Jones, First Grader (at Last)! (2001), Junie has finally graduated from kindergarten and begins first grade.
Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl (1999), and Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake (1995), Junie B. Other early books in the series included Junie B. Children enjoyed reading about Junie’s family, friends, and rivals, as well as her misadventures, so Park kept on creating more stories. After a few other stand-alone books, Park began telling the story of spirited, talkative kindergartner Juniper Beatrice “Junie B.” Jones in 1992 with Junie B.
Aimed at preteens, the books addressed weighty subjects with humor. In 1969 she married Richard Park.īarbara Park’s first published books were Don’t Make Me Smile (1981), about a boy whose parents are getting a divorce, and Operation: Dump the Chump (1982), about sibling rivalry. Park intended to teach history and political science in high school, but she changed her mind after a disastrous time spent student teaching seventh graders. She went to Rider College in New Jersey for two years before attending the University of Alabama, from which she graduated in 1969 with a teaching degree. By the time of Park’s death in 2013, these beginning-reader chapter books had sold more than 55 million copies in the United States and Canada.īarbara Lynne Tidswell was born on April 21, 1947, in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Jones books, which follow the humorous antics of a young grade-school girl. She was best known for her series of Junie B. American children’s author Barbara Park wrote more than 50 books during her career.
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