The Pain and the Great One

The Pain and the Great One

Author	Judy Blume
Illustrator	Irene Trivas
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Children's book
Publication date	1974
Media type	Print

The Pain and the Great One is a children's picture book published in 1974, written by Judy Blume and illustrated by Irene Trivas. This is the only picture book written by Blume, though many of her other novels, notably The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, have interior illustrations.

The book follows the sibling rivalry between a sister and her younger brother. The book is divided into two parts, one told from the viewpoint of each sibling; each one ends with the sibling complaining, "Mom says The Pain/The Great One is what she always wanted. Yuck! I think they love him/her more than me!" The girl refers to her brother as "The Pain," due to him always being a nuisance for her, while the boy calls his sister "The Great One," a sarcastic nickname based on her thinking herself the better sibling. It is a humorous look at the mixture of emotions shared by young sibling

Works by Judy Blume

Fudge series	Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Superfudge Fudge-a-Mania Double Fudge Characters

Novels	The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo Iggie's House Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Then Again, Maybe I Won't Freckle Juice It's Not the End of the World Deenie Blubber Forever... Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself Wifey Tiger Eyes Smart Women Just as Long as We're Together Here's to You, Rachel Robinson Summer Sisters In The Unlikely Event

Non-fiction and others	The Judy Blume Diary Letters to Judy: What Kids Wish They Could Tell You The Pain and the Great One Places I Never Meant to Be

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