Skippyjon Jones

For Skippyjon Jones, author Judy Schachner won the E.B. White Read Aloud Award from the Association of Booksellers for Children. Now the little Siamese kitty with the gigantico imagination is back for another adventure. Sent to his room for a time out, Skippyjon assumes his preferred identity as El Skippito, the sword-fighting chihuahua. In his daydreams his canine friends have been chased from their doghouse by the Bad Bobble-ito. With not a moment to spare, it's El Skippito to the rescue!

Judy Schachner's New York Times bestselling Skippyjon Jones books are beloved for their musical wordplay and zany stories. In Lost in Spice, the mischievous kitty boy determines that the planet Mars is red because it's covered in cayenne pepper. Unable to resist such an enticement, Skippyjon blasts off for an adventure filled with craters, otherworldly creatures, and plenty of things only his wild imagination could possibly conjure.

After sleeping with the birds, Skippyjon Jones is sent to his room to think about what it means to be a Siamese cat. Instead, he imagines he is a brave, sword-fighting Chihuahua bandit, Skippito Friskito, and meets a band of Chihuahuas. In no time, he is asked to face the evil Bumblebeeto and rescue the band's stolen beans.

Skippyjon has found the bones of a gigantico ancient dinosaur, the Skipposaurus. But mom insists that they belong to Darwin the dog and he'd better return them soon. Skippyjon will return them (most of them)-but not before he enters the land of the Skipposaurus as none other than Skippito Friskito, the best muchacho around!

Author Judy Schachner has won a handful of awards for her best-selling Skippyjon Jones books, which are read-aloud favorites with children, parents, and teachers everywhere. In this delightful romp filled with clever wordplay, Skippyjon's overactive imagination whisks him away to Egypt. There he encounters his old pals the Chimichangos, who are on their way to the tomb of King Rootin-Tootin-Kitten-Kabootin.