Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth is a funny early chapter book by Barbara Park, the third book in the Junie B. Jones series, following Junie B. through another noisy, embarrassing and very Junie-filled week in kindergarten. After getting in trouble for “shooting off her mouth,” Junie B. faces Job Day at school and tells her class she has the best job of all, even though she has not quite figured out what that job is. The story turns a simple school assignment into a comic look at big promises, little misunderstandings, classroom pressure and a child’s powerful need to sound important before she knows exactly what she means. Written in Junie B.’s energetic first-person voice, the book speaks to young readers who enjoy school stories, humor and characters who make mistakes out loud, leaving Junie B. to discover whether a big mouth can also lead to a surprisingly big idea.
Author: Barbara Park
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Year of publication: 1999
Number of pages: 69
Original language: English
Age range: 6–9