Junie B. Jones Collection Books 9-12: #9 Jbj Is Not a Crook; #10 Jbj Is a Party Animal; #11 Jbj Is a Beauty Shop Guy; #12 Jbj Smells Something Fishy

Barbara Park. Imagination Studio, $18 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-8072-0467-2

Just in time for the summer travel season, several popular book series have been adapted for audio. Barbara Park's irrepressible kindergartener Junie B. Jones comes to life endearing grammatical errors and all in the childlike voice of actress Lana Quintal on Junie B. Jones Collection: Books 9-12 and Junie B. Jones Collection: Books 13-16, which include such bestselling titles as Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket and Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal. (May)

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