Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business
By:  Barbara Park
Illustrated By:  Denise Brunkus
Book Series
Random House Inc.
Copyright 1993

                                                  Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business

     Junie B. has a new baby brother! In Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, Junie B. gets a little confused when her grandmother tells her that her new baby brother is "the cutest little monkey she has ever seen". Since Junie B. is only in kindergarten, she takes everything people say literally. Considering that her grandmother told her that her new brother is a cute little monkey, Junie B. thinks that he is actually a monkey. This gets her in trouble during show and tell time at school, when she tells the class that her new baby brother is a monkey. Things get even more messy when she starts making her friends give her things in order to see her monkey of a brother.
     This is another fun Junie B. read. Some of the funniest parts in the Junie B. series is when she takes sayings literally. This is an entire book about that and how it got her in trouble. It makes the reader sympathize with Junie B. because she really did not understand that her grandmother was using an expression. I think any reader who knows a young child like this would really appreciate the book.