Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones is (almost) a Flower Girl is a funny and hilarious edition to the rest of the Junie B. Jones series. In this book, Junie B. find out her Aunt Flo is getting married. She automatically assumes that because she is Aunt Flo's favorite niece that she will automatically get to be the flower girl. She even tells her friends she is going to be the flower girl, before talking to her aunt. After school, Junie B. decides to take it upon herself to call her Aunt Flo and inform her she is going to be the flower girl, well Junie B. is then told that someone else has already been picked to be the flower girl, her fiance Joe's little sister, Flo. Well after finding that out, Junie B. Is bummed beyond belief, she is disappointed that she doesn't get to be the flower girl, and on top of that she gets huge trouble for calling her aunt without permission. After her disappointment and getting in trouble, her Aunt Flo calls her and tells her they decided she could be the alternate flower girl if anything should happen to Bo. Well in the end Junie B. still tries to be the flower girl, but you will have to read through the book and find out what happens in the end. will Junie B. get in even more trouble? Or will things turnout ok?
Throughout the book, there are a few illustrations. Denise Brunkus is the illustrator of the pictures throughout the Junie B. Jones books. The illustrations are small illustrations that are black and white. I like that they are black and white because they don't take away from the text on the pages, but they give the reader a small picture to go with what they have been reading.
I feel as though this book would be appropriate for children ages 1st to 4th grade. It would be a good book for younger readers because even though it's a chapter book, the chapters are smaller and the reader will feel accomplished in reading a chapter book. I feel it's appropriate for those in 4th grade who may be struggling in reading a larger chapter book, but are able to complete a Junie B. Jones. chapter book.