved reading your books as a teenager - I grew up reading books like "Superfudge," "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing," "Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great," and "Are You there God, It's Me Margaret." It's so refreshing to see someone still so active as a writer and activist even in their older years.
Dear Judy,
I loved Are you there God when I was a young girl, and I am re reading it now at 50 as a perimenopausal woman.
I thought how wonderful it would be to read a new novel about grown up Margaret and how she navigated menopause!
I loved Are you there God when I was a young girl, and I am re reading it now at 50 as a perimenopausal woman.
I thought how wonderful it would be to read a new novel about grown up Margaret and how she navigated menopause!
Hi Judy Blume,
I love you! I loved your books it helped me escape my neglectful and abusive childhood.
My 3rd grade teacher had your books this was the 80s and your books were banned but my teacher was a rebel.
I loved her for this. Thank you for being a Rebel.
Love,
Tanya
I love you! I loved your books it helped me escape my neglectful and abusive childhood.
My 3rd grade teacher had your books this was the 80s and your books were banned but my teacher was a rebel.
I loved her for this. Thank you for being a Rebel.
Love,
Tanya
Judy,
I loved your books as a kid. I haven’t read one since about 1980 when I was 12, but they were so memorable. U really captured the life of a kid in the 1970’s trying to figure out the sexual revolution of our older generations. Your books were loved by my friends and I for the story telling, the humor, and the naughtiness. Thank u for your courage.
Henry
I loved your books as a kid. I haven’t read one since about 1980 when I was 12, but they were so memorable. U really captured the life of a kid in the 1970’s trying to figure out the sexual revolution of our older generations. Your books were loved by my friends and I for the story telling, the humor, and the naughtiness. Thank u for your courage.
Henry
Mrs. Blume,
I’m a middle school teacher and past librarian. I can remember reading your books as a kid, and now reading them to my students as a teacher. I am in Key West this week and wondered if it would be possible to meet you at your store one day to get my picture with you and an autographed book signed by you. I would love to display it in my classroom. I am staying at the Westwinds on Eaton street. Please respond if we can make this happen. Thank you so much. Kim
I’m a middle school teacher and past librarian. I can remember reading your books as a kid, and now reading them to my students as a teacher. I am in Key West this week and wondered if it would be possible to meet you at your store one day to get my picture with you and an autographed book signed by you. I would love to display it in my classroom. I am staying at the Westwinds on Eaton street. Please respond if we can make this happen. Thank you so much. Kim
Judy,
We met at your book store in Key West several years ago and you were so gracious. Thank you .
This year my 20 year old granddaughter,Avalanche Selig wrote a book and published it in Amazon. She has already sold over 100, and was selected by the Colorado Montessori school as their book for the semester. She attends Crest Academy in Salida, Colorado. She was just thrilled to receive the Judy Blume award for young authors. I would love to purchase a signed copy if one of your young adult books for her 11th birthday. Is this possible? I understand you can't answer every email, but if you or your staff can direct me to the best way to get a signed copy.Thank you( Her bok in Amazon is called The Runaways)
We met at your book store in Key West several years ago and you were so gracious. Thank you .
This year my 20 year old granddaughter,Avalanche Selig wrote a book and published it in Amazon. She has already sold over 100, and was selected by the Colorado Montessori school as their book for the semester. She attends Crest Academy in Salida, Colorado. She was just thrilled to receive the Judy Blume award for young authors. I would love to purchase a signed copy if one of your young adult books for her 11th birthday. Is this possible? I understand you can't answer every email, but if you or your staff can direct me to the best way to get a signed copy.Thank you( Her bok in Amazon is called The Runaways)
Dear Judy:
I have been listening to your books about Peter and fudge. I have been getting tired of listening to the same five books on audible. I think a lot of kids would agree with me about wanting a sixth entry in this series. I would really like it if you made one. Sincerely, Raymond, your biggest fan.
