History Literature / JunieBJones

* AnAesop: To some extent, some of the books have a lesson from time to time. Whether or not Junie B. takes them to heart has mixed results.
** "''Junie B. Jones and some Sneaky Peeky Spying''": Nobody is perfect, even grown ups make mistakes, teachers are people too, and mind your own business.
** "''Junie B. Jones is not a Crook''": Stealing is stealing, no matter how much you want something that isn't yours.
** "''Junie B. Jones is a Party Animal''": Living rich and fancy is not all it's cracked up to be. Sometimes, it's best to be grateful for the simple joys in one's life.
** "''Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy''": Some skills you can't just learn overnight, it takes 'years and years and years' of practice. ...Unfortunately, Junie B. [[AesopAmnesia doesn't quite learn her lesson]] and [[HereWeGoAgain still makes a grab for some safety scissors]].
** "''Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren''": Be yourself and don’t change who you are to impress people.
** "''Junie B. First Grader: Cheater Pants''": CheatersNeverProsper. The whole reason one should never cheat is so teachers can trust their students.

** In the first book after Junior B unintentionally caused the ambulance, a nurse and a police officer to come to her school after she deliberately missed the bus, Junie’s mother got very upset at her daughter and harshly scolded her rather than calmly explaining why Junie B missing the bus and calling 911 was a bad idea.

!Junie B. Jones and her books contain examples of the following:

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: In ''BOO... and I MEAN It!'', Junie B. is scared of Halloween because of five secrets that Paulie Allen Puffer told her and said that she mustn't tell anyone else:
** The first is that real monsters and witches go out trick or treating on Halloween, but everyone thinks that they're just in costume like everyone else.
** The second is that you mustn't carve pointy, sharp teeth into your pumpkin or else it will roll into your room while you are sleeping and eat your feet.
** The third is that bats like to land on your head and live in your hair.
** The fourth is that black witch cats can claw you into "shreddle."
** The final secret is that candy corn isn't really corn. Junie B. eventually comes to the conclusion that there's no way the last one can be true.

** "''Junie B. Jones and some Sneaky Peeky Spying''": Nobody is perfect, everyone makes mistakes, even grown ups, teachers are people too, and mind your own business.

''Junie B. Jones'' is a series of books aimed at elementary school audiences centered around the namesake kid protagonist, written by Barbara Park. (The "B." stands for "Beatrice," [[CharacterCatchPhrase but she doesn't like "Beatrice," she just likes "B.", and that's all.]]) The stories are told in the first person by Junie B. herself, and all of the stories in the original series also include a brief letter at the end from Park, with illustrations by Denise Brunkus. According to the series' publisher Random House, the books have collectively sold 55 million copies worldwide.

Junie B. was originally conceived as a kindergarten-age character that was NotAllowedToGrowUp, but Park changed her mind and "graduated" Junie B. to first grade, with the latter books in the series released under the banner "Junie B., First Grader". There were a total of 31 books in the series -- 17 in the original line and 11 in the "Junie B., First Grader" series, as well as 3 supplementary titles (a diary containing activity pages, a school survival guide, and a puzzle activity book).

A new book in the series was released approximately once a year from 1992 to 2007, with the "First Grader" series beginning in 2001. After the release of ''Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny'' in 2007, [[ScheduleSlip no new releases were seen]] and it was assumed that the series had ended until a new book, ''[[ThanksgivingEpisode Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff)]]'', was announced and later released in August 2012. This book would end up being the final main installment in the series, as it was revealed that Park had suffered a long battle with ovarian cancer, from which she passed away on November 15, 2013, effectively putting an end to the idea of any more new releases in the series.

''Junie B. Jones'' is a series of books aimed at elementary school audiences centered around the namesake kid protagonist, written by Barbara Park. (The "B." stands for "Beatrice," [[CharacterCatchPhrase but she doesn't like "Beatrice," she just likes "B.", and that's all.]]) The stories are told in the first person by Junie B. herself, and all of the stories in the original series also include a brief letter at the end from Park, with illustrations by Denise Brunkus.

Junie B. was originally conceived as a kindergarten-age character that was NotAllowedToGrowUp, but Park changed her mind and "graduated" Junie B. to first grade, with the latter books in the series released under the banner "Junie B., First Grader". There were a total of 27 books in the series -- 17 in the original line and 10 in the "Junie B., First Grader" series, as well as a couple of supplementary titles. These were released approximately once a year from 1992 to 2007.

After the book released that year, ''Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny'', [[ScheduleSlip no new releases were seen]] and it was assumed that the series had ended, until ''Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff)'' was announced for and later released in August 2012. It was later revealed that Park had suffered a long battle with ovarian cancer, and she passed away in November 2013, most likely putting an end to the idea of any more new releases in the series.

