Barbara Lynne Park is an author of children's books.

Barbara Park is the daughter of a merchant and a secretary, Doris and Brooke Tidswell. She grew up in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey

Mount Holly Township, New Jersey

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. From 1965 to 1967, she attended Rider College, later finishing her B.S.

Bachelor of Science

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 in 1969 at the University of Alabama

University of Alabama

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. She married Richard A. Park in 1969. She has lived in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

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 for almost 30 years and has two sons, Steven and David, who are now both out of college. She is the author of the popular Junie B. Jones

Junie B. Jones

Junie B. Jones is a children's book series written by Barbara Park and illustrated by Denise Brunkus. The story is written in Junie B.'s perspective.-Characters:Junie Beatrice "Junie B." Jones...

children's series. She has won seven Children's Choice Awards, and four Parents' Choice Awards. She has also written many middle grade novels, such as The Kid in the Red Jacket.

Picture books

• Psssst! It's Me...the Bogeyman
• Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here! A Word from Your Baby-in-Waiting

Novels

• Almost Starring Skinnybones
• Beanpole
• Buddies
• Dear God, Help!!! Love, Earl
• Don't Make Me Smile
• The Graduation of Jake Moon
• The Kid in the Red Jacket
• Maxie, Rosie, and Earl - Partners in Grime
• Mick Harte Was Here
• My Mother Got Married (And Other Disasters)
• Operation: Dump the Chump
• Rosie Swanson: Fourth-Grade Geek for President
• Skinnybones
• Guess Who

Junie B. Jones

• Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
• Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business
• Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth
• Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying
• Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake
• Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday
• Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren
• Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed
• Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook
• Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal
• Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy
• Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy
• Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl
• Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime
• Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket
• Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day
• Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl

" My name is Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice. Except I don't like Beatrice, I just like B and that's all."

Junie B., First Grader

• Junie B., First Grader (at last!)
• Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch
• Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder
• Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants
• Junie B., First Grader: One-Man Band
• Junie B., First Grader: Shipwrecked
• Junie B., First Grader: BOO...and I MEAN It!
• Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May.)
• Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha!
• Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny

External links

• Random House's webpage for the Junie B. Jones books