I have been listening to your books about Peter and fudge. I have been getting tired of listening to the same five books on audible. I think a lot of kids would agree with me about wanting a sixth entry in this series. I would really like it if you made one. Sincerely, Raymond, your biggest fan.
I am happily aware that you will be presenting - in person - at the Community Library in Ketchum, ID.
Since I live in Seattle, I'm wondering if you have any other presentations.
Since I live in Seattle, I'm wondering if you have any other presentations.
Judy,
I've known about your books since the summer of 2021. They helped me be patient with uh, what Margaret wanted to happen, and also are super fun to just reread and relate to! Censorship of books isn't right, especially since anyone's books can be helpful to others. I just found out you had a web page, due to a school project, I appreciate all the information so much because there's no doubt I'll get a 100! Keep slaying (teenage slang for like being amazing)
I've known about your books since the summer of 2021. They helped me be patient with uh, what Margaret wanted to happen, and also are super fun to just reread and relate to! Censorship of books isn't right, especially since anyone's books can be helpful to others. I just found out you had a web page, due to a school project, I appreciate all the information so much because there's no doubt I'll get a 100! Keep slaying (teenage slang for like being amazing)
Dear Judy,
I am doing a wax museum progect I need to know about you and the prodgect is due a week from tomorrow please answer my question.
-Abby age 10
I am doing a wax museum progect I need to know about you and the prodgect is due a week from tomorrow please answer my question.
-Abby age 10
Dear Judy Blume,
I have been meaning to write to you since the first time I read the French translation for “Just as long as we’re together”, back in 1993, in the French Caribbean. (I’ve read it multiples times after that). I was 6 years old and my older sister had tried to get my mother to forbid me from reading the novel, saying I was too young for the content, because, she whispered, it talked about periods, which I knew almost nothing about, being a 6 year-old. Luckily, she lost the battle, my mother being against limiting access to written content.
I was a scrawny, frail kid with weird, niche interests and no ability in sports. School felt utterly boring because I already knew how to read and write. I didn’t have any close friends, and I was bullied both by my teacher and classmates.
When I secretly read the story of Stephanie and her friendships during class, with the book hidden under long-ago completed schoolwork, it allowed me to dream of a better future where I would be a teenage girl with some freedom and true friendships. Living in the world of your books both helped me understand the issues your characters were facing and hold the hope that there would one day be a life beyond my childhood feelings of lonliness and estrangement. That hope kept me going through everyday struggles.
In the following years, I would read every book from you that I found at the local bookstore. They were paper companions. Knowing that they were translations, I started wondering how these stories sounded in English, how you had written them. I made a pledge that I would study seriously to become proficient enough in English to read the original versions of your work. That the day would come when I would be able to write you a note thanking you for your novels and asking you advice on how to become a good writer, as it was my childhood dream.
This is the story of how I stayed at the top of my classes in English from middle school to university. It led me to discover great literature (Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Oscar Wild, James Joyce among many others) and it allowed me to communicate with many people from different cultures around the world.
For years, I have felt too shy to write you a letter. Through the press I have learned how busy you were. I got to know more information about you and it looks like you are a great human being. I am glad I have the opportunity to tell you how much your work matters, how thankful I am that you wrote it and I found it on my older sister’s shelves 31 years ago.
This is it, as we say in French, “finalement, je me suis jetée à l’eau” Have a good day.
I have been meaning to write to you since the first time I read the French translation for “Just as long as we’re together”, back in 1993, in the French Caribbean. (I’ve read it multiples times after that). I was 6 years old and my older sister had tried to get my mother to forbid me from reading the novel, saying I was too young for the content, because, she whispered, it talked about periods, which I knew almost nothing about, being a 6 year-old. Luckily, she lost the battle, my mother being against limiting access to written content.
I was a scrawny, frail kid with weird, niche interests and no ability in sports. School felt utterly boring because I already knew how to read and write. I didn’t have any close friends, and I was bullied both by my teacher and classmates.
