Books, Blume, Banning

 

Judy Blume turned 84 on February 12th, Abraham Lincoln's birthday. A list of her works from Wikipedia is below.

My daughter is 53. As a teen, she read and reread Blume's books until the pages fell out. Even if Llara were thin, Blubber was one of her favorites.

In today's craziness where once again book banning is being used as a political tool, we can look back when her books were sometimes banned. One reason was in Forever where sex is discussed, something not done in 1975. Dealing with the reality of life without sugar coating may be why my daughter loved her so. 

Blume has fought against censorship and a member of https://ncac.org/ the National Coalition Against Censorship.

Not just a writer, she is a co-founder of Books & Books, a non-profit and independent bookstore. Books & Books. It has since expanded to eight locations, in the Miami area and  with branches in Grand Cayman and Westhampton Beach on Long Island, and now Key West.

A belated happy birthday, Judy Blume and thank you for your work both writing and fighting against book banning.

Children’s books

• The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo (1969)
• Iggie’s House (1970)
• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (1972)
• Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (1972)
• It’s Not the End of the World (1972)
• The Pain and the Great One (1974)
• Blubber (1974)
• Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself (1977)
• Freckle Juice (1978)
• Superfudge (1980)
• Just as Long as We’re Together (1986)
• Fudge-a-Mania (1990)
• Double Fudge (2002)
• Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One (2007)
• Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One (2008)
• Going, Going, Gone! With the Pain and the Great One (2008)
• Friend or Fiend? With the Pain and the Great One (2008)^[4]

Young adult books

• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (1970)
• Then Again, Maybe I Won’t (1971)
• Deenie (1973)
• Forever (1975)
• Tiger Eyes (1981)
• Just as Long as We're Together (1987)
• Here’s to You, Rachel Robinson (1993)
• Places I Never Meant to Be (1999)^[4]

Adult books

• Wifey (1978)
• Smart Women (1983)
• Summer Sisters (1998)
• In the Unlikely Event (2015)^[4]

Collaborative short stories

• It’s Fine to Be Nine (2000)
• It’s Heaven to Be Seven (2000)^[43]

Non-fiction books

• The Judy Blume Diary (1981)
• Letter to Judy: What Your Kids Wish They Could Tell You (1986)
• The Judy Blume Memory Book (1988)^[4]