One-Man Band (Junie B. Jones #22) - Junie B. - First Grader

My daughter loves Junie B. Jones! She loves the books so much she has felt the need to read them out loud to me since I don't have time to read them myself. They're cute and surprisingly funny, and this book is no exception. It's a great price, too--it would cost more to go to the movies than to buy a Junie B. book.

I started reading this book with my daughter, she borrowed it from the library at school. I got to page 3 where it read "A boy named Roger throwed up on the floor! It was the disgustingest thing I ever saw" & I told my daughter not to take out any more books from this series from the library. Bad grammar and gross topics! If it wasn't a library book, I would have thrown it away, because it is Trash!

When I first discovered the Junie B Jones series, I thought it was a great set of books for my daughter to read. Then I really sat down with her when she was reading them, and the books are AWFUL. The grammar and word choices are a terrible example for a child to be exposed to when reading. I understand that the books are an accurate example of how a kindergartener and a first grader may speak, but I prefer my children hear and read the correct use of words as an example of how speak. We switched to Beverly Cleary classics which are just as entertaining and grammatically correct.

I can't imagine more inappropriate reading for a 5-8 year old. These books are loaded with poor grammar, individual words that are too advanced and, on top of that, they encourage bad behavior. Avoid this series.

OK. I may not consistently turn out elegant prose myself, but there is a line. This book has crossed it. Opening the book at random:

page 64: "And me and Sheldon and May...." "...too bad for me. On account of May sailed way too speedy."

page 65: "I couldn't even stay in my seat that good."

I understand that some authors phrase dialogue to convey dialect, et cetera. However, the audience for this book is kids who are still learning how to both speak and read the language. Learning awful grammar will not help them succeed.

VERRY FUNNY! I have to admit I didnt like when May was
bragging about being the santa maria in the play or when
Roger threw up. YUCK! Well it had a happy ending.
P.S. I think a mouse play is the way to go too. HA!

I didn't really enjoy this Junie B., First Grader book as much as the other ones. I read the book to my little sister, and she thought that Columbus REALLY did swim to America. Junie B said it herself: YOU CAN'T CHANGE HISTORY! Yet Columbus didn't swim to the U.S., but the Junie B's class "changed history". I'm twelve and it confused me why Junie B took the blame, and seemed to make herself look good to do that and wanted people to thank her from taking the blame to make her look good. She is such a show-off, and Renée (my little sister)got mixed-up and thought the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria really did shipwreck. And she didn't get Junie B's grammer/speech.