Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy

Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy

Title: Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Author: Barbra Park

Illustrator: Denise Brunkus

Awards: None

Age group: 6-9 year olds

I have always loved the Junie B. Jones series and I can relate to this book a little because when I was a kid I also used to pretend to do beauty shop with my toys as well. So this is a great book option for younger readers.

Summary:

In this book Junie B. visits the beauty shop with her dad for his hair cut. The lady cutting her dad’s hair said she could be her helper and Junie B. loved it and decided she wanted to be a beauty shop guy. So she started practicing just like her dad said. She sneakily started with her bunny slippers but they didn’t turn out so good. So someone recommended she be a shampoo girl, so she tried it on her elephant but that didn’t turn out so well either. Then she decided to cut the dog’s hair and her mother found out and took away her scissors. But Junie B. thought about it and blamed the dogs hair for it turning out bad. So she tries it on her own hair but in a moment of frustration she accidentally cut her bangs all over the place and ended up not liking it so she tried to hide it with a hat. But her dad found out and took her to the beauty shop where the same lady who cut her dad’s hair, fixed her hair and she loved it. But then she realized that she had technically started that haircut that the hair lady fixed so maybe she can still be a Beauty shop guy after all and she found her extra extra scissors.

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I do believe I can use this book in the classroom because Junie B. Jones books are always great independent reading books for younger children.

The appropriate grade level for this book would be 1st-4th grade. This book has very short chapters, big text and is very easy to follow along with. The book is from Junie B.’s point of view so is very relatable for kids. It would be a great independent reading book.

I could use this book for a unit on good authors to look for, for children, and use this book as an example because this book is a part of a series of Junie B Jones books written by the great author Barbra Park. Then after learning about authors, the children would go home and find an author that they really like or they will pick one of the authors from a list given and find a book to read from that author.

HAVE FUN READING!💙-Lacy