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    By Dennis Abrams

    Barbara Park

    My friend Barbara Park, described by the AP as “a former class clown who channeled her irreverence into the million-selling mishaps of grade schooler Junie B. Jones,” died on Friday after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was just sixty-six years old.

    Barbara was the author of more than 30 illustrated chapter books about Junie B. Jones, the “smart-mouthed girl with an ungrammatical opinion of everybody — her parents, her teachers, her friends and her classmate and enemy for life, May, who is so mean she won’t even acknowledge Junie’s middle initial (which stands for Beatrice: ‘Only I don’t like Beatrice. I just like B and that’s all,’)” as Junie flatly stated.

    Junie B. was undoubtedly Barbara’s most famous creation; one whose character, mindset and voice she had no difficulty tapping into. As she often said in interviews, “I don’t have a problem being six years old in my head.” But despite Junie’s popularity (more th

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    Barbara Park

    American author (–)

    Barbara Park

    BornBarbara Lynne Tidswell
    ()April 21,
    Mount Holly, New Jersey, U.S.
    DiedNovember 15, () (aged&#;66)
    Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
    OccupationAuthor
    NationalityAmerican
    GenreChildren's literature
    Notable worksJunie B. Jones; Skinny Bones
    Spouse

    Richard A. Park

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    Barbara Lynne Park (née Tidswell; April 21, – November 15, ) was an American author of children's books.

    Life and career

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    Barbara Park was the daughter of a merchant and a sekreterare, Doris and Brooke Tidswell. She and her older brother[1] grew up in Mount Holly, New Jersey.[2] Park graduated from Rancocas Valley Regional High School in [3] From to , she attended tillägg College, finishing her Bachelor of Science in at the University of Alabama.

    She married Richard A. Park in She lived in Phoenix, Arizona for almost 30 years and had two sons, Stev

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