I've been reading these books with my 4-year-old for the last month. I'm really disturbed by the name calling in the book and the overall bad behavior by Junie B. Jones. The author also assumes that children are stupid. Especially in the book "Monkey Business" when Junie B. Jones thinks her mother has given birth to a baby monkey because the grandma describes the newborn as cute as a monkey. Come on! My 4-year-old knows that a statement like that is just an expression and that humans don't give birth to monkeys. And I'm also disturbed by the bad grammar used throughout the book. My daughter keeps asking me why Junie B. Jones is using the wrong words. I also have to keep reminding her that we don't call people "stupid" and "dumb," which the main characters seems to do quite often.