Junie B. Jones

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Chapter Books

Cleary, Beverly. Ramona the Pest. William Morrow, 1968. J CLE
Ramona’s entrance into Kindergarten proves memorable for all concerned.

Concord, Ellen. Jenny Archer, Author. Little Brown, 1989. J CON
Stymied by an assignment to write her autobiography, Jenny decides to enhance her life story by using her considerable imagination.

Danziger, Paula. Amber Brown Goes Fourth. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1995. J DAN
Entering fourth grade, Amber faces some changes in her life as her best friend moves away and her parents divorce.

---. Amber Brown is Feeling Blue. G. P. Putnam’s, 1998. J DAN
Nine-year-old Amber Brown faces further complications because of her parents' divorce when her father plans to move back from Paris and she must decide which parent she will be with on Thanksgiving.

---. Amber Brown is Green With Envy. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2003. J DAN
Fourth-grader Amber Brown must make some important decisions when her mother and Max move their wedding date up and prepare to buy a house together, while her father makes some bad choices of his own.

---. Amber Brown is Not a Crayon. G. P. Putnam’s, 1994. J DAN
The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state.

---. Amber Brown Sees Red. G. P. Putnam’s, 1997. J DAN
The year that she is in the fourth grade is a difficult one for Amber, as she tries to deal with escalating telephone fights between her divorced parents and her father's impending return to take joint custody of her.

---. Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1996. J DAN
Unhappy over her parents' divorce and her mother's boyfriend Max, nine-year-old Amber finds her schoolwork suffering.

---. Forever Amber Brown. Putnam, 1996. J DAN
Amber's life has changed dramatically: her parents are divorced, her father lives in France, her best friend has moved to another state, and now her mother must decide whether to remarry.

---. You Can’t Eat Your Chicken Pox. Putnam’s, 1995. J DAN
At the end of third grade, Amber is excited about her trip with her aunt to London and Paris, where she will see her father again, but her plans change when she comes down with chicken pox.

Kline, Suzy. Herbie Jones Sails Into Second Grade. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2006. J KLI
Herbie meets a new teacher and makes a new friend on his first day of second grade.

Moss, Marissa. Amelia’s Book of Notes and Note Passing: A Note Notebook.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006. J MOS
The hand-lettered contents of a nine-year-old girl's notebook, in which she records her thoughts and feelings about notes and friendship.

Pennypacker, Sara. Clementine. Hyperion Books for Children, 2006. J PEN
While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.

Warner, Sally. No-So-Weird Emma. Viking, 2005. J WAR
Eight-year-old Emma is just beginning to like her new school when her friend Cynthia starts telling other kids that Emma is, well, a little strange.

---. Only Emma. Viking, 2005. J WAR
Third-grader Emma's peaceful life as an only child is disrupted when she has to temporarily share her tidy bedroom with four-year-old Anthony Scarpetto, a bona fide "pain in the patootie."

---. Sweet & Sour Lily. Random House, 1998. J WAR
While trying to start new friendships in the first grade, six-year-old Lily gets in trouble with her teacher, but she soon discovers that it is possible to start over again after making a mistake.

Beginning Reader

Wells, Rosemary. Be My Valentine. Yoko & friends-- school days. Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. E WEL
Yoko and her classmates welcome Juanita, a new student from Texas, to their classroom.

---. The Germ Busters. Yoko & friends-- school days. Hyperion Books for Children, 2002. E WEL
When Yoko and her classmates become sick, Mrs. Jenkins comes up with a great idea to identify who might be responsible for spreading germs.

---. Make New Friends. Yoko & friends-- school days. Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. E WEL
Yoko and her classmates welcome Juanita, a new student from Texas, to their classroom.

---. Read Me a Story. Yoko & friends-- school days. Hyperion Books for Children, 2002. E WEL
Yoko pretends she cannot read because she thinks that if her mother finds out she can, no one will read her a bedtime story.

---. The Secret Birthday. Yoko & friends-- school days. Hyperion Books for Children, 2002. E WEL
Noisy Nora finds a surprising new site for her birthday party when her mother will not let her invite all of her classmates to her house because it is too small.

Picture Books

Elliot, Laura. Hunter’s Best Friend at School. HarperCollins, 2002. E ELL
Hunter the raccoon is not sure what he should do when his best friend Stripe starts acting up at preschool.

Finchler, Judy. Testing Miss Malarkey. Walker & Co., 2000. E FIN
Although the teachers, the principal, and parents say The Test is not important, their actions tell another story.

Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum. Greenwillow Books, 1991. E HEN
Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

---. Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse. Greenwillow Books, 1996. E HEN
Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.

---. Wemberly Worried. Greenwillow Books, 2000. E HEN
A mouse named Wemberly, who worries about everything, finds that she has a whole list of things to worry about when she faces the first day of nursery school.

Lester, Helen. Hooway for Wodney Wat. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. E LES
All his classmates make fun of Rodney because he can't pronounce his name, but it is Rodney's speech impediment that drives away the class bully.

Martin, Ann, M. Rachel Parker, Kindergarten Show-off. Holiday House, 1992. E MAR
Five-year-old Olivia's new neighbor Rachel is in her kindergarten class, and they must overcome feelings of jealousy and competitiveness to be friends.

Reynolds, Peter. The Dot. Candlewick Press, 2003. E REY
Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.

Robbins, Jacqui. The New Girl and Me. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2006. E ROB
Two African American girls named Shakeeta and Mia become friends when Shakeeta boasts that she has a pet iguana and Mia learns how to help Shakeeta "feel at home" even when she is in school.