Author: Barbara Park
Illustrator: Denise Brunkus
Genre: Fiction
Sub-genre: Young Readers
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Date of Publication: 1993
Primary/Secondary Characters: Junie B. Jones/ Mrs., Jim, Grace, Janitor, Mom, and Dad
Theme: Lying is not a good thing.
Summary: Junie B. Jones can not figure out what she wants to be when she grows up and she has to. There is a job day at school and all the kids know what they want to be except for Junie B. she has no clue. When the other kids are talking about what they want to be Junie B. opens her big mouth and says she is going to be three different jobs in one. Junie B. now has to come up with that job so her classmates at school do not make fun of her. After helping her mom and dad at home Junie B. realizes what she wants to be , a Janitor.
Summary of how to use with students: This book could be used in class as a way to teach students that they do not need to lie because lying can get a person into more trouble. When Junie B. said that she was goin to be three different jobs she was lying and now she had to fix it all. Students should learn that if they do not lie then they will not have to do all the work trying to fix it.
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