Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
Sheila Tubman sometimes wonders who she really is: the outgoing, witty, and capable Sheila the Great, or the secret Sheila, who's afraid of the dark, spiders, swimming, and dogs.
When her family spends the summer in Tarrytown, Sheila has to face some of her worst fears. Not only does a dog come with the rented house, but her parents expect Sheila to take swimming lessons! Sheila does her best to pretend she's an expert at everything, but she knows she isn't fooling her new best friend, Mouse Ellis, who happens to be a crackerjack swimmer and a dog lover.
What will it take for Sheila to admit to the Tarrytown kids – and to herself – that she's only human?
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.