Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook

by Barbara Park

Grades 1-4; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

A terrible thing happened to Junie B. Jones! And it's called - someone took her new black furry mittens! And they kept them! They didn't even put them in the Lost and Found at school. So when Junie B. finds a wonderful pen, she should be allowed to keep it, too. Right? That's fair. Right? Right?

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

1. What did Grandpa Miller buy Junie B.? A pair of black furry mittens p.1
2. What did Junie B. do at recess? Show her new mittens to everyone p.3
3. How did Lucille react to Junie B.’s new mittens? She wasn’t impressed, she said her whole family owned fur clothing items p.6

Chapter 2

1. Why did Mrs. suggest Junie B. put her mittens in her coat pocket? So Junie B. wouldn’t lose them p.8
2. Who was Junie B. bothering during this chapter with her mittens? Lucille, Williams and Ricardo p.9
3. Why did Mrs. take Junie B.’s mittens? Junie B. was out of her seat and bothering everyone p.12

Chapter 3

1. When was Junie B. able to get her mittens back from her teacher? At recess p.15
2. What was Grace’s idea when the girls were playing horses? Lucille and Junie B. trade horses so Junie B.’s horse can match her black mittens p.17
3. What was missing when Mrs. blew the whistle at the end of recess? Junie B.’s mittens p.21

Chapter 4

1. Why did Mrs. want to take Junie B. to the office? To see if her stolen mittens were in the lost and found p.24
2. What does it mean when someone steals something? To take something that belongs to someone else without their permission p.28
3. Was Junie B.’s mittens in the lost and found? No p.31

Chapter 5

1. What did Junie B. find at the drinking fountain? A pen that writes four different colors p.35
2. What did Junie B. decide to do with the pen? Keep it p.38

Chapter 6

1. What did Junie B. want her grandpa to do for her? Buy her new mittens p.41
2. Why couldn’t Grandpa Miller buy Junie B. more furry mittens? He got the last pair p.45
3. Tell me what happened to Grandpa Miller’s wallet. He lost it at the mall, and someone returned it by putting it in his mailbox; nothing was taken out of it p.46

Chapter 7

1. Why was Junie B. looking for a kid with tattoos? The crooks she’d seen on tv had tattoos, so if a kid had a tattoo, they would have been a crook p.53
2. Who had Junie B.’s mittens? A girl with a fluffy pink coat p.55
3. What should the girl have done when she found the mittens in the grass? Taken them to the lost and found p.60

Chapter 8

1. Why did Junie B. want the lost and found box? To turn in the pen she found at the drinking fountain p.64
2. How did Junie B. feel about taking the pen to the lost and found? Happy p.66