Judy Moody - Saves the World!

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Where would the world be without Judy Moody? Watch her whip the planet into shape in the third book in the internationally bestselling Judy Moody series.Judy Moody is in the mood to save the world in the third book from the internationally popular and bestselling series, perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Lauren Child.Judy's learning about the environment at school. When she hears about the threats to the rainforest and endangered species - not to mention her own family's poor recycling habits - Judy's determined to whip the planet into shape!

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A Mr. Rubbish Mood It was still dark out when Judy woke up early the next morning. She found her flashlight and notebook. Then she tiptoed downstairs to the kitchen and started to save the world. She hoped she could save the world before breakfast. Judy wondered if other people making the world a better place had to do it quietly, and in the dark, so their parents would not wake up. She, Judy Moody, was in a Mr. Rubbish Mood. Mr. Rubbish was the Good Garbage Gremlin in Stink's comic book, who built his house out of French-fry cartons and pop bottles. He recycled everything, even lollipop sticks. And he never used anything from the rain forest. Hmm...things that came from the rain forest. That would be a good place to start. Rubber came from the rain forest. And chocolate and spices and things like perfume. Even chewing gum. Judy collected stuff from around the house and piled it on the kitchen table. Chocolate bars, brownie mix, vanilla ice cream. Her dad's coffee beans. The rubber toilet plunger. Gum from Stink's gumball machine. Her mom's lipstick from the bottom of her purse. She was so busy saving the rain forest that she didn't hear her family come into the kitchen. "What in the world...?" Mom said. "Judy, why are you in the dark?" Dad asked, turning on the lights. "Hey, my gumball machine!" Stink said. Judy held out her arms to block the way. "We're not going to use this stuff anymore. It's all from the rain forest," she told them. "Says who?" asked Stink. "Says Mr. Rubbish. And Mr. Todd. They cut down way too many trees to grow coffee and give us makeup and chewing gum. Mr. Todd says the earth is our home. We have to take action to save it. We don't need all this stuff." "I need gum!" yelled Stink. "Give me back my gum!" "Stink! Don't yell. Haven't you ever heard of noise pollution?" "Is my coffee in there?" Dad asked, rubbing his hair. "Judy? Is that ice cream? It's dripping all over the table!" Mom carried the leaky carton over to the sink. "ZZZZ-ZZZZZ!" Judy made the sound of a chain saw cutting down trees. "She's batty," Stink said. Dad put the brownie mix back in the cupboard. Mom took the toilet plunger off the kitchen table and headed for the bathroom. Time for Plan B. Project R.E.C.Y.C.L.E. She, Judy Moody, would show her family just how much they hurt the planet. Every time someone threw something away, she would write it down. She got her notebook and looked in the trash can. She wrote down: 1 orange juice can, 1 inside of peanut butter jar lid, 1 plastic bread bag, 4 broken egg shells, smelly yucky wet coffee grouns, 3 paper muffin holders, 2 smooshed Scarlett O'Cherry juice boxes (and straws!), 1/2 bowl of oatmeal. "Stink! You shouldn't throw gooey old oatmeal in the trash!" Judy said. "Dad! Tell her to quit spying on me!" "I'm a garbage detective!" said Judy. "Garbologist to you. Mr. Todd sais if you want to learn what to recycle, you have to get to know your garbage." "Here," said Stink, sticking something wet and mushy under Judy's nose. "Get to know my apple core." "Hardee har har," said Judy. "Hasn't anybody in this family ever heard of the Three R's?" "The Three R's?" asked Dad. "Re-use. Re-cycle." "What's the third one?" asked Stink. "Re-fuse to talk to little brothers until they quit throwing stuff away." "Mom! I'm not going to stop throwing stuff away just because Judy's having a trash attack." "Look at all this stuff we throw away!" Judy said. "Did you konw that one person throws away more than eight pounds of garbage a day?" "We recycle all our glass and cans," said Mom. "And newspapers," Dad said. "But what about this?" said Judy, picking up a plastic bag out of the trash. This bread bag could be a purse! Or carry a library book!" "What's so great about eggshells?" asked Stink. "And smelly old ground-up coffee?" "You can use them to feed plants. Or make compost." Just then, something caught her eye. A pile of Popsicle sticks? Judy pulled it out. "Hey! My Laura Ingalls Wilder log cabin I made in second grade!" "It looks like a glue museum to me," said Stink. "I'm sorry, Judy," Mom said. "I should have asked first, but we can't save everything, honey." "Recycle it! said Stink. "You could use it for kindling, to start a fire! Or break it down into toothpicks." "Not funny, Stink." "Judy, you're not even ready for school yet. Let's talk about this later," said Dad. "It's time to get dressed." It was no use. Nobody listened to her. Judy trudged upstairs, feeling like a sloth without a tree. . . . Her family sure knew how to ruin a perfectly good Mr. Rubbish mood. She put on her jeans and her Spotted Owl T-shirt. And to save water, she did not brush her teeth. She compled downstairs in a mad-at-your-whole-family mood. "Here's your lunch," said Mom. "Mom! It's in a paper bag!" "What's wrong with that?" Stink asked. "Don't you get it?" said Judy. "They cut down trees to make paper bags. Trees give shade. They help control global warming. We would die without trees. They make oxygen and help take dust and stuff out of the air." "Dust!" said Mom. "Let's talk about cleaniing your room if we're going to talk about dust." "Mo-om!" How was she supposed to do important things like save trees if she couldn't even save her FAMILY tree? JUDY MOODY SAVES THE WORLD by Megan McDonald. Copyright (c) 2002 by Megan McDonald. Published by Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA. Excerpted from Judy Moody Saves the World! by Megan McDonald All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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Publishers Weekly Review

