Junie B. Jones and The Stupid Smelly Bus

 

Junie B. Jones and The Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park is a fantastic children's book and one of many in a series of Junie B. Jones stories.  This is one of my favorite children's books, and favorite out of the series.

Junie does not want to ride the bus on the first day of school.  she heard scary stories about what happens to little kids when they ride the bus from her two friends.  So, after school instead of of riding home on the bus she hides in the teachers closet, and waits to everyone is gone.  Junie then wanders the school, and then was found by the janitor.

Barbara Parks was born on April 21, 1947 and has won an award for the books she has written.  She is the author of the Junie B. Jones series, and has also written Mike Harte was Here, and The Kid in the Red Jacket.  The award she won is the Dorothy Canfield Fisher award.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Park

Junie B. Jones is a fictional story book.

 Class activities:

Using this book in the classroom, you can have the students study the behavior of Junie.  While they read the book, you can have them list her behaviors, and words and phrases.  The students can then retell the story and act it out.

The students can also compare and contrast their own behaviors to Junie's

Junie is a very witty and adventurous girl.  Children will love to read not only this book
but the entire series!

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/junie-b-jones-lesson-plan