Junie B., First Grader_ Aloha-Ha-Ha! - Barbara Park [14]
I thought about Show-and-Tell. “Yes!” I said. “We both are!”
After that, I took the camera from Mother. And me and Donald went down the trail a little way.
Donald set the little bird on a rock.
He kept his hands around the bird real gentle.
“Ready?” said Donald.
“Ready,” I said.
Donald took his hands away.
And FLAP-FLAP!
The bird started to fly.
I began snapping pictures very fast.
Click-click.
Click-click.
Then ZOOM! It flew away.
For a second, I stood there real silent.
Donald stood real silent, too.
“Whoa,” I said finally.
“Wow,” said Donald.
We looked at each other and smiled.
I aimed my camera one more time.
Click-click.
I thought for a second.
I tapped on my chin.
I put my pencil down and took out my photo journal.
’Cause after the bus trip yesterday, we went right to the drugstore. And we got my pictures developed. And they turned out beautifully, I tell you!
I showed them to Philip Johnny Bob and Squeezer. They loved them very much.
Also, I tried to show them to Delores. But she was busy getting a facial.
After I finished looking at the pictures, I lined them up in my journal.
And I printed their captions all nice and neat.
I smiled as I read them.
Mr. Scary was right. A photo journal really does tell a story in pictures.
And Don was right, too! My bird picture was one in a million!
I did a sigh. “One in a million,” I whispered. “You really can't beat one in a million.”
I opened up my suitcase. And I packed my journal real careful.
I smiled some more. “Room One's first official photo journal ever,” I said.
I stood up a little straighter.
’Cause feeling official made me taller again!
Just then, the radio went off. Today was going to be our last day in Hawaii. And so Mother and Daddy had set the alarm.
I looked at the clock and grinned.
There was still time for one more delicious pancake breakfast!
I tippytoed over to Daddy and blew air in his face.
He opened one eyeball.
I waved.
“Aloha-ha-ha,” I whispered.
Daddy did a chuckle.
I kissed him on his cheek.
Hawaii was the time of my life.
BARBARA PARK is one of today's funniest authors. Her Junie B. Jones books are consistently on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Her middle-grade novels, which include Skinny-bones, The Kid in the Red Jacket, Mick Harte Was Here, and The Graduation of Jake Moon, have won over forty children's book awards. Barbara holds a B.S. in education. She has two grown sons, one small grandson, and a medium-sized dog. She lives with her husband, Richard, in Arizona.
DENISE BRUNKUS'S entertaining illustrations have appeared in over fifty books. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and daughter.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2006 by Barbara Park
Illustrations copyright © 2006 by Denise Brunkus
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Park, Barbara.
Junie B., first grader: Aloha-ha-ha! / by Barbara Park; illustrated by
Denise Brunkus. — 1st ed.
p. cm. (Junie B. Jones series; #26)
SUMMARY: Excitable Junie B. Jones manages to find trouble both before and during a trip to Hawaii and records each incident in a photo journal given to her by her teacher.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89448-0
[1. Vacations—Fiction. 2. Hawaii—Fiction. 3. Photojournalism—Fiction.
4. Schools—Fiction. 5. Diaries—Fiction.] I. Title: Aloha-ha-ha.
II. Brunkus,