Growing up I loved reading these books! I read the series super fast in 1st grade. I recommend for your kids! So nostalgic! Super fun quirky but relatable character!

Favorite book when I was in 1st grade. My teacher mrs mellisa would always read them to us

It was funny.

My girls loved this book - I mean loved it

This was pretty cute. I liked the honesty lesson at the end.

3.5

Junie B. copies another student's homework and gets caught red-handed at it.

This was a good treatment of the issue of cheating for elementary school children. The plot wandered a bit, but got re-focused toward the end, and the responses of the adults in the story were firm, but gentle.

There was an interesting side-plot involving a lesson on poems, which included some cute examples of cinquains, along with a good friendship-affirming moment for Junie B.

There weren't as many laugh-out-loud jokes (although there was one really good one), as in some other installments in this series, and everything followed a pretty predictable path.

My son enjoyed reading this, but he's pretty much outgrown this series, so this is probably the last of them that we'll read.

It was a good book.

Personal response:
I rate this book a 3 out of 5 stars. I think that I could have used this book when I was younger, because it would have told me that cheating is not a good thing. I liked this book because the author really makes it clear that this book is from a first grader's point of view by using a first graders vocabulary.


Plot:
Junie B. Jones was a first grader who needed help with her homework. One day when one of Junie’s friends let her “borrow” her homework, Junie’s teacher caught them and yelled at them for cheating. Junie didn't really know what her teacher meant by cheating so she did not think too much about it. A couple days later, Junie needed help with her homework again so she found a new friend to “borrow” homework from. This time after she cheated, her teacher called her parents and told them about Junie's cheating problem. Junie had a feeling of guilt in her and she did not know why because she didn't know what she was doing wrong. She went home and her parents told her why cheating was not okay and why it's different from borrowing. They told her cheating was bad because she was not doing the homework herself so she was not learning. Junie realized that she wanted to be that smartest kid in the school so she stopped cheating and learned her lesson.


Characterization:
The main character in this book is a first grade girl whose name is Junie B. Jones. Junie is a very energetic kid that always thinks she's right. Throughout the book Junie is very energetic, but confused because she did not understand why cheating was bad. Another character is Junie's teacher who was mad at Junie through the whole book. He was a important character because he helped Junie learn why cheating is bad.


Setting:
This book takes place in Junie's town and at Junie’s school. This book takes place in modern times because Junie rides a bus to school and Junie’s teacher called her parents on a phone. This is important because if Junie teacher did not call Junie's parents, she would not have figured out why cheating is bad.


Recommendation:
I would recommend this book to anyone in first through fifth grade. I think that those ages are good because this book is the reading level for those grades. Kids that age should know that cheating is a bad thing. I think that boys and girls would both like this book because it is both funny and somewhat educational.

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Junie B. takes on a new challenge in first grade: homework and cheating. Although, Junie doesn't see glancing at a classmates as cheating because it's not really a test. She quickly learns that cheating doesn't make her a better student and doesn't only apply to taking a test.
I've loved the Junie B. Jones books since I was in elementary school and I've had the chance to read them with my second grade class! They relate to the book and it's a great learning experience to see them make connections to literature.
This book is suitable for ages 6-9 or grades 1-3.
Diversity: there was no diversity in this book.

I smiled really big at Mr. Scary’s poem at the end. That was awesome. I felt really bad for Junie B in this one even though she cheated but I am glad she was honest at the end.