THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES WITH OVER 80 MILLION COPIES SOLD • Junie B. Jones is team captain of Room Nine's field day in the hit chapter book series that keeps kids laughing and "makes reading fun" (Dav Pikey, author of Dog Man).
"Junie B. is the darling of the young-reader set."-USA Today
Meet the World's Funniest Kindergartner-Junie B. Jones! Afternoon kindergarten is having a field day, and Junie B. is the captain of Room Nine's team! She even gets to wear a fancy superhero cape! Only, being captain doesn't mean bossing people around like Junie B. expected. Instead, her job is to cheer on her classmates. But being cheerful isn't so easy when Room Eight keeps winning events. As Captain Field Day, will Junie B. find a way to lead her team to victory? Or will it be up to someone else to save the day?
From acclaimed author Barbara Park, this hilarious series-starring the wittiest, sassiest kindergartener around-is sure to be laugh-out-loud fun for the whole family!
Junie B. Jones is now starring in her own graphic novels, starting with Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus and Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business!
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BARBARA PARK is best known as the author of the wildly popular New York Times bestselling Junie B. Jones series, which has kept kids (and their grown-ups) laughing-and reading-for over two decades. Beloved by millions, the Junie B. Jones books have been translated into multiple languages and are a time-honored staple in elementary school classrooms around the world. Barbara once said, "I've never been sure whether Junie B.'s fans love her in spite of her imperfections…or because of them. But either way, she's gone out into the world and made more friends than I ever dreamed possible." Barbara Park is also the author of award-winning middle grade novels and bestselling picture books, including Skinnybones, Mick Harte Was Here, and Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here! Barbara Park was born in New Jersey in 1947 and spent most of her adult life in Arizona, where she and her husband, Richard, raised two sons. Barbara died in 2013, but her legacy lives on in the laughter her books give to readers all over the world.