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Junie B., First Grader: Boo...and I Mean It! (Junie B. Jones #24)
Meet the World's Funniest First Grader—Junie B. Jones!
It's Halloween! With over 50 million books in print, Barbara Park's New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for over 20 years! In the 24th Junie B. Jones book, Junie B. is afraid to go trick-or-treating. 'Cause what if witches...more
It's Halloween! With over 50 million books in print, Barbara Park's New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for over 20 years! In the 24th Junie B. Jones book, Junie B. is afraid to go trick-or-treating. 'Cause what if witches...more
Hardcover, 96 pages
Published
August 24th 2004
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published August 23rd 2004)
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I've been hearing about Junie B. books for years, but my boys never seemed interested. Someone told me about them again recently, telling me how hilarious these books are and how much her kids love them, so I picked this one up at the library to read with my daughter over Hallowe'en.
I'll start by saying that my daughter really liked this book. She was engaged and thought it was funny and enjoyed the pictures.
This was a cute story of Junie B. who is scared to go out trick or treating because a bo...more
I'll start by saying that my daughter really liked this book. She was engaged and thought it was funny and enjoyed the pictures.
This was a cute story of Junie B. who is scared to go out trick or treating because a bo...more
This book is very fun and I liked it alot. This book is about the time in halloween. This books starts when Junie B. is very happy since halloween is arriving. Paulin Alle Puffer tells her 5 scary secreats about halloween. Junie B is very scared and can not sleep. Junie's mother tells her that she need to go and buy the coustum. After several crying she goes. She says that the only way she is going is if she is going as something scary to make the monsters have fear. She decideds to go as a clow...more
I skipped quite a few books since the last one; Junie now has glasses and a baby brother. But she’s still wildly inappropriate and nearly adult in her diction, and funnier than ever. This time around, she’s afraid of Halloween, so decides to dress up as the scariest thing she can think of: a clown. Specifically, Screamy the Clown. Only no one seems be scared of her, it seems, and she gets fruit instead of candy on her first outing, even though she did not say “trick or fruit.”
As always, I though...more
As always, I though...more
SKIP THE FIRST 2 PARAGRAPHS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE REVIEW!
Okay honestly, I would have finished the Junie B Jones serious if I hadn't turned 9 by the time she became a first grader...so I forced myself to stop at this book.
I gave away ALL my Junie B. Jones books a couple years ago, and let me tell you, it was A LOT HARDER than I ever imagined it could be!
I love this little girl! I grew up with her antics and shenanigans and her "My name is Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice..." (straig...more
Okay honestly, I would have finished the Junie B Jones serious if I hadn't turned 9 by the time she became a first grader...so I forced myself to stop at this book.
I gave away ALL my Junie B. Jones books a couple years ago, and let me tell you, it was A LOT HARDER than I ever imagined it could be!
I love this little girl! I grew up with her antics and shenanigans and her "My name is Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice..." (straig...more
-RANDOM HOUSE,Junie B. Jones,level 2.3
-Time:10/7=105minutes
-7-word summary:girl-scared-Halloween-clown-screamed-father-surprised
-Discussion questions:
1.This story is about Halloween. If you have opportunities to wear costumes, do you want to wear?
-Yes, because it may be interesting. If I wear a costume alone, I might be ashamed but if many people wear costumes, it will be fun.
2.The main character had a weak point. Do you have any weak point?
-Yes, I hate high places very much since I was a child...more
-Time:10/7=105minutes
-7-word summary:girl-scared-Halloween-clown-screamed-father-surprised
-Discussion questions:
1.This story is about Halloween. If you have opportunities to wear costumes, do you want to wear?
-Yes, because it may be interesting. If I wear a costume alone, I might be ashamed but if many people wear costumes, it will be fun.
2.The main character had a weak point. Do you have any weak point?
-Yes, I hate high places very much since I was a child...more
I think this is my third or fourth Junie B. Jones book. And thankfully this version had less grammatical errors (or it felt like it to me - the author likes to "talk" like a child and the writing is usually purposefully filled with mistakes, which as an avid reader drives me crazy).
My niece is 6 and has fallen in love with Junie B. Jones. She takes these books out almost every week from her school library.
The character is cute. This particular story was about Halloween. Junie had been told a bun...more
My niece is 6 and has fallen in love with Junie B. Jones. She takes these books out almost every week from her school library.
The character is cute. This particular story was about Halloween. Junie had been told a bun...more
This book is, almost literally, filled with non-stop laughs from start to finish. I'm not talking about little chuckles, either; Boo...and I Mean It! is one of the funniest books that Barbara Park has ever written. Junie B. is at the top of her comedy game here, having me quite literally rolling on the floor in laughter at certain points during the lively narrative.
