"I'm the bestest winner in the world!" It's Carnival Night, and Lucille has already won a box of fluffycupcakes with sprinkles on them. But when Junie B. wins the CakeWalk, she chooses the bestest cake of all -- the one wrapped insparkly aluminum foil. How was she to know it was a lethalweapon? From Booklist Gr. 2^-4. Junie B. Jones is back, as intense, vulnerable, andfunny as ever, in this chapter book that's part of the FirstStepping Stone Book series. Always, she wants to be the "bestestwinner of anyone," but in her school carnival, she loses and loses,and when the kids laugh (especially that boy Jim that she HATES),it ruins her "self-steam." The innocent first-person narrative ofthis kindergarten kid will make lower-school readers laugh out loudat her mispronunciations as they recognize their own confusion andfailure, then and now.
Go Room One! It’s time for the first-grade kickballtournament! Only, here’s the problem. Junie B. has hurt her bigpiggy toe and she can’t play on the team. So, now what? Shedefinitely doesn’t want to be a cheerleader. But wait! Maybe shecould be in Sheldon’s halftime show! Then all eyes would be on her!And she would be the star! Hurray! Hurray! Junie B. . . . in thespotlight. What could possibly go wrong?
It is Christmas Eve, and the grand Braeburn family has come to stay in the luxury suite of Valleby’s hotel. With them, they have brought their extremely valuable dog. The hotel manager promises the family that he’ll take great care of their dog―but before they know it, the dog has gone missing without a trace! Jerry and Maya, the local young detectives, are brought in to help sniff out the missing hound. All the evidence suggests that one of the hotel staff had a hand in the case, but who could it be?