Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business is written by Barbara Park and illustrated by Denise Brunkus

Children's Novel

2nd - 4th Grade

3.5 out of 5

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business is about a little girl, Junie B. Jones, and her life. This book is in a series. In this book her mother has a baby, leaving her with a baby brother. Through a misunderstanding she thinks that her little brother is a monkey and tells her class during show and tell, which causes excitement and confusion at school.

This book is a very good book for little girls. I think that it was funny and had a good plot. I liked how the book is written from a young girl's perspective, Junie B. Jones, making it more fun to read and making her come to life. This also added to the energy of the book because not everything was correct grammar but it made it more realistic, however, this could be confusing for young students because they have been told different ways to write and read. It was a very easy read. It was not too long and the font was bigger. There was also pictures every couple pages keeping the book from dragging on. With Junie B. herself telling the story it is easy for us to feel and understand her emotions or jealousy, fear, and misunderstanding. Once thing that I did not like about this book is that Junie B. Jones has such an attitude. She interrupts her parents and teachers without being told that she is being disrespectful.


I do not think that Junie B. Jones is a book that would be good for use in classroom curriculum but I think that it is an appropriate book to have in the classroom library or school library because it is easy and fun to read. This is good because students will read best when it is something that they enjoy. I got to read part of this book with a 2nd grade student and she loves this series. She thought that it was really funny. I really liked listening to her read it because she was able to show such enthusiasm with the voices. She was also able to relate because she has a younger sister. Throughout reading we were able to talk about her little sister and what it was like when she joined their family.