Judy Moody, M.D. / Megan McDonald ; illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds.

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Title:

Judy Moody, M.D. / Megan McDonald ; illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds.

Author:

McDonald, Megan

Reynolds, Peter H. (Peter Hamilton), 1961-

ISBN:

9780763620240

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2004.

Physical Description:

151 p. : ill.

Series:

Judy Moody

Abstract:

Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when Class 3T starts a new unit on the human body, but she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother, Stink.

Subject Term:

Sick -- Juvenile fiction.

Medical care -- Juvenile fiction.

Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Humorous stories -- Juvenile fiction.

Added Author:

Reynolds, Peter H. (Peter Hamilton), 1961-

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Summary

Judy gets a taste of her own medicine in a hilarious new episode sure to tickle your humerus (aka funny bone) and put you in a very Judy Moody mood!

She took her own temperature. With the fancy thermometer that beeped. It was not normal. It was not 98.6. Judy's temperature was 188.8! Judy's temperature was 00.0! Judy's temperature was beep-beep-beep-beep-beep. She, Judy Moody, had the temperature of an outer-space alien!

Judy Moody has a mood for every occasion, and now, she, Judy Moody, is in a medical mood! It's no secret that Judy wants to be like Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman doctor, when she grows up. So when Class 3T starts to study the Amazing Human Body, Judy can hardly wait to begin her better-than-best-ever third-grade projects: show-and-tell with something way rarer than a scab, a real-live ooey-gooey operation, and a cloning experiment that may create double trouble for Judy and her friends. RARE!

Reviews (4)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-4-Judy Moody is back in this fifth book in the series by Megan McDonald (Candlewick, 2004). Judy's third-grade class is studying the human body, which opens the door for her medical aspirations. She operates on a zucchini, gets to have a cast put on her unbroken arm, brings her brother's old umbilical cord for show-and-tell, and gets caught in a cloning practical joke. Sibling rivalry abounds between her and Stink. Friendships are tested, and imaginations run wild. Children will empathize with Judy's desire to stay home sick, and her disappointment when real illness makes this experience less than she had imagined. McDonald has tucked in a fair amount of medical information, which occasionally slows the plot a bit but gives readers the background to understand some of the puns and misinformation that add to the story's humor. This book-on-tape is narrated by Kate Forbes, who creates unique voices for each character and reads the story with delightful expression and excellent pacing. There's plenty here to amuse young listeners, and fans of the series will not be disappointed.-Teresa Bateman, Brigadoon Elementary School, Federal Way, WA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

Judy Moody, M.D.: The Doctor Is In! by Megan McDonald, illus. by Peter Reynolds, brings back the irrepressible heroine as her class studies the human body. Taking a field trip to the hospital, performing an operation on a zucchini (they first "take the Hippo oath [and] swear to the Hippo guy [to do their] doctor best") and getting tonsillitis are just a few of Judy's adventures this time around. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Horn Book Review

Judy is ecstatic when her third-grade class studies the human body. She visits a hospital emergency room and brings in the dried end of her brother's umbilical cord for show-and-tell. Illustrated with cheery black-and-white drawings, the fifth book about Judy Moody is funny and accessible. Young readers will appreciate Judy's sense of the drama of everyday life. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

Gr. 2-4. When her third-grade class studies the human body, Judy Moody dives into the topic with characteristic zeal and imagination. For a class project, she dresses as Elizabeth Blackwell, even attaching fake leeches to her head, reads her poem about the first woman doctor, and performs surgery on a zucchini. Dr. Judy prescribes Popsicles and prunes for her brother's tonsillitis but soon finds herself in bed with the same illness. Worse, she becomes the butt of a cleverly orchestrated practical joke. The class field trip and anatomy lessons are liberally laced with jokes and humerus word play, but McDonald never resorts to coarse humor. She finds ample comedy in the way children mishear words and mangle information. Reynolds' buoyant sketches depict Judy's ups and downs in this fifth book of a series that proves laughter can be contagious. --Linda Perkins Copyright 2004 Booklist

Excerpts

PLIP! Judy Moody woke up. Drip, drip, drip went rain on the roof. Blip, blip, blip went drops on the window. Not again! It had been raining for seven days straight. Bor-ing! She, Judy Moody, was sick and tired of rain. Judy put her head under the pillow. If only she was sick. Being sick was the greatest. You got to stay home and drink pop for breakfast and eat toast cut in special strips and watch TV in your room. You got to read Cherry Ames, Student Nurse, mysteries all day. And you got to eat yummy cherry cough drops. Hey! Maybe Cherry Ames was named after a cough drop! Judy took out her mom's old Cherry Ames book and popped a cough drop in her mouth anyway. "Get up, Lazybones!" said Stink, knocking on her door. "Can't," said Judy. "Too much rain." "What?" "Never mind. Just go to school without me." "Mom, Judy's skipping school!" Stink yelled. Mom came into Judy's room. "Judy, honey. What's wrong?" "I'm sick. Of rain," she whispered to Mouse. "Sick? What's wrong? What hurts?" asked Mom. "My head, for one thing. From all that noisy rain." "You have a headache?" "Yes. And a sore throat. And a fever. And a stiff neck." "That's from sleeping with the dictionary under your pillow," said Stink. "To ace your spelling test." "Is not." "Is too!" "See, look. My tongue's all red." Judy stuck out her Cherry-Ames-cough-drop tongue at Stink. Mom felt Judy's head. "You don't seem to have a fever." "Faker," said Stink. "Come back in five minutes," said Judy. "I'll have a fever by then." "Faker, faker, faker," said Stink. If only she had measles. Or chicken pox. Or . . . MUMPS! Mumps gave you a headache. Mumps gave you a stiff neck and a sore throat. Mumps made your cheeks stick out like Humpty Dumpty. Judy pushed the cough drop into her cheek and made it stick out, Humpty-Dumpty style. "Mumps!" said Dr. Judy. "I think I have the mumps! For real!" "Mumps!" said Stink. "No way. You got a shot for that. A no-mumps shot. We both did. Didn't we, Mom?" "Yes," said Mom. "Stink's right." "Maybe one mump got through." "Sounds like somebody doesn't want to go to school today," said Mom. "Can I? Can I stay home, Mom? I promise I'll be sick. All day." "Let's take your temperature," said Mom. She took the thermometer out of the case. "Cat hair?" said Mom. "Is this cat hair on the thermometer?" "She's always making Mouse stick out her tongue and taking the cat's temperature," said Stink. Mom shook her head and went to wash off the thermometer. When she came back, she took Judy's temperature. "It's 98.6," said Mom. "Normal!" "Faker, fakey, not-sick, big fat faker," said Stink. "At least my temperature's normal," said Judy. "Even if my brother isn't." "Better get dressed," said Mom. "Don't want to be late." "Stink? You're a rat fink. Stink Rat-Fink Moody. That's what I'll call you from now on." "Well, you'll have to call me it at school 'cause you don't get to stay home." Judy stuck out her cherry-red, no-mumps tongue at Stink. She was down in the dumps. She had a bad case of the grumps. The no-mumps Moody Monday blues. She, Judy Moody, felt like Mumpty Dumpty! Mumpty Dumpty without a temperature, that is. Excerpted from The Doctor Is In! 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.