Barbara Park, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-689-83985-6
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gave a starred review to this "memorable" novel narrated by an eighth-grader whose beloved grandfather has Alzheimer's disease. Ages 9-12. (June)
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Barbara Park, Author Random House Children's Books $5.5 (112p) ISBN 978-0-394-82591-5
Young Alex ``Skinnybones'' Frankovitch finally gets his chance to become a Big Celebrity--starring in a cat food commercial. But his fan club attracts only two members, and things go from bad to worse in this amusing follow-up to Skinnybones . Ages...
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Barbara Park, Author Yearling Books $5.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-394-85059-7
When his mother remarries, Charlie Hickle acquires an annoying teenage sister and bratty five-year-old brother; PW termed this sequel to Don't Make Me Smile ``refreshing . . . as hilarious as it is touching.'' Ages 8-12. (Sept.)
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Barbara Park, Author Yearling Books $5.5 (128p) ISBN 978-0-679-80643-1
This larky tale concerns three grade-schoolers--united by their abhorrence of matters academic--who meet outside the principal's office and forge a friendship that injects each with a dose of self-confidence. Ages 8-12. (July)
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Barbara Park, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $10.95 (108p) ISBN 978-0-394-89831-5
Alex Frankovitch figures that he has finally made it. Having won the National Kitty Fritters Commercial Contest, he hopes to impress the folks back home. At last, he thinks, he will shed his humiliating nickname ""Skinnybones'' and develop a new,...
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Barbara Park, Author Random House Children's Books $5.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-394-80571-9
Two comic novels portray the struggles of middle-grade boys trying to fit in. Ages 8-12. (Apr.)
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Barbara Park, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $14 (123p) ISBN 978-0-679-82094-9
In this sequel to Maxie, Rosie and Earl--Partners in Grime , Rosie runs for fourth-grade president in an attempt to gain more clout at school. Using Maxie's advice about choosing a platform that will distinguish her from other candidates, Rosie...
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Barbara Park, Author, Shreffler, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15 (89p) ISBN 978-0-679-87088-3
""I don't want to make you cry. I just want to tell you about Mick. But I thought you should know right up front that he's not here anymore. I just thought that would be fair."" Phoebe, the eighth-grade narrator of Park's (Buddies; Don't Make Me...
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Barbara Park, Author, Denise Brunkus, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $11.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-375-82804-1
Next installments detail the ongoing exploits of familiar characters. In Junie B., First Grader: Shipwrecked by Barbara Park, illus. by Denise Brunkus, the kids of Room One prepare a Columbus Day play. But with a virus spreading through the class
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Barbara Park, Author, Denise Brunkus, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $11.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-375-81517-1
Several popular series and protagonists continue in new titles. The titular heroine joins her favorite cafeteria lady, Mrs. Gutzman, by donning apron, mitts and a hair net, but things go a little haywire behind the lunch counter in Junie B.,...
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Barbara Park, Author, Denise Brunkus, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $11.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-375-82375-6
Junie B. Jones fans can follow the feisty heroine's example with the vinyl-covered Top-Secret Personal Beeswax: A Journal by Junie B. (and Me!) by Barbara Park, illus. by Denise Brunkus. On the left, Junie B. fills out a page ""All About Me,""...
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Barbara Park, Author, Denise Brunkus, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $11.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-375-80295-9
The inimitable Miss Jones stars in Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder by Barbara Park, illus. by Denise Brunkus. Junie is the first in her class to have a loose upper tooth. But she wants nothing to do with the Tooth Fairy and fears she'll
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Barbara Park, Author, Denise Brunkus, Illustrator Random House $11.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-375-82806-5
Barbara Park's latest, Junie B., First Grader: Boo... and I Mean It!, illus. by Denise Brunkus, finds the indefatigable star a bit apprehensive of trick-or-treating: ""I'm going to see real, actual monsters and witches! Plus I'll probably be coming...
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Barbara Park, Author, McDonnell, Author, Denise Brunkus, Illustrator Random House Children's Books $4.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-679-82642-2
One of the initial titles released under the First Stepping Stone imprint, chapter books aimed at newly independent readers and arranged in series, Park's ( Skinnybones ) jolly caper is the first installment to feature Junie B., a feisty almost-six-y
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Barbara Park, Author, TBA, Read by, Lana Quintal, Read by Imagination Studio $18 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8072-0467-2
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 errors and all in the childlike voice of actress...
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Barbara Park, Author, Edward Ardizzone, Author, Sanchez, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-394-82596-0
Two comic novels portray the struggles of middle-grade boys trying to fit in. Ages 8-12. (Apr.)
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Barbara Park, Author, Viviana Garofoli, Illustrator , illus. by Viviana Garofoli. Random $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-375-83852-1
Dear Ma,” says this story’s prenatal narrator, “What’s a baby to do in a womb with no view?” Park (the Junie B. Jones books) proceeds to catalogue in rhyme all the things lacking in his or her current environment (“
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Barbara Park, Author, Barracca, Author, Alexander Strogart, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $13 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-80212-9
Maxie Zuckerman, age 10, is resented by his classmates for receiving top grades, and Maxie resents their resentment. Earl Wilber, new in town, is a lonely, nervous fourth-grader. In another classroom is a habitual tattler, Rosie Swanson. The three...
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Barbara Park, Author, Dominick Finelle, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $3.5 (160p) ISBN 978-0-394-84746-7
Breezy but sympathetic, Park's junior high caper features lanky Lillian Pinkerton, the tallest girl in school, who hopes that Pom Squad tryouts will prove she measures up. Ages 9-13. (Dec.)
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Barbara Park, Author, Stephen Kroninger, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-81667-3
In this accurate appraisal of nighttime fear, a bona fide Bogeyman describes his terror tactics. The disembodied Bogeyman, represented as two icy-blue hands with spiky scarlet fingernails, traps a boy at bedtime. As the boy keeps his arms and legs...
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Barbara Park, Author, Stephen Kroninger, Illustrator , illus. by Stephen Kroninger. S&S/Aladdin $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-84616-8
"In this accurate appraisal of nighttime fear, a bona fide Bogeyman describes his terror tactics. The narrator is both coy and creepy; likewise, the collages balance humor and horror," wrote PW. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Barbara Park, Author, Paul Colin, Illustrator Atheneum Books $15 (128p) ISBN 978-0-689-83912-2
HAs she did in Mick Harte Was Here, Park introduces an uncommonly sympathetic and articulate young narrator who lightly relays a story with tragic underpinnings. Here, eighth-grader Jake Moon recounts his beloved grandfather's diagnosis with...
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Barbara Park, Author, Peter Ed. Ward, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $13 (138p) ISBN 978-0-394-82149-8
This refreshing book about parents' remarriage picks up where Park's Don't Make Me Smile left off. It is already difficult for Charlie, 11, to accept his parents' divorce, but then his mother starts dating Ben Russo, one of those guys ``you see in...
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