When I secretly read the story of Stephanie and her friendships during class, with the book hidden under long-ago completed schoolwork, it allowed me to dream of a better future where I would be a teenage girl with some freedom and true friendships. Living in the world of your books both helped me understand the issues your characters were facing and hold the hope that there would one day be a life beyond my childhood feelings of lonliness and estrangement. That hope kept me going through everyday struggles.
In the following years, I would read every book from you that I found at the local bookstore. They were paper companions. Knowing that they were translations, I started wondering how these stories sounded in English, how you had written them. I made a pledge that I would study seriously to become proficient enough in English to read the original versions of your work. That the day would come when I would be able to write you a note thanking you for your novels and asking you advice on how to become a good writer, as it was my childhood dream.
This is the story of how I stayed at the top of my classes in English from middle school to university. It led me to discover great literature (Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Oscar Wild, James Joyce among many others) and it allowed me to communicate with many people from different cultures around the world.
For years, I have felt too shy to write you a letter. Through the press I have learned how busy you were. I got to know more information about you and it looks like you are a great human being. I am glad I have the opportunity to tell you how much your work matters, how thankful I am that you wrote it and I found it on my older sister’s shelves 31 years ago.
This is it, as we say in French, “finalement, je me suis jetée à l’eau” Have a good day.
Dear Judy Blum
Hi I’m Greylyn I’m eight years old I love your books the fudge books we just got done with are you there god it’s me Margaret and it’s not the end of the World Mach 2nd.If you could write a book about me please? I love to play tennis I’m really good too at tennis I won most of my matches!You have been inspiring me to write my own book in my note book in school!It’s called the World and me on the universes shoulder! I just love your books so much I cannot wait to read bubbler I read chapter one!I think about you in my tennis matches to get it all done when I think about you I win!You get me through school make me smarter every day!In are you there god it’s me Margaret I cannot believe her mom and dad got a divorce!My mom told me you got a divorce I just want to hug you to tell you it’s ok!I really want to meet you!I have a tennis match on every Sunday! I’m going to think about you to win!You are the person I’m going to look up to be a person to write book because of you!!!!!Thank you for reading this love you byeee!💕💕💕
Hi I’m Greylyn I’m eight years old I love your books the fudge books we just got done with are you there god it’s me Margaret and it’s not the end of the World Mach 2nd.If you could write a book about me please? I love to play tennis I’m really good too at tennis I won most of my matches!You have been inspiring me to write my own book in my note book in school!It’s called the World and me on the universes shoulder! I just love your books so much I cannot wait to read bubbler I read chapter one!I think about you in my tennis matches to get it all done when I think about you I win!You get me through school make me smarter every day!In are you there god it’s me Margaret I cannot believe her mom and dad got a divorce!My mom told me you got a divorce I just want to hug you to tell you it’s ok!I really want to meet you!I have a tennis match on every Sunday! I’m going to think about you to win!You are the person I’m going to look up to be a person to write book because of you!!!!!Thank you for reading this love you byeee!💕💕💕
Hi Ms. Blume. I am 52yo. I remember reading your beloved books in the 1980s and how much they helped me through my coming of age experiences. Now I am transitioning again, this time through menopause and there are so many similar challenges that no one talks about with the candor and humor and actually informational wisdom you always have brought in your coming of age books for women. I wish you you'd write a book for those of us who leaned on your books as preteens who are now going through menopause. If you have and I missed it - please point me in that direction. Anyway - thought I would write because a girlfriend of mine and I were talking about this and so I thought I would send a note. Anyway - thanks for being part of my childhood and for the support you gave all of us GenX gals and those who came after. XO,
Michele
Michele
Hello Judy! I'm an eleven-year-old girl from Nepal. In the 4th Grade, we were introduced to one of your books, "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing". It was the most interesting book I have ever read. I have probably read it a hundred times. This is the book that has inspired me to become an author. I wrote and illustrated my first book, Double Trouble under the pen name, Ginni Pickle. My parents published it on March 2nd, 2024. I wish I could send you a copy. Thank you for spreading creativity to countless children in the world that also include me. I'd be immensely pleased if you read and responded to this letter.
