Junie B. Jones and her big fat mouth by Barbara Park

Author: Barbara Park

Title: Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Date: 1993

Reading Level: 4-8

Number of Pages: 80

Genre: Fiction Chapter book

Summary of plot: In this book Junie B. Jones is in kindergarten she explains all the different rules about being in kindergarten and talks about her friends. One day Mrs. (her teacher) gets up in from of the class to announce something really important and that was that they are going to have a Job Day. But Junie B. has a tendency to be really loud and talks before thinking and it gets her in trouble. So she gets in trouble and that makes her mad. So when she goes out to Recess she doesn't want to do anything but watch the janitors paint the trash cans. When all of a sudden she sees a red life savor on the ground and she puts it in her mouth when one of the janitors comes over and gets mad at her and tells her to spit it out. She then goes in to the classroom and they have to visitors one is a cop and the other is a dentist and they come and tell the class about their jobs. which gets everyone really excited about what jobs they want to do, except Junie B. because she still didn't know. when she got home she had the idea of a painter, a super hero and a guy who carries lots of keys. But who could that be. the next day she comes to school dressed up as a janitor and everyone makes fun of her but then in the end everyone wants to be a janitor.

Readers Reaction: I love Junie B Jones books. I was one of those students that didn't want to read when i was little so to get me to read any book was amazing and Junie B. Jones books were those books that i would read.

Potential Problems: Things aren't spelled correctly or aren't grammatically correct.

Recommendation: For students who don't really want to read.