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Authors: Barbara Park
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Mr. Scary did a thumbs-up. “
Excellent
glasses, Junie B. Jones,” he said.
“
Sí
,” said José. “
Excelente
!”
“Yes,” called Lucille. “I like those glasses, too, Junie B. ’Cause purple is a popular fashion color this fall.”
My heart felt cheery at that news.
I looked at May very smuggy.
“Well, yay for purple,” I said.
After Show-and-Tell was over, Mr. Scary gave us more time for our journals.
I picked up my pencil real happy. And I added two more lines.
I looked around the room and grinned.
Everything was crystal clear.
B
ARBARA
P
ARK
is one of today's funniest, most popular authors. Her middle-grade novels, which include
Skinnybones, The Kid in the Red Jacket, My Mother Got Married (And Other Disasters)
, and
Mick Harte Was Here
, have won over forty children's book awards. Barbara holds a B.S. in education from the University of Alabama. She has two grown sons and lives with her husband, Richard, in Arizona.
D
ENISE
B
RUNKUS'S
entertaining illustrations have appeared in over fifty books. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter.
Text copyright © 2001 by Barbara Park
Illustrations copyright © 2001 by Denise Brunkus
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Park, Barbara.
Junie B., first grader (at last!) /
by Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus.
p. cm. — “A Stepping Stone book.”
SUMMARY:
Junie B. thinks first grade is a flop when her kindergarten friend Lucille prefers the company of twins Camille and Chenille and Junie B. needs glasses.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89442-8
[1. Schools—Fiction. 2. Eyeglasses—Fiction. 3. Friendship—Fiction.]
I. Brunkus, Denise, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.P2197Jr 2001 [Fic]—dc21 2001019076
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