Joanne is the oldest of the three girls in the Otto family. Joanne likes when Dad calls her his right-hand man and depends on her to help stack wood or follow a bee swarm. She likes to organize things, but her sisters don’t appreciate her bossing them around.

Joanne is determined to do things right, but she has a problem getting out of bed in the mornings. When she is given a job at Miss Gail’s wedding reception, she discovers she isn’t such a Very Important Person after all.

Joanne perseveres in trying to braid her own hair. She learns that it is okay to lose a game, and that play is more fun when she lets others be the boss sometimes.

Joanne Knows is part of a series of books about friends who attend the Trillium Christian Church and School.