I would gladly recommend this book to anyone, but especially to those readers who are fans of Junie B. Jones's humor, and want to...more
I would gladly recommend this book to anyone, but especially to those readers who are fans of Junie B. Jones's humor, and want to...more
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Jun 07, 2011
Laura
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-read-aloud,
library-books
My children are big fans of Junie B. Jones and often bring these books home from the library. This is my favorite of the series so far. (Not that we read them in lock-step order.) It treats Junie B.'s fear of Halloween and clowns -- which she deals with by deciding to *be* a clown for Halloween. Barbara Park's sensitive yet light-hearted expression of a 7-year-old's view of the world worked especially well in this story. Though I don't adore all the JBJ books, as a series for elementary schooler...more
Jan 19, 2010
Teri
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
2009,
halloween-children
I love these books. Will put a smile on your face that stays there as you continue to read. So funny.
Junie has been told some things about Halloween that make her afraid of it. Because of this she doesn't want to go trick-or-treating. Her father is away trying to get a job and she is home alone with her mother and little brother and the grands. She decides that the best way to be safe on Halloween is to dress up as the thing that scares her the most...a clown! But the clown doesn't scare anyone and she is scared. But after falling asleep with her makeup on her father comes in and gets scared by...more
Dec 11, 2009
Sarah Sammis
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
borrowed,
read-in-2009
Over all I like the Junie B. Jones series of books. I've read a few from the original series when she was in kindergarten and now a few here and there from her year in first grade. The series suffers from an inconsistent character development. Junie B. seems to take on character traits to fit a comedic moment and then lose them again by the next book.
In Junie B., First Grader: Boo and I Mean It! it's Halloween and Junie B. wants no part of it. Apparently she's now scared of the holiday because o...more
In Junie B., First Grader: Boo and I Mean It! it's Halloween and Junie B. wants no part of it. Apparently she's now scared of the holiday because o...more
Ah…more Junie B Jones. This time she has the dilemma of getting a Halloween costume. By reading this book I learned that candy corn is not really corn. Crap.
Anyways, I remember some extremely humiliating Halloweens. I don’t know if other people cared as much as I did, but it still shocks me that our house never got egged. Let me first share with you the Halloween that my mom decided, along with our dentist, that she would hand out mini-tubes of toothpaste instead of candy. I don’t understand wh...more
Anyways, I remember some extremely humiliating Halloweens. I don’t know if other people cared as much as I did, but it still shocks me that our house never got egged. Let me first share with you the Halloween that my mom decided, along with our dentist, that she would hand out mini-tubes of toothpaste instead of candy. I don’t understand wh...more
It took me 28 minute to read the whole book.
child-Halloween-afraid-costume-scare-ghosts-safe
Discussion Question 1: What costume would you wear to a Halloween Party? I would something I made myself. Last year I went as an i-phone.
Discussion Question 2: Junie is afraid of ghosts? What have you been afraid of? My answer: Yesterday, I saw a really long snake. I was afraid it might be a "mamushi"
I thought this was a really cute book. She wants to be scary, so she dressed as a clown.
child-Halloween-afraid-costume-scare-ghosts-safe
Discussion Question 1: What costume would you wear to a Halloween Party? I would something I made myself. Last year I went as an i-phone.
Discussion Question 2: Junie is afraid of ghosts? What have you been afraid of? My answer: Yesterday, I saw a really long snake. I was afraid it might be a "mamushi"
I thought this was a really cute book. She wants to be scary, so she dressed as a clown.
The 24th installment of the Junie B. Jones series. Junie B. is now a first grader and afraid of Halloween. She decides to dress as Squirty the Clown, since he was the scariest clown her family ever met. That way she can scare away any monsters she may see on Halloween. This book has cute illustrations and some parts have a journal in kid-style printing (and spelling). Junie B. is pretty funny, and these series would be great for reading aloud to early elementary school grades.
A boy in Kindergarten told her "Five Scary Secrets" about Halloween...which are making Junie B. scared by the minute. So she tries to find ways to avoid Halloween and the scary things that is until she decides to scare the "scary" things first. But with help from her stuffed elephant, she gets the funniest idea for a costume to scare away real witches and monsters she thinks will come after her during Trick-or-Treating.However, book has a happy ending.