''Junie B. My Valentime'', marketed as a "companion book" to the 14th book in the series, ''Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime''[[note]]despite that being a "kindergarten" book, and Junie B. appearing in her "first grader" design on the cover[[/note]], was released posthumously on December 24, 2013. It was is described as containing 30 full-color cardstock valentines, 2 pages of stickers, and 9 pages of Junie B. musings on Valentine's Day.

''Junie B. Jones'' is a series of books aimed at elementary school audiences, written by Barbara Park. The "B." stands for "Beatrice," but she doesn't like Beatrice, she just likes B., and that's all. The stories are told in the first person by Junie B. herself, and all of the stories in the original series also include a brief letter at the end by Barbara Park, with illustrations by Denise Brunkus.

Junie B. was originally conceived as a character that was NotAllowedToGrowUp, but Barbara Park changed her mind on this matter and "graduated" Junie B. to first grade, with the latter books in the series released under the banner "Junie B., First Grader." There were a total of 27 books in the series, 17 in the original line and 10 in the "Junie B., First Grader" series, as well as a couple of supplementary titles. These were released approximately once a year until 2007.

[[ScheduleSlip No new releases were seen after]] ''[[ScheduleSlip Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny]]'', and it was assumed that the series had ended, until ''Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff)'' was announced for and later released in August 2012. It was later revealed that Park had suffered a long battle with ovarian cancer and she passed away in November 2013, most likely putting an end to the idea of any more new releases in the series.

The ''Junie B. Jones'' series made [=ALA=]'s list of the top 100 challenged books or books series from 2000-2009, related to [[MoralGuardians complaints]] regarding the social values taught by the books and that Junie B. Jones is a poor role model, due to her poor spelling & grammar and mouthiness. This series has spawned multiple [[TheMusical stage shows]] by [=TheatreWorks USA=].

Junie B. Jones celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2012 and a full-color anniversary edition of the first book in the series, ''Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus'', was released in April 2012, with bonus material. The aforementioned Thanksgiving book was also released.

''Junie B. My Valentime'', marketed as a "companion book" to ''Mushy Gushy Valentime''[[note]]despite that being a "kindergarten" book, and Junie B. appearing in her "first-grader" design on the cover[[/note]], was released posthumously on December 24, 2013 and is described as being 30 full-color cardstock valentines, 2 pages of stickers, and 9 pages of Junie B. musings on Valentine's Day.

In 2015, all of the books in the series were reissued in a new paperback format with a unified design across all of the covers and the "Junie B. First Grader" books issued under of the banner of simply "Junie B. Jones."

Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} is [[https://kidscreen.com/2022/06/14/shauna-phelan-zack-olin-upped-at-nick/ developing]] an adaptation of the books.

* PottyEmergency: Junie B. goes through this in the climax of ''Stupid Smelly Bus'', when she tries to open several bathroom doors at school, only to find them locked. Thus, she rushes to the nurse's office and calls 911 on the phone. When she finally runs out the school exit, [[EpicFail a green fire truck, white police car and red ambulance drive up to the parking lot on purpose]]. Then the janitor[[note]]or "the man with the can" as she calls him in the book[[/note]] stops her when this happens, but Junie B. convinces him that she's having an emergency, so he unlocks a girls' bathroom door for her.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* ExactWords: In "Junie B. Jones is a Party Animal," one of the rules that her parents make about her having a sleepover at Lucille’s house is "no jumping”. Junie B. suddenly remembers this when she, Lucille, and Grace are jumping on a bed. She wants them to stop with her, but they say that they’re ''bouncing'', not jumping, and Junie B. realizes that her parents never said, "no bouncing".

* BrattyHalfPint: Junie B. often talks back to her family and teachers and throws tantrums if she can't get what she want.

** Camille and Chenille’s brother, Neil, whom they call a “boob”.

%% ** “Black Curly Girl” from the first book.

