Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

The author's read is terrible, constantly jumping between speaking so low she can't be understood, to reading so loud that the audio distorts. She also does not have a lot of range in the tone of her reading.

No, the audio version is great for road trips, but I found the narrators (Judy Bloom) performance lacking. I think a voice actor would have been better at playing the various characters

Mostly neutral occasionally annoying

My boys 5 and 7 laughed almost all the way through! they both got a little sad toward the end

Some of the language and descriptions are obviously "of there time" and I had to explain to my kids what a "junkie" was and explain that people used to get mugged more often in Manhattan when the book was written.

I've been a fan of this book since a teacher read it to me and the rest of my class when I was in, fittingly enough, the fourth grade. It tells the story of Peter Hatcher and the trials and tribulations he goes through having a little brother like Farley Drexel AKA Fudge. Such misadventures include Fudge causing Peter's advertiser father to lose a potential client, to jumping off a set of monkey bars and losing a few of his own teeth, culminating in an act so bizarre even now I find it hard to imagine. Audible had this book, read by the lady of the hour herself. I've always been rather skeptical of authors reading their own novels since some just don't have the voice for it (Stephen King comes to mind for me rather quickly as does Douglas Adams), but Judy, though she took a little bit of getting used to, grew on me. The author knows what is or her characters should sound like and Judy does them justice, from Peter to his parents, even Fudge's temper tantrums. An excellent book brought excellently to life, and by its author no less. I always like it when an author is able to read their own work and actually give it personality.

loved listening to this with my 4th grade daughter. she loved that u read or when i was her age

I've been a fan of Mrs. Blume since I was a child, and always will be -- but this audio book did not do the story justice. I wanted to introduce my 10 year old, who is entering the 4th grade this book - and thought I would try something special with an audio version. Not the best choice, and I did return it. This book, and the series of books that came out of it - are amazing. Just chose a different medium than the audio book.

I loved Judy Blume as a kid and now my children are hooked too! She does a great job narrating too.

This is a classic that never gets old. Perfect for our 2nd graders, and very funny for adults too. Especially wonderful to hear the author narrate.

My 6 year old thought that the character Fudge was really funny and loved the goofy things he did. She is now a BIG Judy Blume fan and we plan to check out all her other books!

yes

My daugter (11) and her friend listned to this with me while on a car drive. The length was perfert for the trip. We all enjoyed the story and had many a laugh. My daugther has since become engrossed in reading all the books.

Fudge was hillarious

Found the book to be very funny at times

I remember reading these as a child so now that my son is of age to read them too I could not wait to share. I was this series by downloading the able to get him interested in the series by downloading these books if I would have relied on him just reading them he never would have got past the cover.