Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder (Junie B. Jones Series #20) Book

Title: "Junie B., First Grader:Toothless Wonder"
Author: Barbara Park
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date: 2003

Genre: Realistic Fiction/Chapter Book
Grades: 2-5

This story is about a girl named Junie B. Jones and her losing a front top tooth. The teacher told her that this is a very special thing to lose a top front tooth. Junie B. will be the first in her class to lose this tooth. At first she felt that it was such an honor until she worries about how she would look once it comes out. After the tooth come out, June B. refuses to put her tooth under her pillow, because she does not know what the tooth fairy will do with the tooth. A few days will pass as she tries to find out the truth about the tooth fairy. She didn't want the tooth fairy to just throw the tooth away. Eventually she decides to put the tooth under her pillow, but she is still nervous that the tooth fairy is really a witch. The next morning Junie B. is relieved that her baby brother cut a tooth during the night. Junie B. realized that the tooth fairy recycled her tooth and gave her baby tooth to her brother.

Activities:
1. The students will be given the opportunity to read other Junie B. Jones books. We will then have a readers club meeting to discuss the different books. Each group can share what the liked most about their book.

2. The students will do a round robin discussion with having cards on questions to ask about the setting, main characters, main idea, problem, outcome, etc.