“Maybe,” said Mother.

“Oh boy!” I said.

’Cause maybe doesn’t mean no! That’s why!

And so then I lifted up the blanket. And I peeped at my baby brother one more time.

“So what do you think of him, Junie B.?” said Mother.

I smiled very big. “I think he’s the cutest little monkey I ever saw,” I said.

Then Mother laughed.

And I laughed, too.

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:

“When I was in elementary school, I used to dream about having a baby sister. In my dream, she would follow me around adoringly while I taught her everything I knew. Then—when she got big enough—we would join forces to overthrow my older brother, and the sisters would rule!

Okay, fine. It was only a dream. But when I decided to add a new member to Junie B.’s family, I was surprised to learn that, unlike me, she wasn’t happy about having a new baby around at all.

But what if it wasn’t an ordinary baby? What if it was—a baby monkey? Yes, of course! She’d love that.

Come to think of it, I would have loved it, too. My brother wouldn’t have stood a chance.”

Text copyright © 1993 by Barbara Park.
Illustrations copyright © 1993 by Denise Brunkus.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American
Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by
Random House, Inc., and simultaneously in Canada by
Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and a little monkey business /
Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus. p. cm.
“A first stepping stone book.” SUMMARY: Through a misunderstanding, Junie B. thinks that her new baby brother is really a baby monkey, and her report of this news creates excitement and trouble in her kindergarten class.