Almost Starring Skinnybones (12 page)
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Authors: Barbara Park
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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
Skinnybones, The Kid in the Red Jacket, Mick Harte Was Here
, and
The Graduation of Jake Moon
, have won more than forty children’s book awards. Barbara Park holds a BS in education. She has two grown sons and lives with her husband, Richard, in Arizona.
Kids love Barbara Park’s books so much,
they’ve given them all these awards:
Arizona Young Reader’s Award
Georgia Children’s Book Award
Great Stone Face Award (New Hampshire)
IRA-CBC Children’s Choice
IRA Young Adults’ Choice
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Minnesota)
Milner Award (Georgia)
Nevada Children’s Book Award
OMAR Award (Indiana)
Rhode Island Children’s Book Award
Tennessee Children’s Choice Book Award
Texas Bluebonnet Award
Utah Children’s Book Award
Young Hoosier Book Award (Indiana)
