Children's fiction
Junie B. Jones and her Big Fat Mouth
Barbara Park
A First Stepping Stone Book (Random House)
©1993
ISBN: 0-679-84407-4
66 pages
$3.99 US/$5.50 CAN
"Sometimes life is P.U. Junie B.’s having a rough week. First she got punishment for shooting off her mouth in kindergarten. And now she’s in big trouble again! ‘Cause Monday is Job Day, and Junie B. told her class that she’s got the bestest job of all. Only, what the heck is it?"
Barbara Park has accomplished the near impossible. Her ‘Junie B. Jones’ books are written in first person, all the hopes and fears of her protagonist come through a five-year olds vocabulary. This is extraordinarily difficult; but Park manages to weave a story through it all.
Park also manages to capture the true spirit of being a kindergartner; excitement, fighting, yelling, hugging. The reader feels close to Junie B. because she’s a typical kid. Park is a very funny writer as well, and the book made me laugh out loud! A definite buy for anyone raising children.
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