But in 1979 when I made the decision to tackle my first novel for kids (Operation: Dump the Chump) I had such fun with it, that I finally knew where I belonged. Park convinces beginning readers that Junie B.- and reading-are lots of fun. (To put it bluntly, my early attempts at being funny weren’t) And my work from short stories to greeting cards was rejected over and over again. that kids will pour chocolate milk on her head on the way home, the spunky child finds a way to avoid the dreaded bus. Other equally candid, on-target perceptions fill Junie B.'s first-person narrative, which is peppered with reader-involving questions (``Only guess what?'' `` 'Cause guess why?'') that help to propel the story at a whiz-bang pace. Charlie Hickle’s life has not gotten any easier. Author: Barbara Park Binding: Paperback Language: English Book Type: Fiction Grade Content: 3 Guided Reading Level: P Lexile: 500 Accelerated Reading. My Mother Got Married (and Other Disasters) by Barbara Park is the sequel to Don’t Make Me Smile. /rebates/2f97803948474502fSmile-Park-Barbara-03948474582fplp&. But Charlie isn’t going to take this divorce without a fight. Material type: materialTypeLabel BookPublisher: New York : Yearling, c1981Description: 133 p.

And some of them were the kind who look like meanies'') not the door (``If it closes on you by accident, it will cut you in half, and you will make a squishy sound'') and not the black smoke it emits (``It's called bus breath, I think''). Barbara Park Synopses: In Don’t Make Me Smile by Barbara Park, Charlie’s parents are getting a divorce and he doesn’t understand why. 'Dont even try to make me smile about this,' Charlie Hickle warns his parents. In fact, she doesn't like a single thing about this vehicle: not the kids who get on it (``Loud kids. One of the initial titles released under the First Stepping Stone imprint, chapter books aimed at newly independent readers and arranged in series, Park's ( Skinnybones ) jolly caper is the first installment to feature Junie B., a feisty almost-six-year-old who is not at all happy about riding the bus on the first day of kindergarten.

Don't Make Me Smile by Barbara Park