This book is about a boy named Peter Hatcher who is in the fourth-grade. Peter's little brother who goes by Fudge because he doesn't like his legal name is constantly getting on Peter's nerves. Fudge is a trouble-maker who is two and always causing some kind of trouble, but never gets in trouble for it. Peter feels like he has put up with Fudge for way too long and has decided that he needs to do something about it, so he has to find a way to gain his parents attention.

One of my all time favorite books as a child. Absolutely hilarious. And gee, I read it in fourth grade. Go figure. ( )

One of my all time favorite books as a child. Absolutely hilarious. And gee, I read it in fourth grade. Go figure. ( )

A fourth grade boy, Peter, relates tales from this family. Most of the tales are of his brother Fudge, who always seems to get in mischief. Peter receives a pet turtle at a birthday party and Fudge manages to eat the turtle. Peter is mad but everything works out in the end when Mom and Dad get Peter a new puppy.

This story is both cute and also gives a good view of sibling rivalry. The story shows how a nine year old deals with life not only at school and with friends but with family. I love this story because it is a good book for children with younger brothers or sisters.

This book could be used in the classroom as an introduction for as assignment about family and how to get along with young sibling or classmates. The students could right a story about their family after being read the story. Students could also use this to draw a picture of the mischief their younger siblings get into.

This book reads like it was written by a child in grade 4. As a child this may be appealing because they would be able to relate to a lot of the thoughts of the main character. As an adult it is not very enjoyable. But I could relate to the main character because I also grew up with a little brother that was treated like gold even when he wasn't. ( )