JunieB.JonesandaLittleMonkeyBusiness

Contents 1. Surprise 2. The Dumb Baby’s Room 3. A Very Wonderful Thing! 4. Hoppy and Russell 5. Monkey Business 6. Bestest Friends 7. Some School Words 8. Me and Principal 9. Pigs and Ducks and Stuff 1/Surprise 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. B stands for something else, too. B stands for B-A-B-Y. I’m only in kindergarten. But I already know how to spell B-A-B-Y. That’s because my mother told me that she is going to have one of those things. She and Daddy told me about it at dinner one night. It was the night we had stewed tomatoes—which I hate very much. “Daddy and I have a surprise for you, Junie B.,” said Mother. And so then I got very happy inside. Because maybe I didn’t have to eat my stewie pewie tomatoes. And also sometimes a surprise means a present! And presents are my very favorite things in the whole world! I bounced up and down on my chair. “What is it? Is it all wrapped up? I don’t see it,” I said very excited. Then I looked under the table. Because maybe the surprise was hiding down there with a red ribbon on top of it. Mo......