The Junie B Jones series starts on her first day of school. Junie B. Jones is five-years-old and wears glasses. She is entering kindergarten. The young student has various (mis)adventures doing her kindergarten year. Now, six-year-old Junie B. First Grader continues the (mis)adventures.

Junie B. Jones has a habit of taking things literally. This generates most of the humor in the series. For example, in Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business #2, her grandmother visits Junie’s newborn brother in the hospital. Grandmother reports the baby is as cute as a little monkey. On hearing those words, Junie B. Jones believes her baby brother is a monkey. Junie decides to start a business. She is going to make money by charging people to observe the neighborhood monkey.

Barbara Park writes books to which young readers can relate. What child has not had a monster under the bed or lost a favorite item? The Junie B. Jones series are early reader chapter books. They help young readers make the transition from picture books to chapter books. Junie B. Jones books are for children between five and nine-years-old.

Denise Bunkus illustrations give plenty of visual clues to Barbara Park’s text. The humorous situations in which Junie finds herself are finely sketched.

Although, children, boys and girls, like Barbara Park’s Junie B. Jones books, many parents do not. Two reasons are Junie B. Jones calls other children potty-mouth names and has bad manners. She is no angel. Don’t worry she does learn to correct her ways by the book’s end. The third reason for the dislike of the series, Junie B. Jones speaks poor English. Parents dislike the inclusion of the poor grammar. Parents of children for whom English is a Second Language say her English confuses their children.

Children love the Junie B. Jones books. This has children reading the books without force from parents and teachers. They eagerly read each book in the series. Parents, who have issues with Junie’s actions, discuss right and wrong. Ask children, have similar things happened to them? Reading is good, but talking and exploring the world with children is priceless!

List of Junie B. Jones Books

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus #1
Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business#2
Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth #3
Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying #4
Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake #5
Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim’s Birthday #6
Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren #7
Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed #8
Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook#9
Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal #10
Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy #11
Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy #12
Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl #13
Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine #14
Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket #15
Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day #16
Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl #17
Junie B., First Grader (at Last!) #18
Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch #19
Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder #20
Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants #21
Junie B., First Grader: One-Man Band #22
Junie B., First Grader: Shipwrecked #23
Junie B., First Grader: Boo . . . and I Mean It! #24
Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smell! (P.S. So Does May.) #25
Top-Secret, Personal Beeswax: A Journal by Junie B. (And Me!)





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