A new book coming out in the Judy Moody series is actually a little different. It’s not a Judy Moody book, it’s not a Stink book, but they’re both in the book, starring equally together. It’s called Judy Moody and Stink: The Holly Jolliday, which is kind of a tongue twister for “jolly holiday.” It’s actually a Christmas book.
It’s the first time readers will get to see the characters in full color, which will be very exciting. I’ve had readers writing to me for a few years now, saying, “What does Judy’s hair color look like?” or they really wanna know — see her in color and know what the clothes look like and everything. It’s in full color for the first time.
The Holly Jolliday is a Christmas story, or set at Christmastime. The premise is that Judy has this huge, huge, long list of what she wants for Christmas, and Stink only wants one thing. He really wants snow for Christmas, but they live in Virginia, and it’s sort of warm there, so they haven’t had snow for Virginia for a hundred years — it’s been a hundred years since they’ve had snow on Christmas Day. “So, what are the chances?” Judy points out.
At the beginning of the book, Stink goes out to the mailman. He goes out to get a package, and it’s not the regular mailman. There’s a new mailman, and so Stink meets him and finds out the mailman’s name is Jack Frost. Suddenly, he thinks maybe this mailman, who has a big, white, bushy beard and looks sort of like Santa Claus — maybe the mailman could bring about a little magic and help Stink to get snow for Christmas.