Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Life with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing. Whether Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe store, smearing mashed potatoes on the walls at Hamburger Heaven, or trying to fly, he’s never far from trouble. He’s an almost three-year-old terror who gets away with everything, and Peter’s had it up to here!
When Fudge walks off with Dribble, Peter’s pet turtle, it’s the last straw. Peter has put up with Fudge for too long. Way too long! How can he get his parents to pay attention to him for a change, instead of his bratty little brother?
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (1974); Sequoyah Book Award (1975); Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (1975); Grand Canyon Reader Award (1977); Massachusetts Children's Book Award (1977); West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Younger Readers (1980)
About the Fudge Series
Books in series order
- 1.Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing(1972)
- 2.Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great(1972)
- 3.Superfudge(1980)
- 4.Fudge-a-Mania(1990)
- 5.Double Fudge(2002)
Reading age: 7+ years
This series should be read in order.
Life with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing. Whether Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe store, smearing mashed potatoes on the walls at Hamburger Heaven, or trying to fly, he’s never far from trouble. He’s an almost three-year-old terror who gets away with everything, and Peter’s had it up to here!
Passed on from babysitters to their young charges, from big sisters to little brothers, and from parents to children, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and its cousins (Superfudge, Fudge-a-mania, Double Fudge and Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great) have entertained children since they first appeared in the early 1970s. The series follows Peter Hatcher, his little brother Fudgie, baby sister Tootsie, their neighbor Sheila Tubman, various pets, and minor characters through New York City and on treks to suburbs and camps. Hilarious, witty and impossible to put down.