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Title: Junie B. Jones is Almost Flower Girl (Junie B. Jones 13, paper) by Denise Brunkus, Barbara Park ISBN: 0-375-80038-7 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 25 May, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.82 (22 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The funniest book we have read in a long time
Comment: We read Junie B. for a children's book club my 5 year old daughter is in. Almost a Flower Girl was the first one we read and is our favorite still (after reading three or four now). This book is hilarious - I laugh as much as she does. It is easy to make it fun (I read Junie's words with a different voice - not something I usually do but so easy with these books). In between all the funny stuff, there are good points brought up (at one point Junie B. wishes on a star for the flower girl to get sick or hurt so Junie B. can step in. Her mother makes her wish a new wish. It was a great lead in for my daughter and I to discuss how to handle situations when someone else gets something you want.) This is a great book to read to 5 or 6 year old girls especially. Nothing scary (mine is in a phase where much scares her that never used to). Buy Junie B. Jones is (almost) a Flower Girl! You will love it!
Rating: 2
Summary: Junie B. Jones be the Worstest Series for Childs Ever!
Comment: "That's how come I quick hided the address book ..."
"I dialed the number speedy quick. It ringed and ringed."
"I runned right to the end of that hugie thing."
Those are some samples of the "English" your child will be exposed to when reading this particular book. Hey, there's nothing wrong with occasionally using incorrect English for stylistic reasons, but this is just crazy. Other series aimed at the same market don't read like this.
Am I missing something here? These books are targeted at 1st-3rd graders, readers just coming out of Dr. Seuss and the like. These fairly new readers are still building vocabulary and learning the nuances of English grammar by osmosis, that is, by repeated exposure to correct English. Letting them read this stuff won't help that process at all. In fact, it will get in the way.
I help out at my son's school library, and I cringe whenever a student (usually one of our weaker readers) checks out a Junie B. Jones book. Why? Because I truly believe that these books CONFUSE young readers. They don't realize that Barbara Park makes Junie B. use poor English to show how young and ignorant she is. A fair number of them don't even catch that Junie B. isn't using proper English.
Remember Steve Martin's old joke about messing up a kid by speaking incorrectly to him/her? On the first day of school, the child says, "May I mambo dogface to the banana patch?" With these books, that joke becomes less funny. It's hard enough to pick up the language without bad examples like this. Frankly, this is the educational equivalent of handing out cigarettes on the schoolyard.
With so many other, better choices out there - The Magic Tree House, The Bailey School Kids, etc., I see no reason to fill your kids' heads with this pablum.
I give this book 2 stars only because the storyline is amusing. If you want to take the time to edit the books as you read them aloud, putting them into correct English (as my son's kindergarten teachers do), then you might have some use for this book. Otherwise, avoid this entire series.
Not recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Junie B Jones is (almost) a Flower Girl
Comment: Junie B's Aunt Flo is getting married. Junie B wants to be the flower girl, but Bo is supposed to. Who will be the flower girl? Read it to find out.
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Title: Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine (Junie B. Jones, Book 14) by Denise Brunkus, Barbara Park ISBN: 0375800395 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 21 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Junie B. Jones Has a Peep In Her Pocket (Junie B. Jones 15, paper) by BARBARA PARK, DENISE BRUNKUS ISBN: 0375800409 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 23 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl by Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus ISBN: 0375802924 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day (Junie B. Jones #16) by BARBARA PARK, DENISE BRUNKUS ISBN: 0375802916 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 02 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy (Junie B. Jones 12, paper) by Barbara Park ISBN: 0679891307 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 17 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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