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Barbara Park Research Paper

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Lauryn Lathan
English lll
Mrs. Zanetta Trahan
4 May, 2017 Barbara Park The modern author I have chosen to do research on is the late Barbara Park. I chose Barbara because she wrote a series of New York Times Bestseller books that brightened my childhood called “Junie B. Jones”. Barbara Park died at the age 66, on November 15, 2013 after an over seven-year battle with ovarian cancer. She left behind her husband, Richard Park, and two biological sons named David and Steven. Also, her brother Brooke Tidswell and two grandchildren. It seems that Barbara was an actual funny and kind person in her real everyday life. But she still had a kid heart …show more content…

She attended Rancocas Valley Regional High School in Mount Holly Township. As a kid, she was sent to the principal a lot for talking and for being the class clown. She attended Rider college in her home state New Jersey for two years and planned to become a teacher so she got her secondary education degree. But to get her Bachelors she went to the University of Alabama, where she met her husband, and achieved it in political science and history. After a while in teaching she realized that she had developed at love for writing and decided to try it as a side job for extra money. She moved to Arizona but her husband was in the air force so they did move around a lot but once they started to create a family she stayed home. (librarypoint, …show more content…

The situations work out as they work out. Sometimes Junie does the wrong thing, and she must pay the price. I think that teachers often try too hard to teach a lesson with literature. And for me, that's not what I see with my books. I would like to see a story discussed, but not with any kind of heavy moral or lesson learned because I don't believe it's the purpose of fictional characters to teach you anything.” Besides some critics, Barbara’s books have had some positives results. She tells a story about a kid who was below level in reading but he liked Junie B Jones books. The teacher decided to help him read them and excelled. It’s an easy read for those who have problems and teachers sometimes uses it to their advantage. She also surprisingly attracted a good amount of boy readers.

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