Most definately the best series for little girls ever!

Junie is always funny and silly (her animal voiceovers are her at her essence), but I was so impressed with the kindness in this ending that I thought it was perfectly timed for own rising first grader. They really do grow so much during the kindergarten year, and acceptance is one of the most important lessons.

Why does Junie B. Jones have me cryin in the club?

Heartwarming ending - what idiot made these grad gowns white??? Have they never seen a child???

Junie B. Jones is about to graduate kindergarten.

At least she is becoming more mature, and less rude

Thank you, Junie B. Jones and Barbara Park, for introducing me to the joys of reading, and for showing me that graduating kindergarten was not scary, but okay, and exciting, and fun, and not an end, but the beginning of a new chapter.

I read this book and the others in kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade, and Junie B. was there with me every step of the way. No, reading these books in kindergarten did not turn me into a bratty child or stand in the way of my language acquisition. In fact, these books showed me that reading was fun, and turned me into a voracious reader. In fact, at my kindergarten graduation, I was asked to read aloud a poem to the entire graduating class and their parents. It is one of mine and my parents' proudest moments.

As I ripped through these in kinder, first, and second, I also started on A-Z Mysteries ([b:The Absent Author|2216751|The Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries, #1)|Ron Roy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1330112308l/2216751._SX50_.jpg|2222539]), Magic Tree House ([b:Night of the Ninjas|460087|Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, #5)|Mary Pope Osborne|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320529909l/460087._SX50_.jpg|2083535]), and Judy Moody ([b:Judy Moody was in a Mood. Not a Good Mood. A Bad Mood.|930612|Judy Moody was in a Mood. Not a Good Mood. A Bad Mood. (Judy Moody #1)|Megan McDonald|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320540601l/930612._SX50_.jpg|3061490]). In third and fourth grade, I discovered Captain Underpants ([b:The Adventures of Captain Underpants|207266|The Adventures of Captain Underpants (Captain Underpants, #1)|Dav Pilkey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348215410l/207266._SY75_.jpg|3234368]) and Goosebumps ([b:Welcome to Dead House|125553|Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps, #1)|R.L. Stine|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328867798l/125553._SX50_.jpg|448935]). In fifth grade, my mom got me my first Harry Potter book ([b:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone|3|Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)|J.K. Rowling|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1474154022l/3._SY75_.jpg|4640799]) and I introduced her to Animorphs ([b:The Invasion|776877|The Invasion (Animorphs, #1)|K.A. Applegate|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1456853880l/776877._SX50_.jpg|356806]). In junior high and high school, I started reading classic high fantasy ([b:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|100915|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)|C.S. Lewis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353029077l/100915._SY75_.jpg|4790821]) and some classic novels ([b:Where the Red Fern Grows|10365|Where the Red Fern Grows|Wilson Rawls|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1518702249l/10365._SY75_.jpg|115], [b:The Metamorphosis|485894|The Metamorphosis|Franz Kafka|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1359061917l/485894._SY75_.jpg|2373750], [b:Around the World in Eighty Days|54479|Around the World in Eighty Days|Jules Verne|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1308815551l/54479._SY75_.jpg|4537271], and [b:The Time Machine|2493|The Time Machine|H.G. Wells|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327942880l/2493._SY75_.jpg|3234863]). Thank you, Junie B. Jones and Barbara Park, for getting me started on this incredible journey.