There’s a new boy in kindergarten, and guess what? He’s the handsomest guy Junie B. has ever seen. She and Lucille and that Grace all want him for a boyfriend. Only, he thinks Junie B. is a nutball. Just ’cause she couldn’t stop laughing and rolling. So how is she supposed to get that boy to love her?

There's going to be a pet day at school, only guess what? No dogs allowed! And that's the only kind of pet Junie B. has. If Mother and Daddy won't buy her a new pet, Junie B. will just have to find one on her own. Like mayby a jar of ants. Or a wiggly worm. Or - could it be - something even better?

Ramona meets a lot of interesting people in kindgarten class, including Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.