AUTHOR: Barbara Parks Illustrator: Denise Brunkus
PUBLISHER: Random House Books for Young Readers
PUBLICATION
DATE: 1997
GENRE: Fiction
READING
LEVEL: 1st grade - 4th grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: After hearing her classmate, Paulie Allen Puffer, talk about the monsters that hide under everyone's bed, Junie B. starts to wonder... Do I have a monster under my bed? Once she discovers the evidence, monster drool, on her pillow she has trouble sleeping at night. However, after talking with her mother, they come up with a clever idea on how to scare those silly monsters away.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have the students write
about their biggest childhood fear and how they overcame them. (Improve descriptive writing skills.)
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Hannah Banbury, Valdosta
State University ECSE
LABELS: bedtime, transitions, courage, female character, funny
