by Barbara Park
“I know they are oh my! That is why I put them under my bed! Get it, Mother? Get it? Now my scary face will be down there all the time! And so that monster already got scared away, I bet!”
All of a sudden, Mother started to laugh.
Then I started to laugh, too.
Plus here’s another happy thing. ’Cause this morning there was more drool on my pillow.
Only I am not that worried.
’Cause it was from Raggedy Ruth, I bet.
Or else maybe it was from Philip Johnny Bob.
Or maybe it was even from me.
But that does not mean I’m a baby.
’Cause everybody drools on their pillow once in a while!
My very own mother told me that.
And she would not even lie to me…
probably.
Laugh out loud with Junie B. Jones!
#1 Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
#2 Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business
#3 Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth
#4 Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying
#5 Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake
#6 Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim’s Birthday
#7 Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren
#8 Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed
#9 Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook
#10 Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal
#11 Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy
#12 Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy
#13 Junie B. Jones Is (almost) a Flower Girl
#14 Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime
#15 Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket
#16 Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day
#17 Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl
#18 Junie B., First Grader (at last!)
#19 Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch
#20 Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder
#21 Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants
#22 Junie B., First Grader: One-Man Band
#23 Junie B., First Grader: Shipwrecked
#24 Junie B., First Grader: BOO…and I MEAN It!
#25 Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May.)
#26 Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha!
#27 Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny
Top-Secret Personal Beeswax: A Journal by Junie B. (and me!)
Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School
Barbara Park says:
“I’m not sure how old I was when I decided that there might be something creepy hiding under my bed. I didn't know what it was, exactly. But I was sure that if I got too close, some sort of hand would reach out and grab my ankle.
That’s why I taught myself to leap onto my bed from all corners of my room. First, I would get a running start. Then I would spring off the floor, fly through the air, and land safely in the middle of my mattress.
Of course, it’s embarrassing to even admit such a ridiculous thing now. I mean it. I can't remember the last time I took a running leap like that.
No. Honest. I can’t.
(Okay, fine. It was Saturday night. But if you tell anyone, I’ll deny it completely.)”
Text copyright © 1997 by Barbara Park
Illustrations copyright © 1997 by Denise Brunkus
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones has a monster under her bed / by Barbara Park;
illustrated by Denise Brunkus.
p. cm.
SUMMARY: After hearing from a classmate at kindergarten that people have monsters under their beds, Junie B. Jones is afraid to go to sleep at night.
eISBN: 978-0-307-75472-1
[1. Monsters—Fiction. 2. Bedtime—Fiction. 3. Fear—Fiction.
4. Kindergarten—Fiction. 5. Schools—Fiction.]
I. Brunkus, Denise, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.P2197Jtw 1997 [Fic]-Klc20 96-42561
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