--> "My name is Junie B. Jones. The "B" stands for Beatrice. Except, I don't like Beatrice. I just like "B" and that's all." (All of the books open with this line.)
--> "Wowie wow wow!"
--> "Hurray! Hurray!"
--> "That is a hoot, I tell you!"
--> "(name/pronoun) am/is a lucky duck."
--> "I hearded that (name/pronoun) is easier than my math!"
--> "Hello. How are you today? I am fine." (When she gets in trouble)
--> "HEY! WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS?" (When she can't see)
--> "My teacher's name is Mrs. She has another name, too. But I just like Mrs. and that's all." (in all of the kindergarten books)
--> "I am not even scared of him, hardly." (When referring to her first grade teacher, Mr. Scary.)
--> "The end." (when she's finished telling her stories to other characters and/or telling the truth)
--> "X looked up at the ceiling. I looked up there too. But I didn't see anything." (In reference to when adults roll their eyes at someone)
--> "Missy's my name when I'm in trouble."
--> "(Varies) and I ''MEAN'' it!"
--> "(Varies) And she (Grandma Helen Miller) said don't call her Helen."
--> "Yeah, only..."
--> "Plus also..."
--> "Here's the problem..." (when she doesn't like something)
--> "On account of..."
--> "Dumb Bunny" (mostly mentioned in ''Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny'')
--> "She forgot my B again!" (when others don't call her Junie B.)
--> "Boom.....Do the math"
--> "That Grace" (instead of just Grace)
--> "Speedy quick"
--> "Only too bad for _____, because..."
--> "Whoa! Wait! Hold the phone!"
--> "Except not (actually) (name)"
--> "CALL 911 CALL 911!!" (When in shock or scared)
--> "After that......"
--> "How did you do that Maxine. How did you do that" (''Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy'')
--> "Then Mother/Daddy said I'm not allowed to (do X) anymore. Only I never even heard of that dumb rule."

* LastSecondPhotoFailure: In ''Has a Monster Under Her Bed'', Junie B. is getting her school picture taken by what she calls a "Cheese Man" and she is talking about how her grandpa had taken a picture of her once but she was not ready and wound up with one eye open and one eye closed. She demonstrates just as the Cheese Man takes her picture. Later on, when Paulie Allen Puffer tells her about how a monster can bite her head off, she scrunches her face, wrinkles her nose, and stick out her tongue just as the Cheese Man snaps the class picture.

* AllGirlsLikePonies: [[InvertedTrope Inverted.]] Junie B. Jones is scared to death of ponies because her babysitter let her watch a reality show on TV called ''When Ponies Attack''. However, Junie B. still likes horses, as she, Lucille, and Grace play horses at recess every day. Also, in ''Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy'' and "Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime," Lucille says that she has a pony.

* AllGirlsLikePonies: [[InvertedTrope Inverted.]] Junie B. Jones is scared to death of ponies because her babysitter let her watch a reality show on TV called ''When Ponies Attack''. However, Junie B. still likes horses, as she, Lucille, and Grace play horses at recess every day.

* ExactWords: In "Junie B. Jones is a Party Animal," One of the rules that her parents make about her having a sleepover at Lucille’s house is "no jumping”. Junie B suddenly remembers this when she, Lucille, and Grace are jumping on a bed. She wants them to stop with her, but they say that they’re ''bouncing'', not jumping, and Junie B. realizes that her parents never said, "no bouncing".

--> "HEY! WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS?" (When she didn't see something)

--> "The end." (when she's finished telling her stories to other characters or telling the truth)

''Junie B. Jones'' is a series of books aimed at elementary school audiences, written by Barbara Park. The "B." stands for "Beatrice," but [[EmbarrassingMiddleName she doesn't like Beatrice, she just likes B., and that's all]]. The stories are told in the first person by Junie B. herself, and all of the stories in the original series also include a brief letter at the end by Barbara Park, with illustrations by Denise Brunkus.

* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Juniper ''Beatrice'' Jones. She repeats at the beginning of every Kindergarten book not that she doesn't like Beatrice and that she just likes B, Although she never actually says that she's embarrassed by her middle name.

* ExactWords: In "Junie B. Jones is a Party Animal," One of the rules that her parents make about her having a sleepover at Lucille’s house is "no jumping”. Junie B suddenly remembers this when she, Lucille, and Grace are jumping on a bed. She wants them to stop with her, but they say that they’re ''bouncing'', not jumping, and Junie B. realizes that her parents never said, "No bouncing".

Junie B. Jones celebrated her 20th anniversary in 2012 and a full-color anniversary edition of the first book in the series, ''Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus'', was released in April 2012, with bonus material. The aforementioned Thanksgiving book was also released.

** Similarly, in ''Junie B. Jones is a Graduation Girl'', the principal laughs at Junie B.'s poem that got her sent to his office.

* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Juniper ''Beatrice'' Jones. She repeats at the beginning of every book not to call her

** "''Junie B. Jones and some Sneaky Peeky Spying''": Nobody is perfect and everyone makes mistakes, even grown ups. Also, teachers are people too. And mind your own business.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the early books, Lucille is a brunette. After 2003, she is now blonde for some reason.

** Similarly, in ''Junie B. Jones is a Graduation Girl'', the principal laughs at Junie B.'s poem "Roses are red, violets are blue, graduation is here, and your feet smell like stink".

** Similarly, in ''Junie B. Jones is a Graduation Girl'', the principal laughs at Junie B.'s poem "Roses are red, violets are blue, graduation is here, and your feet smell like stink". He then apologizes for laughing and says that’s the poem caught him off guard.