Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth vs Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Kindergarten in fiction, Kindergarten, Chapter Books, Schools in fiction, School Stories, Classics

Cover of Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth

Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth Barbara Park · 1993 ★★★★☆ 4.5 69 pages · ≈ 1 h 17 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus Barbara Park · 1992 ★★★★☆ 4.0 80 pages · ≈ 1 h 29 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth higher: 4.5 vs 4.0 from 233 votes.
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus is the easier read (Light), Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth more demanding (Moderate).

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