A terrible thinghappened to Junie B. Jones! And it's called -- someone took her newblack furry mittens! And they kept them! They didn't even put themin the Lost and Found at school. So when Junie B. finds a wonderfulpen on the floor, she should be allowed to keep it, too. Right?That's fair. Right? Right?
From School Library Journal
Grade 2-3?Junie's kindergarten classmates convince her that aninvisible monster lives under her bed. Her parents and grandmotherare unable to convince her otherwise until Junie hits upon the ideaof putting her unflattering school picture under the bed tofrighten the monster. In Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook, the littlegirl discovers that "finders keepers losers weepers" is not anappealing philosophy when she loses the special gloves hergrandfather gave her and the child who finds them doesn't take themto the lost and found. Junie's first-person narration is sprinkledwith deliberate grammatical errors and misunderstood word usage inan attempt to show a five-year-old's viewpoint ("I runned home,""They got stoled on purpose."). Precocious use of sophisticatedlanguage is also used to achieve an intended humorous effect. Theblack-and-white, full- and half-page illustrations reflect Junie'scockeyed view of the world and will help attract beginningchapter-book readers. The issues the child is dealing with areright on target for the intended age group, but Junie's personalityis more annoying than endearing and the humor lacks freshness andspontaneity. Buy where the series is popular.
【作者简介】
Barbara Park is one of today's funniest, most popular writersfor middle grade readers. Her novels, which include Skinnybones,Mick Harte was Here, Maxie, Rosie, and Earl-Partners in Grime,Rosie Swanson: Fourth-Grade Geek for President, and The Graduationof Jake Moon have won just about every award given by children. Sheis also the author of the hilarious and bestselling Junie B. Joneschapter books. Recent books about Junie include Junie B., FirstGrader (at last!) and Junie B., First Grader: Boss ofLunch.
Ms. Park earned a B.S. degree in education at the University ofAlabama. She lives in Arizona with her husband and has two grownsons.
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