Inspired by environmental studies in school and a humiliating defeat in a Band-design contest, Judy Moody, in her third adventure, revamps her family's recycling efforts. Ages 6-10. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

Gr. 2-5. The third title in the Judy Moody series finds the spunky third-grader in a save-the-world mood. Judy would like to enter an adhesive bandage design contest, but she doesn't have any ideas. Then a class environmental preservation project inspires her creativity, as well as a new mission. But it's not long before Judy discovers that saving the world isn't easy, whether she is trying to convince her father not to drink rainforest bean coffee or her mom to dispose of a rubber toilet plunger. However, Judy persists, and while bandage-art fame eludes her, she does come up with a class recycling project that makes a difference. It also puts her in a very good mood. This charming read features characteristically snappy, humorous prose; expressive, witty, black-and-white illustrations; and some great ideas for classroom or home projects. The book stands alone, but fans will enjoy familiar, distinctive characters and references from previous titles. --Shelle Rosenfeld

Horn Book Review

Feisty Judy Moody is back, this time energizing her third-grade class to raise money to replace trees in the rainforest. As with the previous books ([cf2]Judy Moody[cf1]; [cf2]Judy Moody Gets Famous![cf1]), the large print, open format, and plentiful line-and-wash illustrations--coupled with the humorously forceful personality of the main character--make this entry enjoyable for second- and third-grade readers. From HORN BOOK Spring 2003, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Book Review

McDonald's irrepressible third-grader (Judy Moody Gets Famous, 2001, etc.) takes a few false steps before hitting full stride. This time, not only has her genius little brother Stink submitted a competing entry in the Crazy Strips Band-Aid design contest, but in the wake of her science teacher's heads-up about rainforest destruction and endangered animals, she sees every member of her family using rainforest products. It's all more than enough to put her in a Mood, which gets her in trouble at home for letting Stink's pet toad, Toady, go free, and at school for surreptitiously collecting all the pencils (made from rainforest cedar) in class. And to top it off, Stink's Crazy Strips entry wins a prize, while she gets . . . a certificate. Chronicled amusingly in Reynolds's frequent ink-and-tea drawings, Judy goes from pillar to post-but she justifies the pencil caper convincingly enough to spark a bottle drive that nets her and her classmates not only a hundred seedling trees for Costa Rica, but the coveted school Giraffe Award (given to those who stick their necks out), along with T-shirts and ice cream coupons. Judy's growing corps of fans will crow "Rare!" right along with her. (Fiction. 8-10)