Junie+B.+Jones+and+that+Meanie+Jim's+Birthday

**Summary/Review**
That meanie Jim has invited everyone in Room Nine to his birthday party on Saturday except Junie B.! Should she have her own birthday party six months early and not invite Jim? Or should she move to It's a Small World After All in Disneyland?(1)

**Author Bio**
Barbara Lynne Park (born April 21, 1947) 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. From 1965 to 1967, she attended Rider College, later finishing her B.S. in 1969 at the University of Alabama. She married Richard A. Park in 1969. She has lived in Phoenix, Arizona for almost 30 years and has two sons, Steven and David, who are now both out of college. (2)

**Other Works**
//**Junie B. Jones:** First Grader (at last), and The Stupid Smelly Bus, and Some Sneaky Peaky Spying, and a Little Monkey Business, and Her Big Fat Mouth, Loves Handsome Warren, Has a Monster Under Her Bed, Is a Beauty Guy Shop, Is (almost) a Flower Girl, and The Yucky Blucky Fruitcake, Smells Something Fishy, Is a Party Animal, Is Not a Crook, Is Captain Field Day, Is a Graduation Girl, Has a Peep in Her Pocket, First Grader: Boss of Lunch, First Grader: Cheater Pants, First Grader: Toothless Wonder////, First Grader (at last!)////, First Grader: Boss of Lunch////,// //First Grader: One-Man Band,// //First Grader: Shipwrecked,// //Junie B., First Grader: BOO...and I MEAN It!////, First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May.),// //First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha!,// //First Grader: Dumb Bunny,// //The Mushy Gushy Valentine, Top-Secret Personal Beeswax, Junie B. Jones. **Novels:** Mick Harte Was Here, The Kid in the Red Jacket, Almost Starring Skinny Bones, Skinny Bones, The Graduation of Jake Moon, Don't Make Me Smile, Buddies, Dear God, Help!!! Love Earl, Rosie Swanson: Fourth Grade Geek for President, Beanpole, Maxie, Rosie, and Earl Partners in Crime, My Mother Got Married and Other Disasters, Partners in Crime, Operation Dump the Chump, Guess Who. **Picture books:**// //Psssst! It's Me...the Bogeyman,// //Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here! A Word from Your Baby-in-Waiting.//

**Awards**

 * She's won over 40 awards for her books, 25 of those are children's choice awards. (3)

**Historical Context**
Published in October 1999 by First Scholastic Printing.

**Major Themes**

 * Cleverness, Creativity and Imagination
 * Childhood Obstacles
 * Families
 * Friendship
 * School

**Citations**
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Created by: Olivia Delaney