THE woman behind the hugely popular Junie B. Jones books gets two kinds of fan mail: the sweet – and the “extraordinarily nasty.” “There’s a really, really small but very vocal minority – sometimes ...
THE BASICS: JUNIE B. JONES IN JINGLE BELLS, BATMAN SMELLS! by Allison Gregory, based on the books by Barbara Park, directed by Annette Daniels Taylor. Public performances 12/7-12/15 Sat-Sun 10:00am ...
Who could forget one of the greatest sassy five-year-olds children's books could ever have? Which is why Random House plans to reissue Junie B. Jones and all her 28 book adventures this May. Barbara ...
Since her 1992 debut in Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus, Barbara Park’s sassy, outspoken, and ageless heroine has entertained readers around the world – and plenty of them. A staple of public ...
Barbara Park, author of the Junie B. Jones series of childrens’ books has died, her publisher Random House announced. Park, 66, had ovarian cancer. “Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus” kicked ...
Just in time for the summer travel season, several popular book series have been adapted for audio. Barbara Park's irrepressible kindergartener Junie B. Jones comes to life endearing grammatical ...
It is 1933, and Junie is dreaming in colours. She is in a new neighbourhood, one of cramped buildings and noisy sidewalks. The area comes to Junie as an array of colours – flamboyant plants, a ...
When people file into the Lexington Children’s Theatre’s performance space for its latest production, “Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook,” they will see a bright, giant hair bow as part of the set. Like ...
Like so many children in the United States, my 6-year-old daughter, Florence, walked out of her first-grade classroom on a mild day in mid-March and never returned. Our public school system announced ...
Theatre Workshop of Owensboro will close out the first half of its ongoing 62nd performance season by diving into the ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published Nov. 17, 2013. Scottsdale resident Barbara Park, who created the beloved children's character Junie B. Jones, died Friday at age 66. Park died ...
In high school, Barbara Park was voted the "wittiest" member of the senior class. That sense of humor served her well when Park abandoned plans to become a teacher and turned to writing children's ...