But Peter's worst moment comes when Fudge eats Dribble, Peter's pet turtle, and laughs about it. There's a happy ending -- but not, unfortunately, for Dribble.

When author Judy Blume published her "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" in 1972, she introduced the world to Fudge, a toddler who makes his older brother Peter's life miserable. We look back on the ...