Books like Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook

Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook by Barbara Park reads as playful, humorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Barbara Park · 1992

Both explore school & friendship

72% genome match

Murder in the Middle Pasture

John R. Erickson · 1984

Both explore problem-solving & friendship

65% genome match

Stacey's Mistake (The Baby-Sitters Club #18)

Ann M. Martin · 1987

Both explore friendship & honesty

60% genome match

Bunnicula

Deborah Howe · 1979

Both explore friendship

56% genome match

Freckle Juice

Judy Blume · 1971

Same ya feel

55% genome match

Ramona the Pest

Beverly Cleary · 1968

Both explore school

58% genome match

Clementine

Sara Pennypacker · 2006

Both explore friendship & problem-solving

56% genome match

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Jon Scieszka · 1989

Both explore fairness

68% genome match

More Adventures of the Great Brain

John Dennis Fitzgerald · 1985

Both explore problem-solving

53% genome match

Almost Alice

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 2008

Both explore friendship

54% genome match

The Golly Sisters Go West

Betsy Cromer Byars · 1985

Same ya feel

53% genome match

Cricket in Times Square

George Selden · 1960

Both explore friendship

49% genome match