Barbara Park Books in Order
Barbara Park has written 50 books, published between 1981 and 2013. The first book is Don't Make Me Smile (1981) and the newest is Junie B. My Valentime (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 50
- Published
- 1981–2013
- Confirmed
- 50 of 50 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,369 in 39 of 50 books
- Reading time
- 56–84 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,369 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 39 of 50 titles with a page count on record.
Barbara Park (1947-2013) was an American children's author. Junie B. Jones, a kindergartner and later a first grader, is Park's best-known creation and heads the largest series in the catalogue. Family life and what happens to children at school are the recurring subjects, and the books are humorous and short at around 78 pages. Fifty-one titles are catalogued, from Don't Make Me Smile (1981) through Skinnybones (1982) and The Kid in the Red Jacket (1987) to Junie B. My Valentime (2013). Park allowed no adaptations of the work beyond stage plays.
How many Barbara Park books are there?
Barbara Park has 50 books, released between 1981 and 2013. They include 6 separate series.
Barbara Park Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 50 Barbara Park books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119811333/4
- 219821083/4
- 31982–3/4
- 41983–3/4
- 51985–3/4
- 619871133/4
- 719881083/4
- 819891383/4
- 91990543/4
- 101990–3/4
- 1119911443/4
- 121992694/4
- 131993684/4
- 1419931443/4
- 151993694/4
- 161994664/4
- 171995714/4
- 181995893/4
- 191996854/4
- 201996–4/4
- 211997694/4
- 221997714/4
- 231997674/4
- 241998403/4
- 251998664/4
- 261998674/4
- 271999684/4
- 281999694/4
- 2920001153/4
- 302000674/4
- 312001764/4
- 322001664/4
- 332001694/4
- 342002774/4
- 352002804/4
- 3620031283/4
- 372003864/4
- 382003874/4
- 392004884/4
- 402004864/4
- 4120051184/4
- 4220061194/4
- 4320071194/4
- 44Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here!: A Word from Your Baby-in-WaitingBarbara Park Picture #12008 · confirmed 3/42008–3/4
- 452009–3/4
- 462011–3/4
- 472011–3/4
- 48Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff)Junie B., First Grader #122012 · confirmed 3/42012–3/4
- 492012–3/4
- 502013123/4
Barbara Park series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Junie B. Jones books in order 33 books
Barbara Park books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Junie B. Jones books in order
18 books by Barbara Park- 1. Junie B. Jones and theStupid Smelly Bus
- 2. Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business
- 3. Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth
- 4. Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying
- 5. Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake
- 6. Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday
- 7. Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren
- 8. Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed
- 9. Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal
- 10. Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook
- 11. Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy
- 12. Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy
- and 6 more in the table above
Junie B., First Grader in order
12 books- 1. Junie B., First Grader (at Last!)
- 2. Boss of Lunch
- 3. Toothless Wonder
- 4. Cheater Pants
- 5. One-Man Band
- 6. Shipwrecked
- 7. Boo...and I Mean it!
- 8. Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!
- 9. Aloha-ha-ha!
- 10. Dumb Bunny
- 11. Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School
- 12. Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff)
Barbara Park Standalone Novels
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Geek Chronicles in order
3 booksJunie B. Jones Non-Fiction
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Don't Make Me Smile in order
2 booksSkinnybones in order
2 booksBarbara Park Picture in order
2 booksBarbara Park Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Barbara Park books in order?
You only need to read Barbara Park books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Barbara Park
Start with Junie B. Jones and theStupid Smelly Bus (1992), the first Junie B. Jones book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Don't Make Me Smile (1981).
What is the newest Barbara Park book?
Junie B. My Valentime (2013) is the newest Barbara Park book released so far.
Is there a new Barbara Park book coming?
No next Barbara Park book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Barbara Park at a glance
- Died
- Barbara Park died in 2013, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Barbara Park on record dates from 2013.
- Release pace
- Barbara Park books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,369 pages across the 39 of 50 books with a recorded length, a median of 77 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Barbara Park books, 20 of 50, were published in the 1990s.
- Corroboration
- 27 of the 50 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Barbara Park books are about
47 of the 50 Barbara Park books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 34 of 47. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 34 of 47 books
- Schools 20 of 47 books
- Humor 12 of 47 books
- Junie B. Jones (Fictitious character) 12 of 47 books
- Kindergarten 11 of 47 books
- Jardines de infantes 6 of 47 books
- Escuelas 5 of 47 books
- Jones, Junie B. (Personaje literario) 5 of 47 books