Junie B. Jones And Her Big Fat Mouth (1993) - Plot & Excerpts
Children can be cruel, and as Junie B. finds out in this book. The students in Room Nine are having Job Day, and Junie B. has no idea what she wants to be. The rest of the class will never let her live it down. She's showing herself not to be as bright or well spoken as some of the other kids in her class and it's starting to become a challenge for her.While the grammar is horrible and Junie B.'s attitude is really bad, this book is yet another that deals with issues kids her age have to go through. She's dealing with the way other kids can be, mean and not terribly understanding. They're mean to Junie B. because she doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up, and when she finally decides, they're ready to laugh at her over that, even though there's nothing wrong with her aspirations, as all of them later see.I've heard a lot of parents questioning whether or not the Junie B. books are a good book for children. Many parents say they edit the grammar as they're reading it, or they don't want to read the books because they're afraid their children will start to act like Junie B. The truth is all of these challenges don't have to be challenges. Exemplify proper grammar with your children and read them a variety of books, not just these ones. Offer them plenty to learn proper grammar from and they'll learn it even with the occasional lapses into poor grammar with the Junie B. books. As for children acting out like Junie B. that's all on the parents. A child might try out Junie B.'s attitude to see if it's a good fit, but part of being a parent is discouraging bad behavior. It's important to teach children that such behavior is okay for fantasy or make-believe, but it's not an okay way to interact to the world. It's easy to point out examples from the story of adults and other children not being receptive to her bad behavior. Most kids aren't going to enjoy being treated the way Junie B. is treated for her bad attitude.
I chose Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth for contemporary realistic fiction. In this book Junie B. Jones is told to think of what she wants to be for Job Day at her school. She doesn't know what she wants to be so she decides she wants to be a janitor, a painter and someone who saves the world. A little boy on the bus tells her there is no such job and she yells at him with her loud mouth. Her mouth is always getting her in trouble in school, at home with her new baby brother and with her friends. She even got punished in school for running her mouth. When she came in for job day and said she wanted to be a janitor the class laughed at her. Then the schools janitor came in and told the class about his job and everyone thought it was cool.The general age range for this book i would say would be primary. On the back of the book it says the reading level is 2.1 which is second grade and one month, and primary is 5-8. There weren't a whole lot of pictures in this book but there was some everyone once in a while on a full page. The pictures are in black and white, and they look sketched. The shapes of the pictures are realistic. The style of art i would say would be representational art because the pictures in the book are realistic depictions of characters and objects.I think this book should be read to a young audience. I remember i was read a lot of Junie B. Jones when i was in second grade. Its a great book for kids to relate too, because in the book Junie B. has a new baby brother and her mother is paying more attention to the baby then her and she gets mad and kids can relate to that because they may have a new baby in the family and may feel the same way as Junie B.
What do You think about Junie B. Jones And Her Big Fat Mouth (1993)?
Junie B. Jones and her Big Fat Mouth is a very funny short story. Junie B. Jones is in kindergarten and her teacher announces that her class is going to do job day in a couple days. Everyone has to dress up like what they want to be when they grow up. Except Junie B. has a problem. She has no idea of what she wants to be when she grows up. So when she gets home form school, she runs in the house yelling she needs help. Her mom is in the nursery, however, so she cannot help Junie right away. Juni
—Becky Schroeder
The Junie B. Jones series is quite comical. Junie B. Jones does things her own way and she is lives a very interesting life. Junie B. Jones has an attitude and a care free spirit. She does what she wants and she has a unique way of looking at things. In Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth the book starts out when she is in Kindergartener and she is punished because of her mouth. In her classroom they are having a career day and everyone but Junie knows exactly what they want to be. Junie goes on and during recess she sees a piece of candy on the ground. The janitor sees her put the candy in her mouth and tells her to spit it out. After that she decides she wants to be janitor. She tells her class that she now knows what she wants to be, and they laugh at her. Junie wasn't happy about this and it really just made her feel kind of bad. It goes on and she becomes friends with the janitor. Junie's teacher feels bad for Junie so she invites the Janitor to the class to tell them what he does. The illustrations in the book describe Junie perfectly. Her hair is messy and she has the look on her face that you imagine as you read the books. I would recommend these books to young readers and I would use them in my third grade classes.
—Jessica Maynard
It’s Job Day at Junie B.’s Kindergarten class. But what job is Junie B. going to pick? She already told everyone on the bus that she was going to be something fabulous so she better think of something. She decides to be something that her class said only boys could be. I like this book because it sheds a light on other job than just the typical Doctor or lawyer. Students should have all options open to them, and teachers are the one that can show more opportunities. This could be a good lesson on how girls and boys can do the same jobs.
—Kayla Spohr
