Megan McDonald
McDonald was born February 28, 1959, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to John and Mary Louise McDonald. She is the youngest of five girls, which served as the inspiration for The Sister's Club. She was awarded a B.A. from Oberlin College in 1981, and an M.L.S. from University of Pittsburgh in 1985.
She began her career as a children's librarian, working at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Minneapolis Public Library, and Adams Memorial Library in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Her first book, Is This a House for Hermit Crab?, came as a result of patrons asking her where to find a story she had told to children at a library. McDonald is married to Richard Haynes and lives in Sebastopol, California.
Books
Judy Moody Declares Independence
Author: Megan McDonald Illustrator: Peter H Reynolds
Publisher: Walker Books
Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 7+
After visiting Boston and learning about the American Revolution, Judy Moody decides it’s time for her to declare independence at home
Judy Moody Predicts the Future
Author: Megan McDonald Illustrator: Peter Reynolds
Publisher: Walker Books
Interest age: 6+
Reading age: 7+
Judy Moody’s adventures revolve around a mood ring she discovers in her seventh bowl of cereal one morning before school
Judy Moody: The Doctor is in
Author: Megan McDonald Illustrator: Peter H Reynolds
Publisher: Walker Books
Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 8+
Judy Moody decides it’s worth going to school when her class embarks on a science project about the human body. Calling herself 'Doctor' Judy Moody she throws herself into the subject with great enthusiasm and has lots of fun trying out cures and experiments of her own. But when she gets tonsillitis it’s her friends’ turn to help make her b…