Customer Reviews

Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

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3 star:		(1)
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I purchased this book for my rising first grade daughter for a long summer car trip. She read it for hours in the car, and now, months later, still reads it often. My son, a second grader, also really enjoys this book. We've read all of the Junie B. Jones books (well, many of them in audio version), so we were excited to find a new book, especially right before our trip. This book is typical Junie B. fare, with funny advice on being a student. Add to that the colorful pages, drawings, and Junie's own handwriting. It is visually interesting. My husband and I also think the stories are really funny, reminding us a lot of what it is like to be a kid. I have to admit I've laughed pretty hard at some of the passages. I highly recommend this book for early elementary school children. Many kids that age can read it on their own, or it provides and easy and enjoyable read-aloud for an adult.

My daughter got this for her 8th birthday, and she has enjoyed writing in it. I like the Junie B. Jones journal a little bit better, but she likes them both equally. It's a nice addition to the regular Junie B. Jones books.

This book was very good because it was very funny. I got this when I was younger, so I like to look back at what I wrote. The little problem about this book is that there is a plastic cover over it, and it's really hard to make it lie flat. But I could easily remove it from the spiral. It's spiral bound so when you remove the cover, it's easy to write in. It has colorful and funny dividers. I like how Junie B. is writing a journal in her own words. It also looks like she wrote it herself, because of the font, which looks like handwriting.

My 9 year old sat by the Christmas tree and read the book in less than two hours. She loved it and thought it was very funny.

My 7 year old loved this book. I read through the entire book with her and have to admit it was a lot of fun to interact with the storylines and of course Junie B Jones offbeat track of humor. My daughter liked the fact she good draw or add-in her own customization to the book. We loved to read the lists and discuss them about whats right and wrong about them - with a tinge of humor. You either like the Junie B series or not - I recommend highly.

My second grader LOVES Junie B. and couldn't wait to get this. Loved the format in which its written from Junie B's perspective. Loved that it has places to personalize with your kids own writing and drawings - stickers too! This would be the perfect book for your child who maybe hasn't taken a liking to reading just yet. Laugh out loud funny and makes you relive your own days of elementary school. I'll be giving these as Christmas gifts!

I love Junie B and Barbara Parks has scored again with this book. It can be read to children in a group even though there is a lot of wonderful interactive activities for a child who is reading it on their own. A new feature in this book is the clear hard plastic cover. Great for children's books. definite 5 star rating.

Very impressed with the concept--the book appears to be a school "composition" notebook containing a "guide to school," hand-written (and illustrated) by a fellow first grader. Nearly every page is hilarious. For example, there's a page on "carpooling" that describes it as "one of the biggest disappointments of my school career," and includes an illustration of "happy happy children" bathing in a pool attached to a car (of course).

What a delight to see my child sit in a chair and read the book straight through, giggling every minute or so!

My daughter loves this book. She is 7-years old. She kept reading this book for hours by herself and made the happy laugh all the time during the reading. I enjoy that moment.

We have Junie B.Jones whole set books and viedos at home. They r my daughter first chapter book. And my daughter start her first jounal just like Junie B."Dear first grade Jounal...". She use Junie B.'s words all the time. And the more important thing she got for it is how Junie B. deal with mean kids...how Junie B. got happy even from the bad things... : )

We listen the viedos on our way to her school over and over and get laugh at it again and again.

Love it. Only too sad for not 2nd grader...

Totally worth it.

Junie B. Jones books remind me so much of my daughter. This particular book (Essential Survival Guide) is hysterical! WE have been laughing and listening as our six year old writes in her journal pages and creates "new" adventures!