Summary
JUNIE B. JONES IS NOT A CROOK, #9:
A terrible thing happens when someone takes Junie B.'s new black furry mittens! And they keep them! So when Junie B. finds a wonderful pen on the floor, she should be allowed to keep it, too. Right? That's fair. Right? Right?
JUNE B. JONES IS A PARTY ANIMAL, #10:
Lucille is having a sleepover party--at her richie nanna's big giant house!
JUNIE B. JONES IS A BEAUTY SHOP GUY, #11:
What's the bestest job ever? A beauty shop guy, that's what!
JUNIE B. JONES SMELLS SOMETHING FISHY, #12:
There's going to be a pet day at school, only guess what? No dogs allowed! And that's the only kind of pet Junie B. has! If Mother and Daddy won't buy her a new pet, Junie B. will just have to find one on her own.
JUNIE B. JONES IS ALMOST A FLOWER GIRL, #13:
When Junie B. isn't picked as a flower girl in her Aunt Flo's wedding, she can still find some way to get some attention!
JUNIE B. JONES AND THE MUSHY GUSHY VALENTINE, #14:
It's a mushy gushy mystery when Junie B. Jones gets a big, mushy card from a secret admirer!
JUNIE B. JONES HAS A PEEP IN HER POCKET, #15:
It's almost the end of the school year, and Room Nine is taking a field trip to a farm!
JUNIE B. JONES IS CAPTAIN FIELD DAY, #16:
Afternoon kindergarten is having a field day, and Junie B. Jones is team captain!
Barbara Park was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey on April 21, 1947. She spent her first two years of college at Rider University in New Jersey before receiving a B.S. degree from the University of Alabama.
She began writing children's books after she had children of her own. In a career that began in 1982, she published over 50 books including Don't Make Me Smile, Operation: Dump the Chump, Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here!, Skinnybones, and The Kid in the Red Jacket. She was best known for her 28-book Junie B. Jones series which was first published in 1992. She won seven Children's Choice Awards and four Parents' Choice Awards.
She helped found a charitable organization, Sisters in Survival, to raise money for women with ovarian cancer. She died from ovarian cancer on November 15, 2013 at the age of 66.
(Bowker Author Biography)