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It's a new school year, and everything is different. Junie B. Jones has a new class, a new teacher, and even some new friends. She also has a new problem--she might need to get glasses! Will Junie B. manage to convince her parents that her eyes are just fine the way they are? How important could that blurry stuff on the chalkboard be, anyway?
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 1-3-While first grade offers a whole year of exciting possibilities for Junie B., things get off to a confusing start. Feeling tentative about her new teacher, she renames him Mr. Scary. Her last year's best friend now has two new best friends and her old bus pal has a new buddy. Then, Junie's teacher discovers that she needs glasses. Now that is something to worry about. "What if Room One laughs their head off at me? What if I look like a goonie bird and no one wants to be my friend?" However, her classmates, who already agree that twins with rhyming names, a boy with a spiky gel hairdo, and bilingual Jos are fascinating, determine that Junie B. and her purple glasses are definitely cool. As always, Park is in touch with what the kids know and how they feel. A satisfying read, especially for fans.-Sharon R. Pearce, Geronimo Public School, OK (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Kindergarten Room Nine faces off against Room Eight on Field Day, with Junie B. Jones as its cutesy-obnoxious team captain. The condescending kindergarten-speak humor ("Oh no! My shoe flied right off my foot!") quickly becomes grating; the author throws in frequent winks over her protagonist's head. Caricature pencil sketches illustrate each chapter in this popular series. From HORN BOOK Spring 2002, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Starting first grade proves to be a challenge for Junie B. Jones, Park's enduring, irrepressible heroine. Junie B. is having a tough time. Not only is she nervous about starting first grade, but on her very first day of school, Lucille, Junie B.'s best friend from kindergarten, is distinctly aloof. Lucille coolly informs Junie B. that they have "already been best friends" and that now, in the name of fairness, "it's time for Camille and Chenille to get a turn." Then Grace, who sat next to Junie B. on the bus every day last year, throws her over for new friend Bobbi Jean Piper, which causes Junie B. to announce that her "bestest friends are dropping like flies." Throw in "Blabber-lips May" the obnoxious tattletale in the next seat, and it looks to Junie B. like "first grade is a flop." But Junie B.'s real problem is that she can't see the blackboard. Luckily, her on-the-ball teacher diagnoses her problem right away, sending her to the school nurse for an eye exam. With good-natured wit, Parks demystifies the process of getting glasses, also paying attention to the embarrassment and self-consciousness kids often feel when they show up at school with a new pair of specs. Although not the most amusing book in the series, fans will be happy to know that despite Junie B.'s ascent to the rigors of first grade, Park's feisty, funny heroine retains her trademark use of language, mirthful malapropisms, and essential larger-than-life personality. (Fiction. 6-9)
Booklist Review
Gr. 2-3. Nervous as she enters her first-grade classroom, Junie B. Jones is overjoyed to see Lucille, her best friend from kindergarten. Lucille soon squashes her exuberance quite flat, declaring, "You and I can still be friends, Junie B. Just not on a regular basis." Soon a new problem arises, when Junie B. gets glasses for the first time but feels reluctant to put them on in class. With unexpected support from new friends, however, she gains acceptance, even with her new purple glasses, and begins to think that she might like school after all. The inclusion of passages from Junie's school journal doesn't quite ring true. She is after all, a beginning first-grader. Still, Junie herself is completely convincing. Just as fresh and funny as the previous books in the series, this one, taking Junie B. into the elementary grades, opens up new possibilities for the popular series. To be illustrated. --Carolyn Phelan