Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
Author: Barbara Park
Illustrator: Denise Brunkus
Book 1 in the Junie B. Jones series
Pages: 68
Published: 1992
Age: 6+
Remember when it was scary to go to school? 'Cause it was your first day and you didn't know anything.
It's Junie B.'s first school day, and she hates the bus because her new friend Lucille warns her "she will get chocolate milk poured on her head." Junie's so scared of the bus and the big meanies on it that when it's time to go home, she doesn't . . .
About the Junie B. Jones Series
Books in series order
- 1.Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus(1992)
- 2.Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business(1993)
- 3.Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth(1993)
- 4.Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying(1994)
- 5.Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake(1995)
- 6.Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday(1996)
- 7.Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren(1996)
- 8.Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed(1997)
- 9.Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook(1997)
- 10.Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal(1997)
- 11.Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy(1998)
- 12.Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy(1998)
- 13.Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl(1999)
- 14.Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime(1999)
- 15.Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket(2000)
- 16.Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day(2001)
- 17.Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl(2001)
- 18.Junie B., First Grader (at Last!)(2001)
- 19.Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch(2002)
- 20.Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder(2002)
- 21.Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants(2003)
- 22.Junie B., First Grader: One-Man Band(2003)
- 23.Junie B., First Grader: Shipwrecked(2004)
- 24.Junie B., First Grader: Boo...and I Mean It!(2004)
- 25.Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May.)(2005)
- 26.Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha!(2006)
- 27.Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny(2007)
- 28.Junie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff)(2012)
Reading age: 6+ years
Remember when it was scary to go to school? 'Cause it was your first day and you didn't know anything. Meet Junie B. (short for Juniper Beatrice) Jones, kindergartner.
Junie likes: Her grampa Frank Miller and his lovely wife Helen, her Mother and Daddy (sometimes), her bestest friend Herbert (all the time!), pasketti and meatballs, and cheese sandwiches.
Junie dislikes: Tattletale May. Also, roosters . . . and clowns . . . and ponies that stomple you to death.
With more than 50 million books in print, Barbara Park's best-loved chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for over 20 years!
Junie's cheeky attitude and hilarious antics will appeal young readers who like the Judy Moody books by Megan McDonald and Lauren Child's Clarice Bean series.