Junie B., First Grader: Boo...and I Mean It!
Author: Barbara Park
Illustrator: Denise Brunkus
Book 24 in the Junie B. Jones series
Pages: 96
Published: 2004
Age: 6+
It's Halloween!
Only here's the trouble. Junie B. Jones is afraid to go trick-or-treating. "Cause what if witches and monsters are really real? And what if pumpkins with sharp teeth can eat your feet? And don't even get her started on the candy corn problem. So how is Junie B. supposed to even enjoy this scary holiday? But then-with a little help from a friend-she gets an idea for a costume guaranteed to outscare even the creepiest competition. And so maybe Halloween will turn out to be a real scream after all!
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.