Customer Reviews

Junie B., First Grader: BOO...and I MEAN It! (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This book is full of antics you would see out of your typical first grader. It allows the reader to get inside this little girl's mind and see the comical thoughts going through her head. Young children are sure to love this book, because Junie is so funny! Her language is also typical of a young child. "I quick opened the pages," is just one example of this.
Barbara Park also recognizes the distinct gap in the lines of communication between adults and children. Throughout the book, Junie would tell adults something totally different than what she had been thinking. She didn't want to tell the five truths she knew about Halloween that Paulie Allen Puffer had told her, because something bad would happen to her if she did tell. So, she turned to her stuffed animal for support. How many children talk to their stuffed animals? So realistic!
All in all, her fears and confusion of Halloween make for a hilarious book for children to read. I know this child's actions remind me of some of the things that my nieces have said and done. I found myself giggling out loud while reading about them. I would definitely encourage young students to read this book. It would be a great read-aloud.

Hands down this is one of the best Junie B. books ever. I would say it is tied for first place with my other personal favorite, Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy. This one will have you laughing out loud non stop! We have the book, and the recording, and we have listenend so many times, we all repeat the funny one liners along with Junie B.-even my husband! "If candy corn isn't corn, then what kind of vegetable is it?" If you don't have this one in your collection, get it!

It is getting close to Halloween, and I wanted to review another Halloween book. I read this book a few years ago, but I re-read it a few days ago so that I could properly review it. This is not an adult book - it is a children's chapter book. But adults are allowed to read children's chapter books, and so are children. Therefore, this cute little Halloween book that I rated 5 stars can be read by anyone - child, teen, adult.

In this book, it is getting close to Halloween, and Junie B. Jones is getting a little frightened. Someone told her 5 secrets about Halloween. I can't tell you what those secrets are - I don't wan to ruin this book.

Her mom takes her shopping for a Halloween costume. Junie B. doesn't want to go - - she's frightened about Halloween and those 5 secrets. But she decides on the costume she wants, and there is a very good reason for that costume (but I can't tell you what the reason is).

Junie B. gets in that costume and her mom takes her trick-or-treating. Junie B. is determined to scare people (other trick-or-treaters or just anyone). Will she succeed in doing so?

The book has a happy ending. She gets what she wants at the end of the book. I so badly want to tell you what it is, but that would ruin it for you.

If you have a child, or even a teen, and if they enjoy the atmosphere of Halloween, they would probably like this book. And you might like it, too.

Halloween is fast approaching, but this is one holiday Junie B. Jones is not excited about. In fact, she's a bit scared and upset. It seems that crazy boy Paulie Allen Puffer is at it again --- he told Junie B. five scary secrets about Halloween that have soured her on the holiday. Despite the fact that Paulie Allen's information has been bad in the past, Junie B. is still scared. She tries to literally hide from the holiday and doesn't want to go shopping for a Halloween costume.

Junie B. gets a great idea on how to overcome her Halloween fears. It's a funny idea, but one that exasparates her Mom.

This book is full of the usual clever humor including some funny bits about candy corn not be real corn and "thank you" sometimes being a fib.

This story really isn't too different from any normal Junie B. Jones story. Most fans of the series will likely eat this up, just like a bag of candy.

These books are really great and have inspired my daughter to read. These latter books are even better they teach lessons of values. My daughter is 9 years old and can't put these books down once she starts them. She used to have problems with reading but since she found the Junie B Jones series, she has become a reader by choice. I highly recommend these books to any parents of a young girl at the beginning to intermediate reading level. This book was fun to read but not my favorite of the series.

Book was in great shape, as promised, and arrived very quickly. Will definitely use this seller again!
Thank you.

The condition of this book was better than expected! My daughter is truly enjoying reading it.

Junie B. Jones has five good reasons to be scared silly by Halloween, and to the surprise of none of her fans, these "reasons" are mix-ups and misunderstandings that she's picked up from her first-grade classmate, Paulie Allen Puffer!

Will Junie come out at the end all the wiser? Thanks to Barbara Park, you know that she will.

I bought a set of Junie B Jones books because they seemed popular with kids and the prices seemed reasonable if you bought a boxed set. The stories are fun at times and Junie B is a cute girl with an active imagination and the character is written exactly as if she were based on a real life little girl. However the problem is that I bought these books for my 2nd grade daughter to learn to read longer stories! These are chapter books that I was planning to use to help not only foster a love for reading but also learn new words and proper GRAMMAR! The dialogue created for Junie B, while somewhat age appropriate, has incorrect grammar and Junie B's character does things like invent her own words to express how she is feeling or to give her opinion on something. My daughter already makes grammatical errors (written and spoken) without being influenced by books like these. I don't want her to hear these sentences ( we read aloud together) and think that they are grammatically correct. These are grammatical errors that as parents we might notice from our own children and think "awww...so cute" whilst trying to correct them so they don't carry these errors all the way to the 5th grade where teachers will dutifully fill our children's assignments with red ink. Now don't get me wrong...this book is fun to read and can definitely foster a love of reading which is very important. There is a lot of love in the creation of this character and she's written as if from a loving parent's point of view. (This is the other problem.) There are cutesy jokes that mostly a parent would appreciate (oh my gosh my child made the same mistake haha!) but that are lost on kids and therefore they don't don't find it funny or cute at all. I don't understand why those little jokes are in there to be perfectly honest if the book is to be read by a child. All in all, this was not what I was looking for to guide my child's reading and writing skills. If your child's grammar is fully cleaned up and they already have a strong vocabulary then get it. I'd probably be comfortable letting my daughter read it next year but by then she will have probably outgrown Junie B. so I guess it's going into the donation bin. Oh well, next time I'll take a better look at the book before I buy it.

This series is my daughter's favorite. Junie B. is a great character and reminds me of my own childhood. We love these books.