

She died from ovarian cancer on Novemat the age of 66.


She helped found a charitable organization, Sisters in Survival, to raise money for women with ovarian cancer. She won seven Children's Choice Awards and four Parents' Choice Awards. Jones series which was first published in 1992. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughingand readingfor more than twenty years. She was best known for her 28-book Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illustrator) 4.10 10,434 ratings510 reviews Barbara Park’s New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. In a career that began in 1982, she published over 50 books including Don't Make Me Smile, Operation: Dump the Chump, Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here!, Skinnybones, and The Kid in the Red Jacket. She began writing children's books after she had children of her own. She spent her first two years of college at Rider University in New Jersey before receiving a B.S. Jones receives a mushy gushy "valentime" on Valentine's Day, she tries to find out who in her kindergarten class is her secret admirer.īarbara Park was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey on April 21, 1947.
