Furthermore, Fudge throws non-stop temper tantrums, goes through a finicky phase of abstaining from eating altogether, and emulates Peter's behavior, throwing tantrums if it is prohibited. Peter becomes annoyed with Fudge because he often disturbs his pet turtle, Dribble, which he won at his best friend Jimmy Fargo's birthday party. Peter is frustrated with the horrendous behavior demonstrated by Fudge, who frequently goes unpunished. He hates the sound of his legal name and prefers Fudge for any and all occasions. The story focuses on a nine-year-old boy named Peter Warren Hatcher and his relationship with his two-and-a-half-year-old brother, Farley Drexel 'Fudge' Hatcher. Originally, the book featured illustrations by Roy Doty, but all post-2002 reprints of it have omitted the pictures. Although Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great features many of the same characters as the series, it does not fit exactly in the continuity of it because, as a spin-off, it only focuses on Peter's classmate (who later becomes his cousin-in-law), Sheila Tubman.

It is the first in the Fudge series and was followed by Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, Superfudge, Fudge-a-Mania, and Double Fudge (2002). Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is a children's novel written by American author Judy Blume and published in 1972.

Fudge and superfudge books