Ahoy there me mateys! I was looking for short audiobooks that fit certain time restrictions. I was having so much fun revisiting old books from me childhood that when I saw that Judy Blume herself narrates these I just had to give them a whirl. And I am so very glad I did. Judy Blume is a fantastically wonderful reader. I almost wish I had been introduced to these books by listening to them on audio book. Of course I only read books one and three when I was a kid. So I went back and listened to the entire series.

This may be me second favourite. Judy Blume has a lovely author’s note for this one where she wrote this one for her grandson. The odd part about this series is that Fudge stays the same age while Peter grows up. Fudge is five in this one and his brother is twelve. I didn’t really pay attention to the ages when listening and I don’t care. All the elements that make the Hatcher family wonderful are present. In this book, Fudge becomes obsessed with the concept of money. He even starts his own bank. I was laughing in delight and could listen to Judy Blume sing the money song over and over again. Another great and crazy addition to the Hatcher family is the long lost cousins, the Howie Hatchers. The two branches of the family run into each other in D.C. and their lives will never be the same. I am so glad that I got to learn more of the Hatcher story in the later books. Especially this one.

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