They are mean to people they really, really like.īarbara Park said, “There are those who believe that the value of a children’s book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to impose or the perfect role models it offers. They try to wink and it looks like they are hurting themselves. They argue about whether the ability to wiggle one’s ears makes a person attractive. and her friends are beyond bad or good - they are simply odd, like kids often are. Good children were rewarded and bad children were punished, often horrifically. In ye olden days of early children’s books, young protagonists were either wholly bad or sickeningly good. But it’s exactly what I love about Park’s stories.
I lack the classroom management skills to deal with that kind of enthusiasm, that’s why. I could not be a kindergarten teacher, probably. Like no to ballroom dancing, no to wild animals, and no to chainsaw juggling. Until Room 9 finds out about the Valentine’s Day party, and pandemonium ensues as they shout suggestions their poor teacher never considered having to say no to. Soon after this tiff, the girls say “a ‘pology” and do a victory skip. “You are not the boss of my words, Grace,” I said. “Didn’t you hear my voice? I just got finished telling you it has an n in it. And you are supposed to say valen tine with an n sound.” “You keep on saying valen time with an m sound.
Stop saying valen time, Junie B.,” she said. It does bother Junie B.’s best friend, Grace. There are some grownups who don’t care for Junie B.’s poor grammar, especially when she says things like “funnest” and “thinked” and “Valentimes” with an m, but it never bothered our family. Jones books, wrote, “No doubt about it…Valentine’s Day was always my favorite party of the school year.” The series was published from 1992 to 2013, written by Park and illustrated by Denise Brunkus, and I own every single book. (Caveat: Sometimes older boys pine for older girls in a similarly silly fashion.) The afternoon kindergarten class in Room 9 is about to have a Valentine’s Day party, and Jim has a mushy gushy Valentine for Junie B.īarbara Park, author of all 27 Junie B. Urn:oclc:873672575 Republisher_date 20120529065345 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120528205141 Scanner is a truth universally acknowledged that a young boy pining after a young girl will be a big meanie about it. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 21:01:24 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA180101 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor
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