Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Long Live Junie B. Jones

All three of our girls learned to read by reading about the adventures of Junie B. Jones.  The author, Barbara Park, sparked an interest in each of them to read another book in the series.  The girls started reading about Junie B. Jones in First Grade and her adventures made us all smile. 

The reason I am posting about Junie B. Jones today is because I read that the author, Barbara Park, passed away last week from ovarian cancer.  I cannot imagine no new books in the series.  We love Junie B. books at our house.  I'm sure that Justin will also learn to read on some of the Junie B. books.  Thank you, Barbara Park for a wonderful children's series and for giving many children a gift and love of reading about Junie B. Jones' adventures.

Take care,
Michelle

4 comments:

  1. We loved her books too and it got Maddy reading! So sorry to hear that news that she passed away.

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  2. Kamree loves them too. What sad news! :(

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  3. I was so sad to hear this news. That is one of my favorite series to teach with, the kids love them.

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