It's an honest-to-jeepers mystery! Agent Judy Drewdy sets out to solve the case of the missing puppy when a canine-cop-in-training vanishes into thin air.
Judy Moody is in a mood. A sleuthing, Nancy Drew kind of mood. So what's a WBMS (world's best mystery solver) to do? Go find a mystery, that's what! And she doesn't have to snoop for long: when Mr. Chips, a beloved crime-dog-in-training, goes missing, Judy Drewdy and her chums, agents Dills Pickle (Frank), Spuds Houdini (Rocky), and James Madagascar (Stink) find themselves smack-dab in the middle of a reallife, scare-your-pants-off whodunit. Was Mr. Chips stolen by dirty dognappers? And why are chocolate-chip cookies disappearing all over town? Watch out for red herrings-along with clever references to classic Nancy Drew mysteries-as Eagle Eye Moody and company are hot on the case!
It's spring break! But Stink's friend Webster is spending the week in Mexico, and his friend Sophie is off to a local Shakespeare camp. What's a bored kid to do without his friends, Romans, countrymen?
When Sophie tells Stink there will be swordplay and colorful cursing at Shakespeare camp, he weighs his options. To be or not to be a pumpkin-pants-wearing, pool-noodle-waving, poetry-spouting Sprite, or hang out at home with his sister, Judy Moody? Tempt not a desperate man! Off to acting lessons Stink trots, only to discover that his nemesis, Riley Rottenberger, is a Sprite, too. What's worse - Stink is the only boy at camp! Hanged, be.
Then Judy reads Grandma Lou's mysterious Bucket List. That list reads like a recipe for the most thrill-a-delic life ever: Ride an elephant. Sleep in a castle. See the pyramids of Egypt. Wow!
So what's with the bucket? After Grandma Lou explains, Judy speeds off to make her own Bucket List: Master the cartwheel. Ride a horse. Visit Antarctica (the real one).... And lots more. The Queen of Lists had better move fast if she wants to check everything off...before fourth grade!
The substitute teacher thinks Judy's math skills (not to mention her attitude!) need improving. So Judy has to start meeting with a math tutor. Does this mean flash cards? Does this mean baby games? Does this mean school on weekends?
But when Judy meets her tutor-a crucial college student with an uber-funky sense of style-and gets a glimpse of college life, Judy's bad math-i-tude turns into a radical glad-i-tude. Say good-bye to Judy Moody, old-skool third-grader, and say hello to Ms. College.
Small-tall, upside-down, backward, non-fat capp with extra whip, anybody?
What looks like dog vomit, smells like a corpse flower, and stars in one of the scariest movies Stink Moody has ever seen? Is it the Blob? The Glob? The Son of Glob? No, it's...slime mold!
Stink may be a super science geek, but even Dr. Stinkelstein is feeling freaked out about having a slime mold living and GROWING in his very own house, in his very own room! At Saturday Science Club, Stink learns that these one-celled organisms are smart enough to get through mazes and to gang up on food sources. So who says they aren't also smart enough to take over Stink's room, Stink's pets, Stink himself...the world?
Aaaggghhh! Crawl slowly for your lives!
The town's annual Turkey Trot race and festival is coming up, and Judy and Stink are training to WIN. Judy has decided that SHE is going to take home the big prize: a fat, juicy turkey. She can taste it already.
Beep! Beep! Beep! That's the sound of Stink's Rapidfire Ultra XE611M25 stopwatch going off as Judy and Stink hop, crawl, and climb toward race day. But what if they don't win? Flying turkey gizzards! Will the Moody family end up starving on Thanksgiving, like ye pilgrims of olde, or will Grandma Lou cook up a tasty solution in ye olde nick of tyme?