Aug 18, 2011
Jocelyn
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
anyone who likes Junie B
Recommended to Jocelyn by:
noone
This book is about Junie B Jones. It takes place the day before Halloween and on the day of Halloween. At first she is afraid of Halloween, but she overcomes her fear. Her baby brother helps her by being a funny cow. The boy who has 5 scary secrets does not help her at all. She and her Mom yell at each other in the costume store. Halloween is a good and bad day for Junie B Jones.
In this book Junie B. is in search of a Halloween costume that will scare off all the real witches and monsters that come out on Halloween. She has the perfect idea for her costume but must make do with the materials in the costume shop. In true Junie B. fashion her plans don’t work out quite as well as she wanted, leaving her vulnerable while trick-or-treating.
Forced to read these books by my overly-interested 1st grader, I find them all to be about tolerable due to Junie B.'s bad attitude. This book is set during Halloween, a holiday that junie B. has some issues with---oh gosh, she has issues all over the place, doesn't she!? Girls enjoyed it. Sarcasm alert: can't wait to see what next title we'll be reading!
10/22,20min. 10/24, 30min. 10/26,20min.10/ 28 , 15min.
7 summary, Halloween, costume, afraid, buying, squirty,
discussion
1, What costume do you want to wear at Halloween party?
I want to wear black cat:p
2, Tommorow is Halloween, so what are you planing for Halloween?
I'm going to do little cute Halloween party (^-^)/
7 summary, Halloween, costume, afraid, buying, squirty,
discussion
1, What costume do you want to wear at Halloween party?
I want to wear black cat:p
2, Tommorow is Halloween, so what are you planing for Halloween?
I'm going to do little cute Halloween party (^-^)/
I picked this book up from the library to try with my boys. They LOVE Junie B! I have to admit I do too. What a funny kid! I asked my boys what they love most about Junie B and they say because its funny. It's so hard to find things younger kids like to read. And "funny" seems to get their attention! :)
Random House
BARBARA PARK
L.R:2.3
about 1hours
boy, elementary school, halloween, monsters, scary, disguise
This story is about halloween. Do you believe the ghost?
Yes, I do. I feel that someone is here my room sometimes.
Do you hate or be fearful ghost?
Yes. Especially, after I watched horror movie.
BARBARA PARK
L.R:2.3
about 1hours
boy, elementary school, halloween, monsters, scary, disguise
This story is about halloween. Do you believe the ghost?
Yes, I do. I feel that someone is here my room sometimes.
Do you hate or be fearful ghost?
Yes. Especially, after I watched horror movie.
I love Junie B Jones so I read this book in the hopes of finding a cute halloween story to read aloud at an event. I was a little disappointed in this one though. It was not nearly as cute or true to a child as earlier books have been. It was still enjoyable, but not something I will be reading aloud.
title: Junie B., First Grader: Boo.. and I mean it (contemporary realistic fiction)
author: Barbara Park
illustrator: Denise Brunkus
publisher: Random house books
date: 2004
summary: Junie is afraid to go trick-or-treating. She is such a humorous girl. Great for first graders to read!
author: Barbara Park
illustrator: Denise Brunkus
publisher: Random house books
date: 2004
summary: Junie is afraid to go trick-or-treating. She is such a humorous girl. Great for first graders to read!
The thing that I like about this book is that Junie B likes to scare people but Cinderella and the god sister think she is Creamy the Clown and she runs away from her mother because of some other Halloween things and she thinks that she will scare them but she doesn't.
This isn't my first time through this series, but I'm marking them as I read them to my kindergartner. Her face was all aglow with laughter as we read about Junie B. picking out her halloween costume, and the silly fears that Junie B. had. too much fun!
Oct 15, 2012
Cherese Vines
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
age 6+
Hilarious! Junie B. Jones is one of the most entertaining characters. Although she has a really sassy mouth that I'm not a fan of, her logic is so funny I can look past it temporarily. The ending had me laughing out loud. I enjoyed this installment.
Boo...and I Mean It! reveals that Junie B. Jones is afraid of Halloween thanks to Paulie Allen Puffer. To solve the problem, Junie B. dresses up like Squirty the Clown...what could be scarier? Younger readers will love another Junie B adventure!
I read it to my brother and I think that this is truly a little kids book. It is good for first grade and below but after that it becomes childish and boring. I do not recommend for people who are over seven years old.
Oct 22, 2011
Amanda!puertorico05b
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Amanda!puertorico05b by:
teacher in 1st grade
This book was really funny
my teacher in 1st grade recomended the book 2 me and and since then could never take my hands off of it .
my teacher in 1st grade recomended the book 2 me and and since then could never take my hands off of it .
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