When her father will not let her stay up late to do her homework, first grader Junie B. copies a classmate's paper.

Follows Junie B. Jones as she enters first grade and faces a new teacher, a new class, and new situations throughout the year.

Junie's getting to be a professional lunch lady. That means she gets to hang out with Mrs. Gutzman in the cafeteria, standing behind the counter, and even wearing an actual hair net. This paperback edition includes a Junie B. standee. Illustrations. Consumable.

Junie, an outspoken, sometimes exasperating, first grader is thrilled when she is told she can help out in the school cafeteria.

Junie B.'s journal entries start with Room One's stomach virus excitement, the first-grade Columbus Day play, and getting the part of the Pinta, the fastest ship.