Comments on: Top 100 Children’s Novels #74: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/19/top-100-childrens-novels-74-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-by-judy-blume/ A School Library Journal Blog Sat, 25 May 2013 04:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Top 100 Children’s Novels #74: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume « A Fuse #8 Production « myivyparents.com http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/19/top-100-childrens-novels-74-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-by-judy-blume/#comment-794134 Top 100 Children’s Novels #74: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume « A Fuse #8 Production « myivyparents.com Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:01:21 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=12750#comment-794134 [...] Top 100 Children’s Novels #74: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume « A Fuse #8 .... [...] [...] Top 100 Children’s Novels #74: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume « A Fuse #8 …. [...]

]]> By: Moira http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/19/top-100-childrens-novels-74-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-by-judy-blume/#comment-768963 Moira Sun, 20 May 2012 15:10:03 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=12750#comment-768963 That video is awesome! That video is awesome!

]]> By: Jennifer Schultz http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/19/top-100-childrens-novels-74-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-by-judy-blume/#comment-767679 Jennifer Schultz Sat, 19 May 2012 13:24:33 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=12750#comment-767679 I need to reread this again, and her other books for preteen/teens. My favorite Judy Blume books tend to be the ones for slightly younger readers--Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Superfudge (didn't read the next two Fudge books until I was a children's librarian, but those came out much later, of course), and Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great. The exception would be Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself, which is my favorite book by Judy Blume. I read her other books, but the ones I listed were the ones that I really loved. I need to reread this again, and her other books for preteen/teens. My favorite Judy Blume books tend to be the ones for slightly younger readers–Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Superfudge (didn’t read the next two Fudge books until I was a children’s librarian, but those came out much later, of course), and Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great. The exception would be Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself, which is my favorite book by Judy Blume. I read her other books, but the ones I listed were the ones that I really loved.

]]> By: DaNae http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/19/top-100-childrens-novels-74-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-by-judy-blume/#comment-767650 DaNae Sat, 19 May 2012 12:49:39 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=12750#comment-767650 Although I was eleven when this book came out I didn't get it read until it made this list the first time around. What I kept thinking as I read it was how appalled and embarrassed I would have been if I'd read it when I was eleven. A fifth-grade visit to a darkened auditorium introduced me to magical, (and by magical I mean disturbingly horrific), change every female under goes to become a woman. My mother sat next to me as the earth-shattering information played on screen, with accompanying diagrams. I felt so betrayed that she had never hinted that I had this travesty in my future. I'm happy to know it has been a comfort for many a young girl, but I would never have believed that anyone would look forward to something so gruesome. And don't get me started on the breast exercises. I didn't get why anyone would want boobs. I know I was a repressed freak. I've never had a student comment on the book. I wonder how applicable it is today? Hopefully their mothers are doing a much better job preparing them for the changes ahead. Although I was eleven when this book came out I didn’t get it read until it made this list the first time around. What I kept thinking as I read it was how appalled and embarrassed I would have been if I’d read it when I was eleven. A fifth-grade visit to a darkened auditorium introduced me to magical, (and by magical I mean disturbingly horrific), change every female under goes to become a woman. My mother sat next to me as the earth-shattering information played on screen, with accompanying diagrams. I felt so betrayed that she had never hinted that I had this travesty in my future.

I’m happy to know it has been a comfort for many a young girl, but I would never have believed that anyone would look forward to something so gruesome. And don’t get me started on the breast exercises. I didn’t get why anyone would want boobs. I know I was a repressed freak.

I’ve never had a student comment on the book. I wonder how applicable it is today? Hopefully their mothers are doing a much better job preparing them for the changes ahead.

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