Junie B., First Grader Books in Order

Junie B. and Room One prepare for a Thanksgiving feast and a Thankful Contest, making a wild list of the things they truly love, including past turkeys. As the list gets stranger, Junie B. has to balance being funny with actually helping her class try to win.

Framed as Junie B.’s own handbook, this guide dishes out loud, funny advice about every part of school life, from bus rules and bossy grown ups to homework, friends, and emergencies. Readers get tips, warnings, and plenty of chances to laugh along.

Lucille is throwing an Easter egg hunt with a huge prize, and Junie B. is desperate to win. Forced to wear a hot bunny costume as part of the party, she stumbles through the event, then makes a surprising choice about who should end up with the golden egg.

Junie B. is off to Hawaii with her parents and a real camera from Mr. Scary so she can keep a photo journal. From cramped airplane seats to snorkel mishaps, bird attacks, and tourist bus tours, her snapshots capture every disaster and delight of the trip.

Room One is getting ready for a holiday sing along and a Secret Santa exchange, but Junie B. cannot stop clashing with tattletale May. When she draws May’s name, she plans the perfect revenge gift, then has to decide what kind of friend she really wants to be.

Junie B.’s first grade class is putting on a Columbus Day play, and she lands the part of the speedy Pinta. As classmates keep getting sick and May drives everyone crazy, Junie B.’s competitive streak threatens to turn the grand voyage into a comic shipwreck.

After hearing spooky “secrets” about Halloween from Paulie Allen Puffer, Junie B. becomes convinced real witches and monsters roam the streets. She chooses a scary clown costume to protect herself, then discovers that sometimes the only one you really scare is Dad.

Junie B. injures her toe while over practicing for the first grade kickball tournament and is benched from the game. Instead of playing, she joins nervous Sheldon as halftime entertainment and tries to turn juggling lemons and cymbals into a real show.

When Junie B. fails to finish her weekend homework, she quietly copies perfect May’s paper and thinks no one will notice. Caught by Mr. Scary, she has to face her parents, her friends, and her own conscience, and decide whether cheating is worth the shame.

Junie B. is the first in her class to have a loose top tooth, which sounds exciting until she imagines looking like toothless Uncle Lou. As she worries about the tooth fairy’s intentions and her new smile, she slowly learns that change can be scary and still be okay.

Now in first grade, Junie B. is thrilled to help her favorite cafeteria lady, Mrs. Gutzman, in the kitchen. Wearing a hair net and gloves seems glamorous at first, but germs, teasing older kids, and a tuna noodle mishap turn her shift into a huge lesson in responsibility.

Starting first grade means a new classroom, a new teacher, and friends who suddenly seem busy with other people. When Junie B. discovers she cannot read the board, she must face getting glasses in front of everyone and figure out where she fits in this new world.