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  • Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great

  • By: Judy Blume
  • Narrated by: Judy Blume
  • Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (475 ratings)

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Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great

By: Judy Blume
Narrated by: Judy Blume
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Publisher's summary

Sheila Tubman sometimes wonders who she really is: the outgoing, witty, and capable Sheila the Great, or the secret Sheila, who's afraid of the dark, spiders, swimming, and dogs?

When her family spends the summer in Tarrytown, Sheila has to face some of her worst fears. Not only does a dog come with the rented house, but her parents expect Sheila to take swimming lessons! Sheila does her best to pretend she's an expert at everything, but she knows she isn't fooling her new best friend, Mouse Ellis, who happens to be a crackerjack swimmer and a dog lover.

What will it take for Sheila to admit to the Tarrytown kids and to herself that she's only human?

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Critic reviews

"Author Judy Blume reads this lively recording of her novel...and her voice perfectly personifies Sheila's scrappiness and bravado." ( School Library Journal)
"Every bit of the warmth, humor and insightfulness of [Blume's] writing comes across in her reading. Blume's fans read her books over and over; they'll listen to this audiobook again and again." ( Audiofile)

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One of my favorite Judy Blume books!

Otherwise Known As Shelia The Great is such a great story! I like it because Shelia, a witty, capable young girl of ten, faces real-life struggles such as swimming lessons, dogs, and Libby! There is no language or rude humor, though she and her friends do play some devious pranks. (Ha!) The story is all thanks to Judy Blume, for classic entertainment, lovable character traits, and special effects of storytelling.

You should DEFIANTLY buy this audiobook!

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fudge

😁 😎 🐏 🐩 🐑 🐺 🎩 🕶 📿 👔 👝 👝 👓 👒 🇧🇧 🐶

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Really good, would recommend.

I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was funny and relatable. In fact I liked it so much I ended up listening to it over 40 times already.

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Grammar mistake

Whenever she finds the spider the phony she says I took it up by one leg.

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very cute my daughter and I loved it so much.

My daughter and I love this book so much. We love the fudge series and hopefully we can find some more my daughter is obsessed with Judy Blume now, just as I was when I was a kid. It's nice that she loves it as much as I did.

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Sheila

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She’s a little bossy

I would say I really like this story but she’s a little bossy not to say I don’t like it I love mouse and her swimming teacher I’m glad she has a story because if she didn’t it be weird because like everybody has a story I’d say you should get this book but just do you know Mouse is a girl not a real Mouse!

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Fantastic!

I loved the narrator and the story! I thought Sheila was amazing to! Overall the book was great for me and anyone else!

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The way the reader describes how she felt

How the person reading the book describes how the character feels about having to take swimming lessons and stay in a totally different place for the summer

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It’s ok 😐

It’s not the best one in the series but I guess it is ok
I didn’t like the headless horseman’s stuff but as soon as I skipped past that stuff I loved It

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