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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.

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  • Judy Moody: The Doctor is in

    Judy Moody: The Doctor is in

    Author: Megan McDonald Illustrator: Peter H Reynolds
    Publisher: Walker Books

    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…

  • Judy Moody Predicts the Future

    Judy Moody Predicts the Future

    Author: Megan McDonald Illustrator: Peter Reynolds
    Publisher: Walker Books

    Judy Moody’s adventures revolve around a mood ring she discovers in her seventh bowl of cereal one morning before school

  • Judy Moody Declares Independence

    Judy Moody Declares Independence

    Author: Megan McDonald Illustrator: Peter H Reynolds
    Publisher: Walker Books

    After visiting Boston and learning about the American Revolution, Judy Moody decides it’s time for her to declare independence at home

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