Firstly, I've loved your books for a very very long time. I was a school librarian for 20 years, now a public librarian and have made sure all your books are available to my young (and not so young) readers. My question: How do you stay in such excellent shape? You're such an inspiration! I hope I remain as active and passionate as you as time goes on. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for all you've done as an author and anti-censorship activist. You are greatly loved!
I loved!!! Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, the movie.
I saw it recently and the casting is perfect, especially Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret, Rachel McAdams & Benny Safdie as her parents and Kathy Bates. Is there any chance you would have another movie made with them as Margaret continues her life?? There are such good learning lessons in the original along with the humor. Thanks Judy! Barbara from Gahanna
I saw it recently and the casting is perfect, especially Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret, Rachel McAdams & Benny Safdie as her parents and Kathy Bates. Is there any chance you would have another movie made with them as Margaret continues her life?? There are such good learning lessons in the original along with the humor. Thanks Judy! Barbara from Gahanna
Hi Judy. Don’t expect you to reply but I searched for your Judy Blume Diary and finally found a copy which I treasure. Your books saved my life, as did this journal. I received it as a gift during a period when I was getting sexually molested by my babysitter. Many years later, I am using the copy I now have to revisit this time and write a novel about it (I’m a writer and a magazine publisher today). I would love to get in touch, but understand it’s unlikely!
Best to you. And thank you for Blubber as well. It will always be my favorite book of all time. ❤️
Best to you. And thank you for Blubber as well. It will always be my favorite book of all time. ❤️
This is a couple-year-old story, but I was thinking about books today, and I wanted to come tell it. I’m an adult child of alcoholics, and I was having a rough time during a visit with my parents, who live in a different state. I was just reliving a lot of past trauma and I needed to get out of their house for a while. I didn’t really have anywhere to go, so I just drove to the mall. “Are You There God?” was playing at the movie theater, so I grabbed a ticket. I remembered reading every Judy Blume book as a kid, so I figured what the heck. I was surprised to see almost everyone in the theater was a mom around my age with a daughter. It warmed my heart so much. I loved the movie, of course, and I hope to see many more JB books adapted for screen. As a boy, I was especially fond of the Farley Drexel Hatcher (yes, I still remember his full name 30ish years later…) series.
To: Judy Blume
From: Lillian
Hi, I'm Lillian and I'm 10 years old. I love your books. I think you're a great author and my favorite book of yours is 'Are you there God it's me Margaret'.
I'm doing a project on how we pick a book, read it and then pick a project to do on that book. I picked your book because it's my favorite and my project is writing a letter to the author so that's how I got to this point.
Now I have some questions:
#1 Did you write when you were little like me?
#2 When did you start writing?
#3 How old are you?
#4 What made you start writing?
And lastly,
#5 Do you have any pets? I have one pet and her name is Madison. She's a cat.
I love your books and think you're a great author. Thank you for reading my letter.
BYE!
P.s. don't feel like you have to respond to my letter.
From:Lillian!
From: Lillian
Hi, I'm Lillian and I'm 10 years old. I love your books. I think you're a great author and my favorite book of yours is 'Are you there God it's me Margaret'.
I'm doing a project on how we pick a book, read it and then pick a project to do on that book. I picked your book because it's my favorite and my project is writing a letter to the author so that's how I got to this point.
Now I have some questions:
#1 Did you write when you were little like me?
#2 When did you start writing?
#3 How old are you?
#4 What made you start writing?
And lastly,
#5 Do you have any pets? I have one pet and her name is Madison. She's a cat.
I love your books and think you're a great author. Thank you for reading my letter.
BYE!
P.s. don't feel like you have to respond to my letter.
From:Lillian!
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Judy Blume
c/o Tashmoo Productions
1075 Duval Street
Suite C21 #236
Key West FL 33040
Judy’s Agent:
Suzanne Gluck
William Morris Entertainment
11 Madison Avenue, 18th floor
New York, NY 10010
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