2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:  A teacher of grades 3 - 6, February 14, 2009
To all of you "reviewers" who have given Junie B. Jones only one star. Get off your high horse! I have had a number of children in my class who had not read a book from cover to cover until I introduced then to Junie B. Jones. These books are funny, clever and yes, risky. They challenge a young, or struggling, reader to experience something a bit different. Junie B. takes chances, though she sometimes fails, she always has her parents beside her, and they will pick her up, dust her off, and make darn sure she knows she is not alone in the business of growing up. Let's give children credit for being reasonably intelligent. They know that Junie B. is over the top, that is the fun of reading about her. I have spoken to dozens of parents who are so grateful that their children have begun to choose books on their own largely because they have been introduced to reading by Barbara Park. I fear that people who don't like the language in these books have read books (or worse, forced books upon their own children) with phony language. You wish that children would only use "nice" language, so you read your kids only safe books, very P.C., nothing bad, nothing objectionable. For goodness sake, have you never heard children talk? Of course, don't just ask a teacher, (heavens, we might have an insight that a parent doesn't) ask the children. Why are these books flying off the shelf? because children are asking for them. I love introducing Junie B. to struggling readers. They love her. Tell me, how many authors, with the exception of Beverly Clarey, write books about a five year old, that nine year olds will read? If you don't like Junie B. then take the book back to the store, shut your child in the nursery with the nanny, and buy a copy of Little Lord Fauntleroy, but for heaven's sake, stop criticizing Barbara Park. She is doing something that you, apparently, are having trouble doing, letting children laugh, and showing them a good time, while also teaching them to read. +++++++++++++++++++ |
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