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Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May.)
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Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May.)

Junie B. Jones Series

Author: Barbara Park

Illustrator: Denise Brunkus

Book 25 in the Junie B. Jones series

Pages: 128

Published: 2005

Age: 6+

Ho, ho ... uh-oh!

It’s holiday time, and Room One is doing lots of fun things to celebrate. Like making elf costumes! And singing joyful songs! Only, how can Junie B. enjoy the festivities when Tattletale May keeps ruining her holiday glee? And here is the worst part of all! When everyone picks names for Secret Santa, Junie B. gets stuck with Tattletale you-know-who! It’s enough to fizzle your holiday spirit! Hmm . . . or is it? Maybe, just maybe, a Secret Santa gift is the perfect opportunity to give May exactly what she deserves.

About the Junie B. Jones Series

Books in series order

  1. 1.Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus(1992)
  2. 2.Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business(1993)
  3. 3.Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth(1993)
  4. 4.Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying(1994)
  5. 5.Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake(1995)
  6. 6.Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday(1996)
  7. 7.Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren(1996)
  8. 8.Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed(1997)
  9. 9.Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook(1997)
  10. 10.Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal(1997)
  11. 11.Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy(1998)
  12. 12.Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy(1998)
  13. 13.Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl(1999)
  14. 14.Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime(1999)
  15. 15.Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket(2000)
  16. 16.Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day(2001)
  17. 17.Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl(2001)
  18. 18.Junie B., First Grader (at Last!)(2001)
  19. 19.Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch(2002)
  20. 20.Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder(2002)
  21. 21.Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants(2003)
  22. 22.Junie B., First Grader: One-Man Band(2003)
  23. 23.Junie B., First Grader: Shipwrecked(2004)
  24. 24.Junie B., First Grader: Boo...and I Mean It!(2004)
  25. 25.Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May.)(2005)
  26. 26.Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha!(2006)
  27. 27.Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny(2007)
  28. 28.Junie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff)(2012)

Reading age: 6+ years

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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.