Junie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved And Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff) (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
1. Junie B. Jones first grade class, Mr. Scarys’ class is entering a school wide competition to see who can come up with a list of what they are most thankful for. Mr. Scary tells the class that the prize for winning is homemade pumpkin pie that the lunch lady was going to make. The students in Junie’s class starts to make a list and they realize that Mr. Scary does not approve of the things they say. But soon Mr. Scary realizes that the first graders are going to be thankful of different thins because they don’t have as much freedom as adults or older students. The class list was finished and on the last day of school before Thanksgiving they were getting ready for there classroom dinner the schools principal is pounding on there door. When the class asks what he is hanging up he tells them that they have won the contest and that they will get there prize later. When Mr. Scary asked how they won it was simply stated that this was the first time that a classroom list was a honest and genuine list that they knew they kids had thought of it all. Junie and the rest of her classmates realize that even though they all may not be friends that they could all be thankful for some of the same things. 2. 1) Prioritize Mr. Scary’s class list according to what you like the most to the least. 2) What is the most important thing that Junie learned about being thankful? 3) What might have happened if they didn’t put the things that they were really thankful for and instead put up things that people always tell them they should be thankful for? 4) How does the class list compare to your list? 5) Do you agree that they should of wont the contest with their list? Why? 3. Park, B. (2012). Juunie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff). New York: Random House. This was a read aloud with my seven year old, but I'm counting it as one of my books this year since it was a larger special edition.I personally don't care for Junie B. Jones because I think she's a little spoiled and the adults need to give her consequences for her actions, but my little girl loves them and that's really all that matters. This book had her laughing out loud several times each chapter and she's already grabbed another Junie B. book off the shelf to start asap.
What do You think about Junie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved And Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff) (2012)?
Great children's book. I adore this series. I always pick up one of these books when I need a laugh.
—Asmitakpr
It was really funny and there were some parts that were gross.
—Ghost
