Judy Moody was in a Mood vs Ramona and Her Mother: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Judy Moody was in a Mood Judy Moody was in a Mood Megan McDonald · 2000 ★★★★☆ 4.0 160 pages · ≈ 2 h 58 m · Moderate

Third grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the Me collage.

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Cover of Ramona and Her Mother Ramona and Her Mother Beverly Cleary · 1979 ★★★★☆ 4.3 216 pages · ≈ 4 h 00 m · Light
“When will they be here?” Asked Ramona Quimby, who was supposed to be dusting the living room but instead was twirling around trying to make herself dizzy.”

Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary is the fifth book of the popular Ramona series. Mr. Quimby has found another job, though it is one he does not like very much. Ramona finds herself caught between being too young…

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How to choose

Scores by source

Judy Moody was in a MoodRamona and Her Mother
Goodreads 4.0 (19079) —
Hardcover 3.0 (2) 4.0 (35)
Google Books — 5.0 (1)
Apple Books — 4.5 (154)

Reception

Judy Moody was in a MoodRamona and Her Mother
Ratings 19079 154
Editions 28 54
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read 8702 —
Reading it now 1971 —
Written reviews 1308 —
Wikipedia attention — 419
Pages 160 216

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