Junie B. Joness Third Boxed Set Ever! (Books 9-12)

The mother of the 7 year old girl I bought these books for said her daughter loves them. She started ready them right away.

My daughter is an avid reader, and burned through this entire series. She was excited to be able to talk about the books with her friends on the playground. She soaked it all up like a sponge: and then, every other sentence out of her mouth began incorporating Junie B.s immature grammar. Barbara Park definitely gets how kindergarteners and first graders talk and think, and as a first-person series, dialogue as well as narration is all from Junie B.s perspective. Its HORRIBLE. If the narration were written properly, it might combat the spoken language a bit; but its not. Im not even covering the questionable situations and motivations in the books. I call the series the Twinkies of childrens literature because sure, kids love it, but is it really what you want them to be reading?

These are my great granddaughters favorite.

Another Great series a+

My daughter loves this author and has read all the books unfortunately they are to easy for her she’s in third grade and needs something more challenging

Our 6 year old has read the entire set. Really relates to the Junie B. character. Has grown up with her.

My First grade daughter loves the books.

Great feedback for introduction to early second graders and begging 3rd grade

Some of the storylines are half-acceptable if you can get past the barrage of bad grammar and poorly formed sentences. For the life of me I do not understand why someone would write childrens stories that use bad grammar and teach improper English. What is the point of that? Do 6-9 yr old kids speak this way? No, they do not, or at least they should be taught not to. Not to mention the behavior that is being taught... Does the author speak this way? Does her children speak and behave this way? I hope not. I feel sorry for the parents who think these are nice books and that they describe acceptable behavior. Please do yourself (and your child) a big favor and look elsewhere for prose. There are countless wonderful books out there. Good luck.

Any books is good book for young minds