Junie B., First Grader (at Last!) by Barbara Park

This is the first book to feature May, Camille, Chenille, Herb, and Jose.Grace makes her final appearance and Bobbi Jean Piper makes her only appearance in this book.On the bus ride to school the following Monday, Junie B notices Grace get on the bus with a new girl from her class and she didn't like that. Her mom and dad say sometimes life has disappointments in it and you got to roll with the punches. She sees Lucille however Lucille ditches her for her new friends who are twins even after Junie B said they could all be friends. It is the first day of first grade for Junie B. Also she has trouble reading the board and is told she has to get glasses. is anxious about first grade and her friends dropped out on her. It was written by Barbara Park and illustrated by Denise Brunkus. It is also the first book of the first grade series.

On Sunday, Blume praised Park for getting kids to read and recalled that some would confuse her with the title character of Park’s books.Junie B., First Grader (at last!) is the eighteenth book in the Junie B. Park would cite “The Catcher in the Rye” as an early literary influence and also credited the books of Judy Blume with inspiring her to write for children, and to make the stories funny. She had actually planned to become a teacher, majoring in education at the University of Alabama, but a year of being a student teacher for 7th graders convinced her that any further classroom experiences should be confined to paper. The series has appeared on the American Library Association’s list of “challenged” books.īorn Barbara Tidswell in Mount Holly, N.J., Park remembered herself as a troublemaker who knew well the path to the principal’s office. Parents and educators occasionally objected to Jones’ personalized language and cheeky ways, worrying that she was a bad influence on her fans. inspired much laughter among families, and a few frowns.

Park’s books sold more than 55 million copies just in North America, according to Random House, and the series was adapted into a popular musical theater production. “I find that when I’m struggling to think of how a 6-year-old would feel about something, I just have to go right down to the common denominator, find the simplest way that you can look at an object or a problem, and not muck it up with all of the stuff that adults do and over-analyze,” she said.

Junie B., First Grader (at Last!) by Barbara Park