Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren (1996) - Plot & Excerpts
Junie B. and her friend Grace were waiting for their friend Lucille before school bevcause they were waiting for her to play horses with them. They didn't see her anywhere until they spotted her being chased by a new evil boy. Junie B. and Grace chased that boy and shooed him away, in that moment Lucille told them that he was not an evil boy, his name was Warren and he was very handsome, Junie B. and Grace looked at him and wanted him to be their boyfriend. Lucille got very mad at them and went away. In their class, Junie B. wanted to be friends again with Lucille because Junie B. wanted to meet Warren, Junie B. showed Lucille that she was a big fat pig and thqat she was a princess soi there was no way she was going to steal Warren away from her. At reccess, Lucille introduced Warren to Junie and Grace, Junie B. covered her eyes and started laughing and rolling around for no reason. Warren though she was a nutball and went away with Lucille and Grace. Mrs. whistled so that everyonje could come in for class when, Lucille and Grace came to pick up Junie B. because she was still roling on the floor. Junie B. started thinking about why Warren had called her a nut ball meanwhile Lucille and Grace were fighting about Warren, Grace said she could love anyone she wanted meanwhile Lucille said she promised that she wouldn't steal Warren away from her.Junie kept on thinking about Warren and her being a nutball that she didn;t talk in the whole rest of the day nit even on the bus until Grace told her that she knew why Warren had called her like that, because she really was a nutball who rolled around the floor. The next day was Saturday, Junie B. gave all her sugar cereal to her dog and then he threw up, her mom and dad got really mad at her and Jnuie B. started eating cereal fibers all day and Sunday until Monday. In the bus, Junie B. showed Grace how calmed she was and how Warren could love her now, Grace got mad at that. The bus stopped and Junie B. ran towards Handsome Warren but, Grace showed Warren how fast she could run and Lucille showed him her new velvet dress, then, Junie B. showed him how she could sleep on the ground for him to see how calm she was, Warren made the cuckoo sign and left with Lucille and Grace. That night at dinner with her family, Junie knew how to make Warren love her, she had to have princess dress and running shoes to run fast. She told her mom to hurry up because they were going to the mall. Her mom disagreed when Junie B. saw a velvet ribbon on ateddy bear and in that moment, she knew that maybe she might have princess clothes in her house.
Plot:In this book, Junie gets a new boy in her class and all the girls think he the cutest boy they have ever seen. When Junie first sees this boy, he is chasing her friend around the park. Junie gets so jealous she ran up to the boy, but when she got to him, she got so nervous that she fell on the ground and started laughing really loud. When Warren saw her doing this he called her a nut and walked away with Junies other friends. After they where gone, she was really sad and did not talk to anybody for the rest of the day. The next day, one of her friends showed Warren how pretty her dress was and her other friend showed him how fast she could run. Warren was very impressed with those things so Junie walks in front of him, lays on the ground, and says she was taking a nap so she could show him that she could be calm and was not nuts. He found this even crazier and walked away again. Then, the next day she came to school with a princess dress and her super fast shoes on and showed Warren that she was just like her friends. After she showed him everything she could do, he said they could be friends and she was very happy.Characterization:The main character in this book is Junie Jones and she is a crazy little girl. In this book her emotions go from being in awe from seeing handsome Warren to being mad and jealous all at once. Junie is also really happy at the end because all of her hard work paid off to get Warren to like her.Audience:I would recommend this book to any one first grade through middle school. This book is a easier reading level and it is told from the point of view of a girl around that age. I also think that either a girl or boy would like this book because it is funny.Personal Response:I give this book a 4 out of 5 stars. I really liked this book and all of the other Junie B. Jones books I have read because they are funny and I can relate to having crushes being that age.
What do You think about Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren (1996)?
This book was just the right level for me (a French student), so I enjoyed it. It wasn't frustrating, and the subject matter was cute. I even learned a few French knock-knock jokes! I read in previous reviews that the English books used incorrect grammar to emulate a kindergartener's voice, and it was irritating to the reader (as it would be to me, since you're more than likely reading to/with a child still learning grammar rules). I'm now wondering if that same emulation happened in this book. As a French Language Learner, it would be hard for me to tell. Some of the words were in italics to show that they were misspelled/misused on purpose, but aside from those words I didn't notice any grammatical errors, which makes me a little nervous.I will definitely read more of the French Junie B. books because it was so simple to get through, and not so boring that I couldn't make myself finish it.
—Dee
While as an adult I found it highly annoying to read this book I think I can understand why some children would like to read it. Junie B. Jones does some things children would think are hilarious. I'm sure some kindergarteners have horrible grammar like Junie B. Jones and I know Barbara park wrote the book that way on purpose but as an adult I found it to be an odd juxtaposition of funny and downright annoying. Looking beyond that I did laugh as Junie B. Jones tries to get Handsome Warren to love her just like he loves her friends. I'd probably keep a few of these Junie B. Jones books around my library for the children just starting chapter books.
—Amanda Cone
Junie B. thinks Warren is the cutest boy in school, but it's going to be awfully tough to get his attention when her two best friends are also interested in him. Will she have to stand out by dressing up beautiful, or beating out her friends to get to him? Junie B. will find a way. And maybe all she has to do is be a friend to him.Little kids sure start this competition over significant others early, don't they? She wouldn't know what to do with him if she got him, you know? The book has a good moral--people will like you if you are nice to them, not if you try to impress them--but the problem I had with this book was the frequent forced delivery. The "but guess what?" interjections were enjoyably realistic, but sometimes Junie B.'s observations seem silly in a way that an adult would make up instead of what a child would organically interpret.
—Julie Decker