From Megan McDonald comes a collection of Judy Moody stories just right for newly independent listeners….Jessica Finch in Pig Trouble With her birthday coming up, Jessica hopes that, just maybe, her present will be a real-live potbellied pig. Jessica can hardly wait for her party with Judy Moody and all their friends. But Judy Moody is acting like a pig-head, and Jessica UN-invites her from the party. To make matters worse, Jessica has snooped around the house and has found zero signs of a pig present. Could her birthday be any more of a disaster?Rocky Zang in The Amazing Mr. MagicRocky is perfecting the tricks for his magic show, when Judy Moody offers to be his assistant. Rocky agrees, but it turns out that Judy—or Stella the Spectacular as she calls herself—is the most UN-spectacular assistant ever. When she gets ketchup all over the magic rabbit, the Amazing Mr. Magic has had enough! Is Rocky's magic mood enough to mend his and Judy's friendship?Amy Namey in Ace Reporter Amy Namey, Ace Reporter, is on the hunt for a good news story. But not a lot happens in the town of Frog Neck Lake. So what's a budding reporter to do? Team up with Judy Moody! With Judy along to sniff out a story, anything can happen. Like mayber a close encounter with the famed Great Virginia Sea Serpent, Taboo! Are Amy and Judy about to stumble upon the scoop of the century?Frank Pearl in The Awful Waffle Kerfuffle Just once, Frank Pearl would like to win at something! He is going to win a prize if it's the last thing he does. Could an amazing yo-yo trick or Cookie the parrot land him a prize? Could a blue ribbon be his at the Great Third-Grade Breakfast Bash? With three shots at a prize and Judy Moody cheering him on (sort of), there's no way that Frank can miss out on a trophy this time!
Sasquatch! That’s who Judy looks like in her school picture. Antarctica! That’s where Judy’s been sent three times in a single sour-ball week to chill out. Snotsicles! That’s what Judy says when she’s in a mood. Can Judy Moody’s mood get any worse? Of course it can. UNLESS…it’s Backwards Day! Time for Judy to turn that frown upside down, make lemonade out of lemons, and be nice to stinky little brothers. Can she do it? Can she stay in a good-not-bad mood for an entire day? One whole week? Gulp! She might make it, but only with oodles of itchy-twitchy finger knitting to help keep her mind off of the grumps: over under, over under, loop-de-loop-de-loop.
Hold on to your umbrella and stock up on marshmallows — Elmer is coming to town! Hurricane Elmer, that is. Whoooo! Judy and Stink and the whole Moody family hunker down with beans and batteries, ready to wait out the storm. Along with massive rain and strong winds, Elmer throws down ghosts, squirrels, and aliens. Spooky! Just when things couldn’t possibly get any freakier — flicker, flicker, gulp! — the lights go O-U-T out. The Moodys are smack-dab in the middle of a big bad blackout!
When Stink’s parents win tickets to an aquarium sleepover for the whole family, could it be science-freak Stink’s dream come true or his worst nightmare? He loves learning about sharks, but does he want to sleep in the same room with them? He’s nuts about gross stuff, but does he want go to bed thinking about the eating habits of the vampire squid? Especially Bloody Mary, the mutant, glowing Frankensquid that’s supposed to be on the prowl? Creepy, creepier, creepiest — yikes!
Stink may be super smart and Stink may be uber-clever, but he just can't seem to turn into a Dolphin. He's been in the Polliwog swim class for what seems like frog-ever, and still can't bear to put his face in the water. Then, one day, Stink has a close encounter with a freaky mutant frog. All of a sudden, his froggy senses are tingling! He has an urge to slurp up raisins-that-look-like-flies. He can't wait to play in the rain and mud. And he has become very interested in the local frog population. Could it be? Is it true? Could Stink be turning into . . . the Amazing Frog-Boy?
Yikes! Stink Moody, family brain, brings home a report card that isn't perfect? Time to get into fighting shape and beat back that U for Unsatisfactory he got in Phys Ed (aka gym class)! For Stink to be victorious, he's going to need the help of a Snake in the Grass, a Banana Split, and a Tsunami Smash, not to mention a Moose, a Dragon Master, an Empty Hand, a Crouching Tiger, and a Hidden Thumb. Hiiiii-ya!
