Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim’s Birthday

By Barbara Park

Grades 1-5; Genre – Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

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?

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

1. What did Junie B. do with the chocolate birthday cakes when she told Lucille she’d throw them in the trash? She snuck behind the trash can and ate them p.2
2. What made Lucille so angry at Junie B.? Junie B. was showing her how to eat her ice cream and some fell in Lucille’s lap p.5
3. What does “laying low” mean? It means stay out of the way and to not draw attention to yourself p.7

Chapter 2

1. What’s the name of Jim’s birthday party for this year? Old MacDonald’s Farm p.11
2. Who was Jim inviting to his birthday party? Everyone in their class but Junie B. p.13
3. How did Junie B. feel about being left out of Jim’s party? Very sad p.15

Chapter 3

1. Why did Junie B. have to wait to rock on her grandma’s lap and when could she get a turn? Her brother was already in her lap and she had to wait for him to go to sleep p.17
2. Where did Junie B. go to say the things she didn’t like? Under her covers p.19
3. What did Grandma mean when she told Junie B., “you’ve got to stop worrying about that boy’s party. He’s just trying to get your goat?” Jim’s just trying to make Junie B. sad and mad p.21

Chapter 4

1. What advice did Junie B.’s parents give her deal with not getting invited to Jim’s party? Pretend she doesn’t care that she’s not invited to the party p.29
2. Where did Junie B. decide to move to? Disneyland’s It’s a Small World After All ride p.29
3. How is Grampa Frank Miller helping Junie B. deal with her problem? He invited her over to do odd jobs on Saturday p.31

Chapter 5

1. How did Junie B. react when her mother tried to help her dress for school? She said she was moving and didn’t need to wear school clothes and made her body stiff p.36
2. How did Junie B. get an invitation to the party when she first got to school? She took it from William p.41
3. What creature did she act like to get the invitation? A bee p.41
4. Who made sure William got the invitation back? Mrs. p.45

Chapter 6

1. Why did Junie B. want to be twins with Lucille? Junie B.’s thinks twins do everything the same and so if Junie B. doesn’t go to the party, Lucille can’t go to the party either p.50
2. Why was Junie B. sent to the principal’s office? She made Jim turn his head around p.51
3. Why didn’t Junie B. want to go to the principal’s office? Her mother told her not to be sent there again p.54

Chapter 7

1. Who did the principal call on the phone? Junie B.’s mom p.58
2. What did the principal put over Junie B. so others wouldn’t see her on the naughty chair? A big paper bag p.60
3. Why was Jim in the principal’s office? The principal was talking to him about being mean to Junie B. and made him apologize to her; Jim then gave her an invitation because his mother told him to give one to everyone in his class p.64

Chapter 8

1. Where did Junie B. go with her mother Saturday morning? To the store to buy Jim a birthday present p.67
2. What did Junie B. want to buy for Jim? A tool belt p.69
3. Why was Junie B.’s mother worried to buy the tool belt? Junie B. loved it so much she might want to keep it for herself p.71
4. Why did Junie B. nail her door shut? So her mom wouldn’t come and get her to take a bath and wrap the tool belt for the party p.75

Chapter 9

1. How was Jim ruining Junie B.’s Saturday? She had to go shopping; take a bath and get clean and give away the tool belt p.79
2. How did Junie B.’s parents help her see that being the “only one” is ok? They told her the good ways it is to be the only one p.80
3. What happened to the tool belt? It got returned to the store p.82