Spurred by a newfound awareness of false advertising, Stink Moody becomes the proverbial kid in a candy store as his letter-writing campaign yields him heaps of free rewards. When Stink buys a mammoth jawbreaker that doesn't break his jaw, he writes a letter of complaint to the manufacturer — and receives a ten-pound box of 21,280 jawbreakers for his trouble! This unexpected benefit of acing the art of letter-writing in school sure gets Stink thinking. Soon Stink is so preoccupied with getting free stuff sent to him that he overlooks a scribbly envelope in the mail pile — until his best friend, Webster, starts acting standoffish and looks as mad as a hornet. In this hilarious episode from Megan McDonald and Peter H. Reynolds, Judy Moody's shorter sibling truly comes into his own. As a delightful bonus for both teachers and kids, thirty-six common idioms — from "two heads are better than one" to "a leopard can’t change its spots" — are sprinkled throughout the story; seven of the idioms are humorously illustrated by Stink, and all are listed at the end to inspire a search for idioms that’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
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"this book is about stink gets a jawbreaker. he gets it a candy store. he like s of them. then he bought a jawbreaker. he ate every single day. his got angry at him. his parents wanted to eat fruits and vegetables. then he wrote a letter to the jawbreaker company. then he got more jaw breakers "
— Sagar (5 out of 5 stars)
" Funny small chapter book that helps shows students/children about Idioms. "
— Shelli, 11/8/2010" UM, I THINK THAT...I only gave it four stars because Stink and his best friend, Webster, got in a very big fight. So that's all. Doing a classic Joey good-bye, BYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEE "
— Joseph, 11/7/2010" It is all about a boy that went to a candy storre and finds a SUPPER GALACTIC JAWBEAKER. He thinks that it will actully break his jaw!!!!!!! I apsolutly love this book because it was so funny:)!I defenitly recomend this book to you!!!!!!!!!!:) "
— Paloma, 9/8/2010" Very funny good for kids 10 and under "
— Gabbyrawlings1, 6/3/2010" Lucky,he can have 2 million jawbreakers! "
— AAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAA, 5/2/2010" My daughter devoured this book. Then I had to read it aloud to my son. We all loved it so much we had to run out and buy giant jawbreakers! Charming and funny. "
— Megan, 2/10/2010" A touch easy for this 8 year old... but fun to have a fast read with cool illustrations. <br/> <br/>*** Mom thinks the exposure to idioms and conveying the meaning at this age is really fun. "
— Tristan, 1/16/2010" I love this book so if you like candy and mischeif then you'll like this book so I recomend this book to you "
— Syd, 11/19/2009" The audio production is tremendous! We listened to this during the first leg of a family (3 generations) trip. Everyone was amused. Nancy Cartwright voices the story and one of the characters even sounds a little bit like Bart! "
— Molly, 8/29/2009" I loved that book as a little kid "
— Olivia, 7/10/2009Megan McDonald is the creator of the popular and award-winning Judy Moody and Stink series. She is also the author of three Sisters Club stories, Ant and Honey Bee: A Pair of Friends at Halloween, and many other books for children. She lives in Sebastopol, California.
Nancy Cartwright has been the voice of Bart Simpson since 1987. She lives in the Los Angeles area.