TITLE: Junie B. Jones is a Graduation Girl
AUTHOR AND
ILLUSTRATOR: Barbra Park and Denise Brunkus
GENRE: Realistic Fiction
THEME: Manners and growing up
AWARDS: This book has no awards.
CHARACTERS: This book has Junie, her friends, her family, her teacher, and the principal.
PUBLISHING DATE AND COMPANY: This book was published by Random House in 2001.
SUMMARY: This book is all about Junie B. Jones growing up, and moving on from kindergarten. She misbehaves in class, and has worries about moving onto the first grade. She gets sent to the principal for not listening to the teacher. When the teacher sends home the children's graduation cap and gowns, she tells them to not open the box because then it will get the white gown dirty. Of course, Junie B. doesn't listen, and ends up with a whole slew of things down the front of her gown.
I would use this book when reading to a group of first or second graders, to let them know it is normal to be nervous about moving onto a new step in life. It can be hard, and it is important to listen to the adults in your life, but this book teaches them they can do it.
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