"Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook", written by Barbara Park, is a very funny realistic fiction chapter book that almost every elementary school aged child can relate to. This story begins with Junie B. Jones losing her pair of mittens. She goes to the lost and found and looks everywhere, but she cannot find them. She later finds a wonderful pen. She believes that it is only fair that she gets to keep it. The book discusses the process of June B. Jones determining what is right and what is wrong. She has to learn that "finders keepers" is not always the best strategy for going through life. This book was quite funny. I believe that any students third through fifth grade would enjoy reading this text. The only thing that I would like to see changed would be the grammar used in the book. I understand that the author was trying to relate the text more to the reader by having the dialog read like a student at that age would talk, but I think the author's story relates to the students enough that the grammar does not have to be incorrect or silly to make an impact.
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