Junie B. Jones

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Junie B. Jones, First Grader
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Junie B. Jones, First Grader

Junie B. Jones is a children's book character created by writer Barbara Park.

Junie B. Jones, or "Junie B." as she is called for short, is a five-year-old American girl. She hates shopping, except when the shopping is done in a supermarket. Junie B. loves ice cream, and her mother made it a rule for Junie not to yell at her for ice cream while at the supermarket.

Junie B., a kindergarten student, is very inquisitive, as she likes to ask her teacher (to whom she refers only as "Mrs.", preferring not to call her by her last name) a lot of questions about every school subject. She fears challenges at times but mostly meets them successfully.

Junie B.'s best friends are Lucille, an upper-class girl who is accustomed to being pampered by her grandmother, and Grace (to whom Junie B. refers as "'that' Grace"), an athletic, African-American girl. The person she dislikes the most is "that meanie Jim," the class bully, whom she befriends on Valentine's Day when she is in kindergarton.

Author Park does tours every year, assigning a girl with the most common features to Junie B. to portray her for small children at malls and libraries across the States. A lot of her readers (usually children between the ages of 5 and 9) ask her for photos and even for Junie B.'s "autographs" on the photos. Park carries instant camera equipment so that the children can take their photos with "Junie B." the same day.

Since the original book was published by Random House in 1992, twenty-six other Junie B. Jones books have been published.

[edit] Books

[edit] Junie B. Jones (kindergarten series)

  1. Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (ISBN 0-679-82642-4)
  2. Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business (ISBN 0-679-83886-4)
  3. Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth (ISBN 0-679-84407-4)
  4. Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying (ISBN 0-679-85101-1)
  5. Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake (ISBN 0-679-86694-9)
  6. Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday (ISBN 0-679-86695-7)
  7. Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren (ISBN 0-679-86696-5)
  8. Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed (ISBN 0-679-86697-3)
  9. Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook (ISBN 0-679-88342-8)
  10. Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal (ISBN 0-679-88663-X)
  11. Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy (ISBN 0-679-88931-0)
  12. Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy (ISBN 0-679-89130-7)
  13. Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl (ISBN 0-375-80038-7)
  14. Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine (ISBN 0-375-80039-5)
  15. Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket (ISBN 0-375-80040-9)
  16. Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day (ISBN 0-375-80291-6)
  17. Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl (ISBN 0-375-90292-9)

[edit] Junie B., First Grader (1st grade series)

  1. Junie B., First Grader (at last!) (ISBN 0-375-80293-2)
  2. Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch (ISBN 0-375-81517-1)
  3. Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder (ISBN 0-375-80295-9)
  4. Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants (ISBN 0-375-82301-8)
  5. Junie B., First Grader: One-Man Band (ISBN 0-375-82522-3)
  6. Junie B., First Grader: Shipwrecked (ISBN 0-375-82804-4)
  7. Junie B., First Grader: Boo...and I Mean It! (ISBN 978-0-375-82806-5)
  8. Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells (P.S. So Does May) (ISBN 0-375-82808-7)
  9. Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha! (ISBN 0-375-83403-6)
  10. Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny! (Due January 2007)
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